(09-25-2018, 02:43 PM)Jagwired Wrote:

(09-25-2018, 12:20 PM)mikesez Wrote: Promising to retaliate to words with physical harm shows weakness, not strength.

Thanks for your opinion on the matter. Opinion being the key word. Some would say cowering from the situation shows weakness. Some will let their loved ones be assaulted. Some, like me will not. Different strokes for different folks as they say.

If both you and the people you are protecting, like your wife, are able to leave, there is no benefit to fighting.  Leaving is by far the best choice.  If they try to prevent you from leaving, or follow you, that's a different matter and you have to retaliate in self-defense.  Anyone who thinks differently has a skewed vision of manliness. 
It's very simple.
Don't start nothing, won't be nothing.
If no one throws the first punch, there are no punches.
If no one makes the first shove, there is no shoving.
Do only what you need to do to keep you and your family safe.
If you adopt any other ethic, you are the menace to society, as much as you may blame it on others.

---