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- From: dphantom@triton.unm.edu (darlene an 92sep02 lawry)
- Subject: Re: Good (and bad) of ticking[please read]
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- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:03:14 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <1992Dec30.223851.6991@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <cyqrb2q@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Dec31.055911.5489@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- >My intentions were far from a threat, but merely humble advice. I have gotten
- >close to fighting (getting myself maimed really badly) on a number of occasions
- >because of that lame "cheap" mentality that exists with a lot of people. To
- >top it off, those instances weren't even about ticking! (Stupid things like
- >Fireball - Dragon Punch.) Isn't LA a wonderful place?
-
- Then I apologize...from the way you phrased it, it sounded more like an
- order or a threat than a warning to me.
-
- >
- >I don't think many people condone it but it still exits, and I just happen to
- >live with it. For this simple reason, I don't tick unless it's OK with the
- >other person (I ask); I don't talk shit, bitch, whine, etc.
- >
- >In short, don't tick on a stranger and think before you say something.
- >
-
- It seems while you take a chance by standing up to this sort of bullying, you
- also take a chance by letting them bully you...the first is a more
- immediate danger, but the latter creates a more long-term endangerment,
- because they have established control, that only gets harder to deal
- with the longer you give in. They just keep pushing you, and often
- times someone ends up getting hurt anyways, even if you don't do anything
- to piss them off...like you said, some people are just looking for a
- fight. If something's gonna happen, I'd rather face it then and there,
- then allow people to casually intimidate and threaten me
- simply because they can get away with it.
-
- ---Phantom
-
- Obviously, that's just my opinion...it's what works for me.
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