Can we ever justify Violence?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Lighthouse, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. Lighthouse Well-Known Member

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    This is the scenario-

    I was in the locker room changing clothes then some douchebag that nobody likes starts talking shit, then I had one of my random anger rages and told him " God Fucking dammit! Shut up! " And he spits on my shirt.

    I then proceed to punch him in the face and push him over a bleachers, knocking the back of his head into a locker. The kid just got up and started laughing. He thought other people were laughing at me for some dumb reason but they were laughing at HIM.

    Anyhow can we justify violence in these kind of issues. So we are clear I mean a fist-fight sort of thing.
  2. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    Your so hardcore, in my opinion yes, you can really justify anything if you believe it the enough and get others to rally your cause.
  3. Lighthouse Well-Known Member

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    I am not saying I am awesome or badass, just an example.
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    Yes it can be justified. There might be better ways to go about it, but there's nothing wrong with getting in this kind of fight, especially when you're standing up for yourself or someone else.
  5. PineappleJoe Well-Known Member

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    Violence is a part of human nature. Also sometimes you have to put someone in their place or get put in your place by someone else (usually the latter for me). Of course there are those that say (often feminists) that this is a way of the past and that we have to evolve to the newer society unless we want to go extinct. However boys will be boys and if we are going to go extinct we will do it driving muscle cars and drinking brandy and various forms of hard liquor picking fights over who saw the stripper first. Violence is rarely justified but as humans and in particular men we are prone to violence.
  6. LampRevolt Well-Known Member

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    I'm too caught up in your dastardly heroics and stunning good looks to properly respond.
  7. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Oh god you're that guy...
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    Exactly what I thought at about the second sentence.
  9. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    The problem is, I think a lot of the people here might be those guys. Meh...
  10. shlacka Member

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    I must be that guy because I have no idea what you're talking about.
  11. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    You know them when you see them. Well, maybe you do. I guess it all depends on where you see them from.

    But enough of this. I feel as though the OP can be helped, I just don't know how.
    First off, I can almost 200% guarantee that the course of action you took was the wrong one. But somebody over the internet can not coach you through social behaviors. Learn the hard way.
  12. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    That guy who flips shit over nothing. Though this seems that after the spitting the punch was warranted.

    Edit- Well the push was warranted at least. The punch may have gone too far.
  13. Toast Well-Known Member

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    First of all, learn to fucking control yourself. Do you have tourettes? He fully expected you to retaliate from the spit and you gave him exactly what he wanted. You probably looked like a complete spaz in the process and I doubt you punched him hard enough to hurt him. It probably was funny, everybody was laughing at you because you're a crazy motherfucker. Either you wallow in pity, or you man up and seriously inflict damage on that guy. I recommend kicking him in the solar plexus, delivering a jab to the face in order to make him keel over and kicking him in the nape of the neck.
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    Actually a punch to the face is a great way to break an untrained hand. Go for the body.
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  15. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Well, you almost got it. More to it than that. The spitting was dumb, and the punch was definitely warranted after that, but he did flip shit over nothing.
  16. Toast Well-Known Member

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    I'm assuming he was going to go specifically for the temple or the nose to disorientate him, but yes, he should probably kick him in the genitals to avoid damaging his hand.
  17. LampRevolt Well-Known Member

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    NO KIDDING.


    If you break your hand that usually means your a fatass . Just speaking from experience I've never heard of a not fat guy breaking his hand unless said person was punching an inanimate object.

    Also LOL

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    Alrighty.

    @The Shaw
    But this guy sounds like he had it coming.
  19. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Of course he did. But that doesn't mean that lighthouse isn't that guy. It's really hard to explain. Maybe I can more readilly understand because in middle school I was that guy.
  20. shlacka Member

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    No, I understand what you mean, I just disagree that the outburst itself was over nothing. It wasn't the right thing to do, but he had a reason for being angry. And that's about as much as I can say on this matter I admittedly know little about.

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