Thread: Violence is the only answer

Discuss.
I believe that sometimes it is.
When I was in high school, there was this little freshman soccer star, the only frosh selected for varsity, and we used to have to scrimmage against each other a lot (me-left D, him-right wing). He found it fun to irritate me, both on and off field. He'd run up to me in hallways and flick my ear or hair, and then run off before I even had time to look down and find him.
So finally, after six months of this, one day late after school I found myself alone in a hallway when he suddenly comes out of a classroom. Looking at him, I knew the time had come. As he came toward me (he had to go by me to leave) he had the same punky smirk he usually had, but when he got close that began to change. He tried to scoot around me, but I quickly wrapped him up and dropped him to the floor while getting him in a good hold. As I ground his face into the floor he started to cry. I made him repeat a promise several times to stop giving me shit, then let him up. As he left he sobbed, "Oh, I'm really scared of you," making an attempt to sound sarcastic but since he was crying it didn't really work.
The kid never bothered me again.
I have a few similar examples, but such incidents (and other, world problems) make me believe that people who say 'violence is never the answer' don't know what they're talking about.

wow.

Ugly topic. Go get happy.

So does this mean you are going to fly out and beat up Brett??

Great stoke thread, yet again.

How long till the dead horse is deader?

darkish, negative-like topic but...

sometimes ya gotta dance.
most of the time it's very easily avoidable. the high road is always there. but sometimes ya gotta dance.

i'll never forget the look on the face of the 4th grade bully of the playground when he started to pick on a quiet, very mild-mannered friend of mine. pushed him in the chest finally only to be answered by a very surprising right to the nose. blood gushed. he cried.

one more bully learning one more lesson.
it happens a lot. (but not as often as it should.)

fighting is really pretty disgusting.

OK then.
Let's try this one.
'Getting stoned is the only answer'.

Hmmm, I'm trying to think of a story that will make sense to illustrate this one, but can't right now.
How about Jamaica? Does that prove the point?




Pizza?

I always like pizza -

I've noticed that about you.
I think three of your last four posts are about pizza (four for four)?

Originally posted by Dexter Rutecki
OK then.
Let's try this one.
'Getting stoned is the only answer'.

What?? And is this directed at me??

Why is there only one answer? Just wondering.

Originally posted by Buzzworthy
What?? And is this directed at me??

Why is there only one answer? Just wondering.

The only answer in SOME circumstances. I was just keeping the title short.
And I wrote it after Buster posted, before yours was up. FYI I wasn't even thinking of Brett when I posted, although I realized afterward someone would take it that way.

Dexter Rutecki
Biggest beater contender

Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Where I am
Posts: 1405

You might want to take a close look at your board identity.

Look for answers within.

Sometimes beating up the cashier in a Jamaican pizza parlour truly is the only possible answer.

JetBlue JFK-DIA for less than $200. You can even check out your favorite Eddie Money video on Classic VH-1 to get you in the mood.

Or more appropriately, watch the Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me" and pretend that he's the bullying Judd Nelson character from The Breakfast Club.

Originally posted by Dexter Rutecki
OK then.
Let's try this one.
'Getting stoned is the only answer'.

Since this is directed at me, allow me to give the obvious response:
No.

Virtual Pugilism is not the only whatever either.

Originally posted by Dexter Rutecki
The only answer in SOME circumstances. I was just keeping the title short.
And I wrote it after Buster posted, before yours was up. FYI I wasn't even thinking of Brett when I posted, although I realized afterward someone would take it that way.

Dex, I personally have no problem with you. But you can't blame someone "taking it that way" after the last many days of crap on the board. I simply voiced it first, but I gotta think others thought similar thoughts, maybe Im wrong, would not be the first time.

On that note, exit stage left from this thread. No offense given or taken.

Notice handle above Buzzworthy.

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
Since this is directed at me, allow me to give the obvious response:
No.

Not directed at you, just what I thought after your post. I wasn't directing it at anyone in particular, Buzz just (understandably) thought it was in response to him.

Interesting (new?) thoughts on virtual pugilism, though.

You're a grown man posting shit about fighting in high school. Seriously, WTF is wrong with you? Is this a joke? I hope so, but if your serious you might be the biggest dork on the internet. What's next, "Your best moment is Little League Baseball?"

I hesitated to post here and as a rule I do not post in poo flinging threads on the intranet but I have to say this. I hold no ill feelings towards Dex or Blrd11's but.....

This is getting old. Move on. Forget about it, if someone is pissing you off put them on ignore, or take a break from the board for a while, do something else, find a hobby, whatever....

It really irritates me when I come on the board and see 1/2 of the threads about nothing but bullshit, and not the usual bullshit of NSFW stuff or news items or even just random stupid shiz, that stuff is fine, most of it makes me laugh. But this kind of BS is bringing this place down and now I am guilty of it as well for posting in one of these threads for that I apolgize and I also apologize for not being able to spell apologizse. BUT this will be the one and only time that I post in a flame and or poo flinging thread. I will be back to helping people with broken limb and such and posting the occasional bit of EC stoke here and there as i come by it. Thanks for listening, err reading.

Yeah, I don't think it would work for you, Jetter. You need someone who's allowed to be violent to do it.

But right now, I really want to hear more about roo's cashier.

violence is like profanity, more appropriate at times and less appropriate other times. both violence and profanity seem to demonstrate a willingness by somebody to forgo other possible options/choices which may in fact be more appropriate but less immediate and/or shocking and/or gratifying.

in my opinion, with either violence or profanity... there is more often than not a more dignified and elegant mode of expression.

Originally posted by Dexter Rutecki
OK then.
How about Jamaica? Does that prove the point?

"No, no, my friend. That says 'Welcome to Jamaica, Have a Nice Day. ' "

Originally posted by Greydon Clark
You're a grown man posting shit about fighting in high school. Seriously, WTF is wrong with you?

How about if I promise not to force you to read/respond to my threads anymore?

Originally posted by splat
"No, no, my friend. That says 'Welcome to Jamaica, Have a Nice Day, ' ".

Heh...I heard that one.

What I don't understand is that Blurred got kicked off the board, yet DRex can still post this kind of stuff and he is still around? I wish I knew fully what was going on, but I would rather not. Dex, that is the kind of stuff you put in your anger journal or something, the rest of us don't want to read that shit. The Teton Gravity board is for everyone that wants to share their passion for the outdoors, whether it be winter sports, biking, etc. If you want to talk about beating up high school kids, you fucking post it elsewhere!!!!

I'm starting to wonder if you guys learned anything from "the passion".