"Scar" to death

Nemo,

My original "local reference," as you put it, was a comical amalgamation of what I considered ridiculous features or attributes on a knife. It was humor. The knife photo supplied after my post was in reaction to my words, not the knife being described (though the blade and my humorous reference are remarkably similiar, in retrospect).

Please, do not lecture me on how to be articulate.

Razor

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And tomorrow when you wake up it will be worse.
 
Personally, i thought Razoredj's post was hilarious, and hit the nail right on the head. The idea of quiet confidence is all too often lost in discussion groups.



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I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
 
Amaks:
You speak french !

Razoredge:
you don't speak french !
But could I lecture you ?
Please ? Allez ! Oh !

In fact I don't understand, why you were attacking again John Rambo, a true Patriot with french roots in his beautiful name.
This man got obvious problem with authority and you should not allways cast the stone on him because of his general behavior.
You see, my friend, Rambo, he got a lot of scars on his chest and on his back.
What does it means ?
It means is a real warrior.
He also long hairs which fall on his brow all the time that why he need an haircut when he jump on the ring to beat Ivan Draco.
There you can notice all his scars has disappeared !
What does it means ?
It means is a real warrior but also a shy man when he is on TV.
So please. STop bothering John Rambo !
Remember what happens to anyone who laughs about his strange way to scream when he hurts ?
So better be careful . Because we talk about serious business in this forum !

Cheers,
JM


[This message has been edited by Nemo (edited 12 August 1999).]
 
Fenris, I just see stuff that's out of place, or even left out, or brought in when it shouldn't. You know, stuff that doesn't fit.

Until I can talk to someone who knows this guy in person(not over the web) and personaly(long time aquantence), and whose word I hold in high regard, I will have to believe that the person in question has attended a lot of seminars, classes, and watched a lot of videos, but has yet to actualy use much of this stuff.
 
snickersnee-
man i can hardly believe all that has happened to you. i am sure you are telling the truth....i know you are, but how the heck to all that happen. did you get into lots of scraps or something? Man.....I have never really gotten into a serious bout. I am thankful for that. I know i could rip apart most anyone my age that i know,(knock on wood)but then again, there is nothing good accomplished by it. I mean i can't imagine having to cut someone out of total rage. or being cut by someone....maybe i am a major wimp but it scares me alot.
 
Actualy, I encourage you to doubt me, you have no reason to believe me, and I can't document any of this without actualy showing you my physical body. Uh, not like it sounds...
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That didn't all happen in one fight, it accumulated over time. But yes, I've been in a lot of scraps.

As I have said, I grew up in, and frequently find myself in, in rough neighborhoods, and I'm a member of an obscure race that manages to look like whatever race is most hated by the minority who's neighborhood I'm living in is.

It doesn't help that I don't drive, so have to walk everywhere, increasing my odds of encountering badguys.

But honestly, I can usualy go about my buisness without getting messed with. Most people can. Even in bad areas. It's just that if you hang around long enough, something will happen.

Fight'n is an odd issue, on one hand I must say that I honestly do enjoy a "friendly brawl" once in a while, helps keep things in perspective. On the other hand, I've been savagely beaten by multiple oponents and it really sucked. I could probably add a few items to that list
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Main thing is, you can either run away and get chased down, or stand and fight. Win or lose, I feel that from both a physical and mental position, you're in better shape if you stand and fight.

You run and you'll be questioning wether you're a coward and also get your butt kicked. You stand and fight, you won't have to deal with self-image issues and you just might end up handing the other guy his ass. At the very least, people will know that you aren't affraid to rumble, and that will earn you a certain degree of respect.

I was a nerd in elementary school, but the bullies were my friends too. It was real weird...

Anyway, it's no fun having knives stuck in you and getting womped with blunt instruments. As long as you are capable of fighting, and willing to do so when necessary, you're in good shape.

Anyway, scars only prove you're no good.
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May I?

Scars only prove you're no good
but lucky enough...

"Same player shoot again !"

Finally scars only prove you're baaaad.

Cheers,
JM
I can lecture on how to articulate anything that move !

[This message has been edited by Nemo (edited 13 August 1999).]
 
Snickersnee :

You run and you'll be questioning wether you're a coward

Running away does not indicate fear. It indicates you would rather not fight. The two are not the same.

I went up to see my aunt yesterday when a neighbours black lab came running across the lawn barking loundly and acting very aggressive. I got back in the car and leaned on the horn. When my aunt came out she saw the dog, called the owner who called it back in the yard.

Could I have stopped the dog. Yes. However to do it without putting myself in harm I would have had to seriously injure it, possibly even kill it as I was not familar with it and don't believe in taking chances of this sort.

Was it worth killing the dog to prevent me from some teasing about me running away, the story of course will have the dog keep getting smaller and smaller until it probably becomes a poodle. Not to me.

