I'm not trying to be anything other than a voice of civility while you guys celebrate hitting a woman. If you like cowardly actions and slapping women around then there was nothing wrong with what he did. If you are against striking women, then what he did was wrong.
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Look I don't agree with beating the hell out of a woman now thats just wrong. But if a woman off the street just walks up to you and hit you I believe you have the right to hit her back. I don't wont to hear this talk about just smile and laugh it off becasue some women can hit you just as hard as a dude.
Right. Because we're not being "civil" here. We're having a girl-smacking party! First of all, it could be argued that to not stand up to an aggressor (male or female) makes you "cowardly", so let's stop name-calling, shall we? It's not very "civil". Secondly, to argue that someone should be exempt from responsibility for their actions because they are female is insulting to women as a gender. If they are truly equal to men in every way (which, I believe they are), then they should be held accountable for initiating a physical confrontation with someone, regardless of gender, and should expect to be treated in kind. Also, to continuously state that you are a "gentleman" (thereby inferring that we are NOT "gentlemen") is a passive-aggressive insult. What exactly is a gentleman? Does he hold the door for a lady? Pull out her chair for her to sit? Ok. What about ordering for her at a restaurant? After all, that's what "gentlemen" used to do. So, are women not allowed to choose what they eat any more? Let's face it: the roles of men and women have changed since the days of southern "gentility", and one of those changes involves gender roles in physical confrontations. Should a man hit a women whenever he feels like it? Absolutely not. Should a woman hit a man when she feels like it? Absolutely not. If either of them crosses the line and starts a fight, should they expect retaliation? Absolutely.
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She actually came out of that more of a man than the guy by taking it on the chin. The guy replied with a haymaker of a slap, then tried to carry on with his chest puffed out, but sobbed out a pathetic wimper of "how can she slap, sir?" by the end.
Out of curiosity, in strictly 'law of averages'/scientific/medical terms, is this actually true though? Physically, isn't there still quite a divide between the 'average' man/woman? Obviously there will be extremes (like how people in this thread keep pointing to MMA fighters and professional boxers) but if we are talking in an every day scenario I don't think that's the norm. I am just surprised to see how many people are all about striking a woman. I guess I just wasn't raised that way. Barring real danger (obviously), I don't see the 'need' for a man to hit a woman. It should be a situation most men can get control of (at least the physical aspect of it). I don't know. I've just always felt it would have to be a hell of an extreme case for me to actually hit a woman. Getting slapped sure isn't it. Hahahaha
Franchise blade, this thread should have died six pages ago. You are getting annoying, and stop acting like you are better than us for thinking the whole thing was a damn joke. I don't know how you could honestly feel this strong about either slap, just sign off and stop posting.
That may or may not be the case, but it's irrelevant: whether or not one is physically imposing or not doesn't matter one bit when it comes to the principle of starting a physical confrontation. By this same logic, if a not-so-strong man were to strike a much stronger man, he would be exempt from responsibility for his actions. Did he not initiate a physical confrontation? Should he not expect retaliation? To say that women shouldn't be treated the same is a double-standard, IMHO. I wouldn't say we're "all about" it. I just feel that one should treat others the way you expect to be treated. If you hit someone, expect to be hit back. Period. Ok, but there are some who were raised differently and believe differently, and to passive-aggressively insult them as some others have done in this thread kinda bothers me. And with that, I withdraw from this thread until it lands in D&D.
I'm waiting for Shaud to call Franchise Blade "Cap'n Save a Hoe" EDIT: I see T-mac&Yao=RING has risen to the occasion.
I'm indian so i understood everything they said and it wasn't pretty. All he said was "How could she slap me" other guy says, " Sister F**** ." repeatedly just for anyone that wants to know this **** was hilarious b.c if uyour indian you encounter FOBS on a daily basis but this was so damn funny lmao
There you have it. If James Bond himself has no qualms with hitting women, how can it be deemed ungentlemanly?
But see, I disagree on that. I understand your point about equality; but that's why I'm curious about the logistics/'averages' of it all. I only asked because you seemed to offer a lot of information on the subject. To me, IF there are actual, real, scientific factors involved here like I am referring to (simple physical differences between men and women) then that equality doesn't exist. As such, there has to be some measure of discipline/self control. This is, I'm sure, just one of the reasons some of us were raised to avoid hitting women, but I'm just using it as an example. Of course, maybe I'm way off base and there is no difference and the medical/scientific community considers the divide between a man and woman in a physical confrontation to be miniscule. I don't know. It just doesn't seem that would be the case.
