At We the Armed, Thernlund closed this thread with an angry PM to me, Grozny.
JesseL writes:
I'm not old or weak, but I have absolutely no reason in the world to engage in fistfight... I'll cheat and shoot him until he stops fighting.
I reply:
My mistake! In fact, this conversation takes place all the time in American courtrooms:
Defendant: But your honor, I had to shoot him. He punched me in the nose! What else could I do but blow his brains out?
Judge: Oh my! With his fist? Right on the nose? Goodness! Of course you were justified in killing him. Bailiff, give this valiant young man his gun back and send him home. Why are you wasting my time with frivolous cases like this?
Seriously guys, you can't throw down on somebody every time you find yourself wiping a bloody nose. Just hit him back.
My question to High Road discussants:
Apparently Thernlund agrees with JesseL that, after cheating a man and/or insulting him to the point that he would hit you, it is appropriate to backpedal out of fisticuffs range and then assassinate him with one's pistol, standing off at a safe distance of five or ten yards.
As military men, what do you guys think? Which of these statements do you agree with?
JesseL writes:
I'm not old or weak, but I have absolutely no reason in the world to engage in fistfight... I'll cheat and shoot him until he stops fighting.
Grozny writes:
Seriously guys, you can't throw down on somebody every time you find yourself wiping a bloody nose. Just hit him back.
JesseL writes:
I'm not old or weak, but I have absolutely no reason in the world to engage in fistfight... I'll cheat and shoot him until he stops fighting.
I reply:
My mistake! In fact, this conversation takes place all the time in American courtrooms:
Defendant: But your honor, I had to shoot him. He punched me in the nose! What else could I do but blow his brains out?
Judge: Oh my! With his fist? Right on the nose? Goodness! Of course you were justified in killing him. Bailiff, give this valiant young man his gun back and send him home. Why are you wasting my time with frivolous cases like this?
Seriously guys, you can't throw down on somebody every time you find yourself wiping a bloody nose. Just hit him back.My question to High Road discussants:
Apparently Thernlund agrees with JesseL that, after cheating a man and/or insulting him to the point that he would hit you, it is appropriate to backpedal out of fisticuffs range and then assassinate him with one's pistol, standing off at a safe distance of five or ten yards.
As military men, what do you guys think? Which of these statements do you agree with?
JesseL writes:
I'm not old or weak, but I have absolutely no reason in the world to engage in fistfight... I'll cheat and shoot him until he stops fighting.
Grozny writes:
Seriously guys, you can't throw down on somebody every time you find yourself wiping a bloody nose. Just hit him back.
