Fights

[SweetLeftFoot]

Personally, I think ice and speed are to blame for the rrecent increase in violence.

me too.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Too many idiots and wannabe heroes wandering the streets these days.

 

[BigBadCam]

Choppers take on street violence: (Last Man Standing, pg166-167)
It's like the monkey who roared like a lion at night and made all the animals in the jungle run away in panic and fear.

The monkey started to think he was a lion because all the animals ran in fear of him at night. It was dark, none of the nimals could see that the roaring monster was just a little mokney and so the monkey continued to rant and roar.

Even the elephants ran away with the wolves and jackals and the monkey roared out, 'I am king of the jungle'.

Then one night the monkey came across a lion and the mokey roared and growled, but instead of running away in fear the lion charged forward and pounced on the monkey and tore him to shreds.

In the morning, all the animals came to look, and when they saw the dead monkey they all cried and asked the lion why he killed the poor monkey.

The old lion looked at the dead monkey and, feeling a bit puzzled himself, he said, 'He's a dead monkey now, but last night he was a lion.'

 

[J-Train]

Ill admit it, Im short Fused when Drunk, I wont knock peoples heads off for bumping me, but i wont just avoid confrontation, if someone just gives me attitude im usually in their face

Sure i';ve won most fights, But ive got my ass handed to me a few times

One particular case i was being hasseled by 2 guys at a train station, to the point they were demanding my wallet, i thought "Well, there is 300 dollars in my wallet (When your 16 thats a lot of money) i've just knocked one guy out for about 2 minutes and held my own against the next guy for enough so they've realised it wasnt worth it

Unless they guy flicks up a knife im comfortable in taking them on.

Another one was when i got the shit kicked out of me, in year 8 some year 10 came up and put gum in my hair, ran back to his posse sitting against the wall and they all burst into laughter, I went up to the bloke and kicked him square in the head, while he was holding the back of his head and his new flat nose, his 3 mates just repeatedly kicked me on the ground untill the teachers stopped them

While they never really did nothing to me again, and they walked away probably thinking "yeah we showed him" I never got hasseled by them again, if i just walked away im sure they would have just kept giving me shit untill they left school

What a gross overreaction to someone putting gum in your hair. Violence begets violence - refer to post 2 hero head.

 

[Upgrayedd]

What a gross overreaction to someone putting gum in your hair. Violence begets violence - refer to post 2 hero head.

Ever tried getting gum out when its in about 30cm of hair? I had to get it cut out as well.

I knew i was going to get my ass kicked, but did anyone hassel me again after they saw i at least stood up for myself?

 

[J-Train]

Ever tried getting gum out when its in about 30cm of hair? I had to get it cut out as well.

I knew i was going to get my ass kicked, but did anyone hassel me again after they saw i at least stood up for myself?

When someone tries to justify kicking someone in the head as an appropriate response to what is, in the grand scheme of things, pretty minor schoolyard horseplay, it just confirms for me that the world has gone completely mad.

Put it this way, if you kicked your bubblegum assailent in the head and he died from the blow, or as has happened in other instances and been highlighted in the "One punch can kill" campaign, he died from banging his head on the ground when you knocked him out -- could you look yourself in the mirror and say I killed a person, but he deserved to die it because he put gum in my hair. You've effectively ruined dozens of lives with one stupid act - including your own.

As soon as people resort to violence, the element of control is lost from the situation. You might kick someone in the head and he shakes it off and laughs at you, or you might kick someone in the head and he goes down like a sack of spuds and never wakes up again.

 

[Mr Gor]

i'm with the J-Train. too often people arch up over such minor incidents.

sometimes the fights i hear about/see are comical though, as long as they're nothing serious of course (e.g. hitting people when they're not expecting it, done for no reason).

for example, once in maccas (years ago), my stupid tough wannabe friend backtalked this other tough wannabe mofo (who started it, really), causing him to run over with an attempted fly kick. little did he know that one of the girls with us had dropped her burger on the floor just minutes earlier, leaving him to slip on it and fall on his ass. nothing happened after that

seriously though, alcohol is the main reason for violence. it's what has so many people out at night and gives everybody that liquid courage to start shit when in their right mind they wouldn't bother. that said, there's also plenty of ********s around just looking to mess other people up for the **** of it. they keep doing it because they don't get caught, and the ones that do get caught get no penalty. if a vigilante group started up to clean up the streets, i'd be all for it. as long as they could all swing a sack of doorknobs

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I think alot of the problem with violence comes from people who come to the city with a large group of mates from the outer suburbs, transport to/from the city costs so much that they feel compelled to have a big night (booze wise) to make it worth their while.

