…no business even critiquing someone else's… …focus on surviving the initial confrontation…
Avoid it. Evade it. Escape it. Deal with it.
On the home ground, going about his own business, seansean probably cannot be faulted on avoidance.
In the initial post the ‘banger appears out of the blue. Possibly, though, the ‘banger appeared out of the fog of condition white. Given the (wishful?) idea that we all have free use of the public way, I will concede that no points were available for evasion prior to the initial confrontation. Points off for the P.C. 415 violation "I get pissed and tell him to back off or I'll shove that stick... well, you can guess where. I also called him a gangbanging p.o.s." This is not evasive behavior.
The ‘banger disengaged. Seansean spotted the ‘banger from across the intersection and , rather than take advantage of the separation to get away, waded back in to compound the 415 violation. No escape, flat refusal to avoid/evade.
The situation was "dealt with" as most testosterone soaked, display mode, cock o’ the walk shows are: the two cocks strutted away unharmed. With no input as to the skills and inclinations of the pair, my bet would have been on the ‘banger with the stick. No tears for the loser, either way it might have gone.
This is how I see it as it looked in the street. Anyone getting into a fight has, in fact, potentially gotten into three fights: the immediate combat, the criminal prosecution, and the civil action. I prefer to remain well short of the "Deal with it" stage of all three possibilities.
Edit to add: Thank you Don Gwinn. Composing in the wordprocessor is helpful but slow. You beat me to it.
