What kind of fights do you pefer

[Crimson Butterfly]

I know what I mean now; self-respect. Like you'd want to prove to yourself that you can look after yourself and that by backing down you'd effectively be calling yourself a coward therefore by participating in the fight you'd be overcoming this and proving yourself wrong, preserving all self-respect and your own honor too. I knew what I meant all along, haha.

[Terran]

Originally Posted by Echonomix

I know what I mean now; self-respect. Like you'd want to prove to yourself that you can look after yourself and that by backing down you'd effectively be calling yourself a coward therefore by participating in the fight you'd be overcoming this and proving yourself wrong, preserving all self-respect and your own honor too. I knew what I meant all along, haha.

Right,that´s it.

[Nemmerle]

Originally Posted by Echonomix

I know what I mean now; self-respect. Like you'd want to prove to yourself that you can look after yourself and that by backing down you'd effectively be calling yourself a coward therefore by participating in the fight you'd be overcoming this and proving yourself wrong, preserving all self-respect and your own honor too. I knew what I meant all along, haha.

I know I'm not a coward, not rising to the bait just means I don't consider you worth fighting.

[PC_Master]

I don't fight, of course most of the world is bent on fighting just for the hell of it. I mean come on...why do people constantly want to get hit and have scars and broses on there body.
How ever, I will defend my self, and I'm very good at doing that!

[VirtualKnight]

I don't fight unless there's a good reason for it

[Master Ridley]

I tend to try to avoid fights but not because it's wrong. I avoid fights because the outcome is always gruesome. I've been called a monster after people see me in a real fight (sparring is an exception as I don't usually do so well in sparring). Basically, I change in a fight. I become Bloodlust and someone always gets seriously hurt…and it's not me whose usually untouched except for maybe the first hit.

So basically, I avoid fights unless it's unavoidable and if I deem them as a threat as there were fights that I didn't fight back as it wasn't worth it as the attacker was too weak to be considered a threat (their punches were pathetically weak and couldn't hurt me…sometimes…it tickled…).

Originally Posted by Echonomix

Since when has violence been the answer?

I must admit that I really hate this question, and here's why:

Throughout History, especially Human History, violence is the only answer most of the time. One example where violence was the perfect answer:

To stop Hitler in World War II as peaceful matters outright failed. He was attacking and taking over other nations. (We didn't know of the Holocaust until late during the war.)

Another example:

Freedom for the American Colonist from the King of England. The King would not give to anything else.

There are many others and some conflicts right now where Violence is the only answer like the situation in Darfur.

Basically, to think that violence solves nothing is foolish cause violence has solved many conflicts in both Human history and in the Animal Kingdom.

[Crimson Butterfly]

I'd say there's a huge difference between a war between two countries and an everyday pub brawl, so don't be offended when I say I'm just going to go ahead and ignore your comment. It has no relation whatsoever to what we're talking about here - you're trying to bring politics into the conversation, which isn't going to happen, but for the sake of conversation being conversation I shall make a reply to it. In the two World Wars, people really had no choice but to fight. If you were called out for the line of duty then you had to fight otherwise you'd face jail. Not only that, but if we didn't fight then our country would have probably been crippled and we most likely wouldn't be here today.

You can't say the same thing about a petty street fight about X sleeping with
Y behind Z's back.

[AzH]

You made the mistake of asking the question:

Since when has violence been the answer?

Seems to me like Talonalus was right to call you out on making such a stupid claim. Ignore it all you like. He has you everso pwnt with that one.

[Crimson Butterfly]

And, like I said, there's a difference between a common pub fight and a world war. You can't help but fight the one, but there's more than enough chance to ignore the other. If you were called out in WW1/WW2, you actually HAD to fight. If you're in a pub and someone challenges you, do you automatically have to fight them? No. You can walk away, and be the better man.

You didn't have that choice back then.

[AzH]

Originally Posted by Echonomix

If you're in a pub and someone challenges you, do you automatically have to fight them? No. You can walk away, and be the better man.

I'm guessing you're still a pup. Awww....