Its much the same with fighting people. I don't know about friendly brawls but I would avoid a fight as the outcome is never like it is in movies where the hero takes a might pounding and is up and running in a day or two. I have friends with perm. disabilities from random encounters, people are very fragile. I remember in grade school a pushing match that ended up with one participant getting knocked down and having his eye dislodged with a stick. Had to be the goriest thing I have ever seen. Sight never recovered fully although the eye was put back in.

Fights rarely end as well with a handshake at the end. My brother, being fairly young, hangs around with a tough croud that are always in fights. They are also very skilled, two of them were in fact national class boxers a few years ago. A few months back one of them got into a fight with the wrong guy. He won the fight but the guy came back later with a bunch of friends and beat him cold. He was in the hospital for a long time and has yet to recover. The beating was very bad and left him with perm. disfigurement to his face and he limps badly.

-Cliff
 
People aren't really all too fragile, we evolved as predators and necessarily had to be able to absorb a good amount of damage to survive.

That's not to say that you can't be beaten to a pulp and never recover. Certain parts of the body spring back, certain parts are very vulnerable, like eyes.

If you get in enough nasty fights, you will accumulate damage that will degrade function in the damaged part.

At the same time, bruise damage usualy isn't that big a deal, even if it leaves you real sore and awfuly ugly for a long time. I once had one of my brows struck so hard it just about closed off my eye for three weeks or so, and the swelling didn't vanish for litteraly months. Neither did the streak of blood in my eye.

Now when you start talking about getting stabbed, cut, breaking things, then you're talking about serious down time.

In the case with the dog, I probably would have done about the same thing. I handle animals differently than humans, as the two present different threats.

For instance, a human could have ran up to the car and smashed the window out and attacked me. Of course, I could try to drive away, and as long as the other didn't have a car, I probably could.

The notion of the badguy following you in a car is a little far-fetched sounding, I have a hard time believing that it would happen unless you have a specific history with this assailant, but it is a physical possibility. Even a Yugo can rapidly outpace the fastest of dogs.

But I see what you're saying. Maybe it's just me, but I would have a hard time rationalizing away a withdrawl except under the most dire of circumstances. That's not to say I will start a fight when it's avoidable by simply blowing the other guy off(unless of course there's extenuating circumstances like threats/insults against loved one or some such)

Besides, like I've said, where am I supposed to run to?

As I have mentioned, I don't own a motor vehicle to jump back into and drive away. Even public places like convenience stores offer no shelter as they are frequent hangouts for ruffians, at least in my neck of the woods. Not to mention that the owners of said stores don't want to get involved because the thugs sit outside his store everyday as is, the last thing he wants to do is make them actively agressive towards him.

A "friendly brawl" is the type of fight you get into where two guys are mixing it up over some stupid thing, and while the punches are real, there is no intent to seriously hurt the other involved party, and also no weapons. This seems to be a cultural thing, so depending on where you're from these may be more or less common. This is not a situation where you're "fighting for your life after a suprise encounter with a street-lethal antagonist who's pumped up on drugs and adrenaline and hell-bent on your destruction.!".

The more savage sorts of fights tend to be the least likely to encounter around here. There is almost always a previous history of bad blood between the involved parties.

When you get mugged around here, you get womped, but they don't try to kill you or screw you up permanently. Unless something goes wrong.

I've been to different places and the general impression I've gotten is that over-all the worst scenarios are the least common.

Especialy murderers and "thrill killers".
 
Well,
If scars are a sign of a BAAAD Mutha, Then I must be BAAAAD indeed! I've got scars on my left shoulder, both hands and wrist areas, a huge scar on my left forearm, a slash scar across my abdomen, scars around both eyes, on the side of my head and on the outside of my left thigh. All except the eyes and head are from sharpenend slivers of steel. It's funny though ya'know, I don't feel BAAAD, just extremely fortunate that I survived all of that stupidity. Nowadays I use my tactical Nikes to take my tactical ass as far and as fast away from trouble as I can. No macho manhood issues here, just hard earned wisdom and a deep, sincere desire to continue to suck wind.
BTW I'm not including the self inflicted owwwies as that wouldn't be fair.
Also BTW I AM NOT ANY KIND OF BADASS NOR WILL I EVER BE. I've lost more fights than I've ever won. Oh well...
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We're not gonna see who's is bigger next are we?
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The choices we make dictates the life we lead.

 
The longest the SCAAAAAAAAR,

the more BAAAAAAAAAD you are !

cheers,
Nemo
"Show me yours I'll show you mine !"
 
Nemo,
You must be really fun to hang out with.
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ROCK ON!

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The choices we make dictates the life we lead.

 
I can attest to the fact that Nemo is fun to "hang out with" as I spent two weeks with him in Paris a few months ago. (Is it that long ago already?)

I feel kinda left out on this thread. Only one knife scar on my left index finger where it was grafted back together after an encounter some years back.

Guess this is where I'm supposed to interject "you shoulda seen da udder guy!"
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My advice: Avoid knife fights.

Blues

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