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WadoGuy
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Joined: 07 Aug 2001
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Location: Nashville, TN
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| Why do people fight? What reasons, right or wrong, do people fight. What scenarios? Why? What makes us fight? |
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tessone
Green Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 395
Location: Galesburg, IL
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 8:58 am Post subject: |
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That's a pretty big question, and no one has an answer.
Ingrained responses from back when we had to fight for survival (Rousseau says so)? Corruption by society (Hobbes says so)? General meanness? Stupidity? Who knows?
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Ti-Kwon-Leap
Blue Belt
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 344
Location: Portland, Or
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Fear, or a derivative thereof. i.e. jealosy, hatred, greed ...uncontrolled emotions basically.
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ckdstudent
Green Belt
Joined: 09 May 2002
Posts: 491
Location: Surrey, England
Styles: Choi Kwang Do
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Threats, people respond to threats in one of two ways. Either they submit, or they fight (not necessarily physically, ignoring a threat or matching someone's insult are also fighting against a threat).
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Bon
Black Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2001
Posts: 1047
Location: Australia
Styles: BJJ, Kickboxing
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The following reasons are why I used to fight :
I felt intimidated & scared and wanted to reverse it.
I felt I couldn't win the verbal argument, or I'd lost it, so I'd resort to violence.
I wanted to prove I was tough.
I wanted to try a technique, so I'd look for an excuse to start a fight and try a technique.
I wanted to impress people.. That seems so foolish now..
I wanted to 'shut' someone's mouth.
I was trying to be the macho guy..
I was sick of being walked over and wanted to be known as someone who wouldn't be walked over easily.
I felt I had a reputation that I had to keep..
The main reason I would fight was because
I felt they were in the wrong with what they were doing and hitting them was okay because I'd been 'conditioned' when I was younger that if I misbehaved, I'd be hit.
I'm also protective when it comes to my close friends.. an attack on my close friends is an attack on me as far as I'm concerned, especially on a lady. But, 'friends' that wouldn't stick for me, or haven't stuck for me in the past, I wouldn't stick for if the situation arised.
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WadoGuy
Yellow Belt
Joined: 07 Aug 2001
Posts: 33
Location: Nashville, TN
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| Do you feel that age is a factor in why people fight? |
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tsdstud
Orange Belt
Joined: 21 Apr 2002
Posts: 147
Location: Davison, MI
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| Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 5:54 am Post subject: |
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 People fight because they are stupid. |
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Martial_Artist
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 19 Apr 2002
Posts: 935
Location: Western USA.
Styles: The Pure Art
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| Good question. I think all of the above can be summed up in NECESSITY. People fight because of necessity. Let me explain. Humans tend to do whatever is most necessary to them(their personal view) at any given moment. Thus it is necessity that governs choice. Whether your reason lies behind fear, defense, stupidity, etc. the reason remains that you fought at that moment because you felt it the most necessary thing to do at that moment. On the other hand, NECESSITY is the same governing factor behind running. Choosing to run vs fight depends on what you view as necessary at that given moment. |
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Kempo_Dude
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 180
Location: Czech Republic
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Thats a Dumb question... thats a big question
I dont want to right those things..
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jiu-jitsu fighter
Brown Belt
Joined: 02 Jan 2003
Posts: 606
Styles: praying mantis, ninjutsu, BJJ,Blauer
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because we are still primitive animals
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on the post.
