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- From: jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Nishinaga)
- Subject: Re: Good (and bad) of ticking[please read]
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 03:33:35 GMT
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- dphantom@triton.unm.edu (darlene an 92sep02 lawry) writes (in partial):
-
- >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.
-
- I agree with you there. However, I think it's better not to get in that
- situation in the first place. Like I said before, don't cheap strangers and
- watch your mouth. This isn't some ancient Chinese secret either, just basic
- common sense about dealing with other people.
-
- If the shit hits the fan, you should deal with it then and there. Then again,
- I'm not so sure if I'd be so willing to stand up to seven Philipino gangbangers
- wielding metal pipes. More reason to go to arcades you know about! :)
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- John Nishinaga - jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu
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