I have seen a few out on the town. One sticks in my mind, I was at the bar (turned my head around to see if any of my mates were heading to the bar). I saw a guy come up to another guy and shake his hand (no words were exchanged) and within in 1 second of releasing the handshake they just started belting the shit out of each other

Personally I'm not the fighting type, I have only ever been involved in one fight. Basically I came back from the can and I saw a guy talking with my girlfiend (no big deal, I turst her), anyway she went to leave the bar and he grabbed her arm, so I of course came over and in a fairly controlled manner stood between her and him and just said she's with me so don't touch her (a reasonable enough response I would have thought). His response was to take a roundhouse swing at me (luckily he was drunk enough that I could see it coming and ducked it). Then I kind of forced him up against the bar to hold his arms back, luckily within about 5-10 seconds of this happening security came over and kicked me and him out of the club.

 

[BigBadCam]

I don't like taking the first punch, especially if I don't see it coming, but after that when adrenalin is pumping I don't feel them. The first one is always the one that can get you though.

 

[Power King]

When someone tries to justify kicking someone in the head as an appropriate response to what is, in the grand scheme of things, pretty minor schoolyard horseplay, it just confirms for me that the world has gone completely mad.

Put it this way, if you kicked your bubblegum assailent in the head and he died from the blow, or as has happened in other instances and been highlighted in the "One punch can kill" campaign, he died from banging his head on the ground when you knocked him out -- could you look yourself in the mirror and say I killed a person, but he deserved to die it because he put gum in my hair. You've effectively ruined dozens of lives with one stupid act - including your own.

As soon as people resort to violence, the element of control is lost from the situation. You might kick someone in the head and he shakes it off and laughs at you, or you might kick someone in the head and he goes down like a sack of spuds and never wakes up again.

People are egotistical though.

 

[BigBadCam]

When someone tries to justify kicking someone in the head as an appropriate response to what is, in the grand scheme of things, pretty minor schoolyard horseplay, it just confirms for me that the world has gone completely mad.

Put it this way, if you kicked your bubblegum assailent in the head and he died from the blow, or as has happened in other instances and been highlighted in the "One punch can kill" campaign, he died from banging his head on the ground when you knocked him out -- could you look yourself in the mirror and say I killed a person, but he deserved to die it because he put gum in my hair. You've effectively ruined dozens of lives with one stupid act - including your own.

As soon as people resort to violence, the element of control is lost from the situation. You might kick someone in the head and he shakes it off and laughs at you, or you might kick someone in the head and he goes down like a sack of spuds and never wakes up again.

I guess on the upside he wont be putting bubblegum in peoples' hair anymore.

 

[jeemak]

When someone tries to justify kicking someone in the head as an appropriate response to what is, in the grand scheme of things, pretty minor schoolyard horseplay, it just confirms for me that the world has gone completely mad.

Put it this way, if you kicked your bubblegum assailent in the head and he died from the blow, or as has happened in other instances and been highlighted in the "One punch can kill" campaign, he died from banging his head on the ground when you knocked him out -- could you look yourself in the mirror and say I killed a person, but he deserved to die it because he put gum in my hair. You've effectively ruined dozens of lives with one stupid act - including your own.

As soon as people resort to violence, the element of control is lost from the situation. You might kick someone in the head and he shakes it off and laughs at you, or you might kick someone in the head and he goes down like a sack of spuds and never wakes up again.

Good post.

I've been in a few fights with mixed outcomes, I'm 30 now and the last one I got into was over ten years ago. But that one was out of control and resulted in a guy being in a coma for a little while. You go through court cases, hospital visits where you have to see the family of the victim and answer their justified questions, whilst manouvering through the distainful glares they shoot at you when you're around them. You learn pretty quickly the damage an inflated sense of pride and an inability to judge your surroundings can do, and if you're smart enough, you'll stop putting youself in those situations.

It's easy to blame the Muzza (not wogs) portion of society, sure they've increased in numbers, as has every other minority group in the country, but the anglo's don't really set a good example either.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

I was drinking in a bar/club in Dublin on a Thursday night in about 2003 and there was a group of guys in there, about 10 of them, loud, obnoxious, coked up to the eyeballs, who were obviously crims/gangsters of some variety. The bouncers certainly didn't want to do anything about them.

But they basically kept themselves to themselves and didn't hassle anyone else so it wasn't too bad.

Anyway, about half an hour later, a similar group of lads, comes in and immediately there's massive tension. Obviously some rival 'crew' etc. Words and threats are exchanged and suddenly the boss bouncer steps between them and basically pleads, do it outside lads, come on.

So out they trot and then it is on. For young and old. We go out to watch. These guys were kicking shit out of each other, using those metal like footpath cafe chairs, everything, anything.

Then the Gardai - cops - turn up, about three or four cars disgorging three/four cops each and they just wade into the fray, swinging batons and fists.

Without a word being said, the previously belting each other gangster/coke dealer types immediately unite and start punching shit out of the cops, giving a very good account of themselves too. They certainly had the upper hand.

Then you could hear more sirens and they all just bolted, scattered. One or two got captured (and I'm sure they had a fun time in the cells at Store Street, jaysus) but the rest got away.

 

[scooterb]

I saw a scuffle at a pub last Saturday night, but luckily there was a third party mediator who helped settle things down.

The joint usually turns feral around Christmas time for some reason.

On a personal note, I haven't been in a serious fight since high school and even then, it was quite a minor, one-off altercation.

However, I remember when I was in year 11, some ******* ******** walked past me whilst I was at my locker and he hit me across the head with his metal lock quite aggressively. It was a major WTF moment as it was a totally unprovoked attack and none of his knobhead mates were around. I was very tempted to follow him and push him down the staircase, but common sense prevailed and I let it go.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

Late last year got jumped by about 4 teenage (I'm a 'teen' also) wogs randomly. That was bloody fun. More or less wiped out the three weak idiots, but one of them kept throwing the hooks and landing to the head. The first one kinda stung, but the rest I didn't feel much. I was 'in the zone'. Anyway, people came to defuse the situation and that one dick ran off. Ended up getting caught that last wog, and is currently on a 3yr warning/caution period. Tossers.

 

[cocobonobo]

I feel in fights its all about the choices you make and the consequences from them and people need a clear mind to make the "appropriate" choices.

Most people dont exactly think straight in a fight and obviously this clear mind would be readily available if if alcohol wasnt involved but this is often not the case. Obviously different choices and consequences vary from the situation and I do not endorse fights although i have accepted the fact that some people think of the consequences after the person they hit is on the ground unconsious.

 

[Tex_21]

Good mate of mine got killed a few years back outside a party at home. Some shit started up, bloke hit him, he fell (think he hit his head - I missed it, was at home). Died about 3 days later.

Lowlife scum sucking **** rag that hit him got 3 years (after 2 more on the outside beofre the trial) in a "juvenile detention facility" aka - 3 years watching TV and playing Nintendo. Judges - ****ing do something!

 

[boncer34]

Saw one massive one recently at Pizza Hut of all places. Some young guys drunk were throwing food around, some of it hit a family of sitting in the corner. The Dad stood up said, "Wanna take it outside?" So they did and all hell broke loose.

Only been in one in the last few months, well last couple of years actually and that was only because some dick punched a friend of mine in the head because she wouldn't dance with him or kiss him at a club. That got me pretty riled up, I'm normally the bloke pulling everyone away trying to defuse the situation but shit like that just pisses me off. As it would quite a few people on here I'd imagine.

 

[blues4flag]

However, I remember when I was in year 11, some ******* ******** walked past me whilst I was at my locker and he hit me across the head with his metal lock quite aggressively.

My twin brother did the same to me when we were in year 12. Of course, I wasn't gonna let him just walk away and we both ended up being suspended, even though I barely got a shot in amongst the teachers and classmates who jumped in to separate it.

 

[Dan Moody]

*cues heroheads to come out of the woodwork and recount glory days of when they took on 5 Sudanese immigrants outside Maccas*

this \/

Ill admit it, Im short Fused when Drunk, I wont knock peoples heads off for bumping me, but i wont just avoid confrontation, if someone just gives me attitude im usually in their face

Sure i';ve won most fights, But ive got my ass handed to me a few times

One particular case i was being hasseled by 2 guys at a train station, to the point they were demanding my wallet, i thought "Well, there is 300 dollars in my wallet (When your 16 thats a lot of money) i've just knocked one guy out for about 2 minutes and held my own against the next guy for enough so they've realised it wasnt worth it

Unless they guy flicks up a knife im comfortable in taking them on.

Another one was when i got the shit kicked out of me, in year 8 some year 10 came up and put gum in my hair, ran back to his posse sitting against the wall and they all burst into laughter, I went up to the bloke and kicked him square in the head, while he was holding the back of his head and his new flat nose, his 3 mates just repeatedly kicked me on the ground untill the teachers stopped them

While they never really did nothing to me again, and they walked away probably thinking "yeah we showed him" I never got hasseled by them again, if i just walked away im sure they would have just kept giving me shit untill they left school

you tell em' big guy!

 

[scooterb]

you tell em' big guy!

Another gem from this bloke:
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427913

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Good mate of mine got killed a few years back outside a party at home. Some shit started up, bloke hit him, he fell (think he hit his head - I missed it, was at home). Died about 3 days later.

Lowlife scum sucking **** rag that hit him got 3 years (after 2 more on the outside beofre the trial) in a "juvenile detention facility" aka - 3 years watching TV and playing Nintendo. Judges - ****ing do something!

Couldn't agree more, a guy the yr above me at school got bashed about 3yrs back, he is now in a vegitative state unable to talk or care for himself. The guy who hit him got a very light sentence (can't remember exactly what it was) but he is out already.

 

[Military_man]

Ill admit it, Im short Fused when Drunk, I wont knock peoples heads off for bumping me, but i wont just avoid confrontation, if someone just gives me attitude im usually running away

Sure i';ve won most pillow fights, But ive got my ass handed to me a few times at some homosexual bars.

One particular case i was being hasseled by 2 girls at a train station, to the point they were demanding my wallet, i thought "Well, there is 300 dollars in my wallet (When your 16 thats a lot of money) i've just knocked one girl out who was 7 years old for about 2 minutes and held my own against the next girl who was 10 years old for enough so they've realised it wasnt worth it

Unless they the girl flicks up a knife im comfortable in taking them on.

Another one was when i got the shit kicked out of me, in year 8 some pre primary school kid. she came up and put gum in my hair, ran back to her posse sitting against the wall and they all burst into laughter, I went up to the little 4 year old girl and kicked her square in the head, while she was holding the back of her head and her new flat nose, her 3 little friends just repeatedly kicked me on the ground untill the teachers stopped them

While they never really did nothing to me again, and they walked away probably thinking "yeah we showed him" I never got hasseled by them again, if i just walked away im sure they would have just kept giving me shit untill they left school

edited for accuracy

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

My friend nearly got into a punch on with Andy Harper at a Melbourne nightclub back in the late 90s.

This was when Andy Harper was still playing in the NSL and on this particular day they had just lost a semi by 5-0.

My mate was at the bar ordering drinks and directly opposite him on the other side of the bar was Andy. My mate yells out "hey Andy". Andy looks up with a big grin expecting a fan and my mate, pissed off his head holds up 5 fingers and yells out "5 nil ********" across the bar.

Andy's facial expression changed dramatically, and he forgot about his drinks and proceeded to chase my mate around the club for the next 5-10 minutes. It was packed so it was pretty easy to lose oneself.

To this day probably the funniest thing I have ever seen

 

[Dan Moody]

Another gem from this bloke:
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427913

lol, "vag pounded"

My friend nearly got into a punch on with Andy Harper at a Melbourne nightclub back in the late 90s.

This was when Andy Harper was still playing in the NSL and on this particular day they had just lost a semi by 5-0.

My mate was at the bar ordering drinks and directly opposite him on the other side of the bar was Andy. My mate yells out "hey Andy". Andy looks up with a big grin expecting a fan and my mate, pissed off his head holds up 5 fingers and yells out "5 nil ********" across the bar.

Andy's facial expression changed dramatically, and he forgot about his drinks and proceeded to chase my mate around the club for the next 5-10 minutes. It was packed so it was pretty easy to lose oneself.

To this day probably the funniest thing I have ever seen

with dickwads like your mate goading sports stars when they're out trying to enjoy themselves, is it any wonder some of them react the way they do?
good to see your mate backed it up by running away