Being 'violent' to me means something different to defending yourself or your loved ones.
Being violent is being easily provoked into anger and physical violence e.g if someone cuts you up on the car, you follow them for an argument or if you have a fight in a pub.
I am not violent at all. I am rather a peaceful person.
As an addition to above post ^^ - what are you supposed to do if you aren't a physically aggressive person? It's all very well trying to turn the other cheek. But what to do when you've been hurt so badly? Words are the only thing left surely?
I quite agree. I don't think 'words' are 'violent' in the same way as violence is:o.
And you do have to have the means to defend yourself.
Being absolutely supine is not the only 'non violent' stance.
Non, I'm very light hearted and chilled out, it takes a lot for me to get properly pissed off too, and then if I do get to that point I'm more likely to tell someone to go to hell and walk away than get confrontational.
And defending yourself if needs be does not make someone violent, that's just silly. Someone is beating the crap out of you; "must not strike back, that would make me violent". Lol
i was recently on an nvq level 2 course in adult social care
one of the questions on the coursework was '' what would you do if you saw a fellow care worker hitting a resident ? ''
now my natural instinct would be to step in , and give him a slap , and then report him through the manager etc
now this was discussed by our group (of about 20) and the course teacher
apparently the correct approach is to never step in , no matter the circumstances , but to just report to the care home manager , and for him to go through the propper channels , police etc
so even if you are actually watching first hand , an elderly lady in a wheelchair getting smacked about or molested or such ,,,,,,,,,, you cant step in and use reasonable restraint ?
''no you will lose your job''
utter bollocks ,, and more proof that the world has gone mad in its namby pamby political correctness .
i would have to risk job loss then , because theres no way i could watch an act of violence like that and not give the instigator a taste of his own medicine .
Non, I'm very light hearted and chilled out, it takes a lot for me to get properly pissed off too, and then if I do get to that point I'm more likely to tell someone to go to hell and walk away than get confrontational.
It takes a lot to get me really pissed off, but if you are one of those people that does manage to push me over the edge, be somewhere else, as I will rip you to shreds with words.
I'm not really that violent, but probably should be. From some of the comments I make to people I'm probably going to need somebody to fix up my jaw eventually.
It would take an awful lot to rise me to the point of violence (rarely if ever happens) and after drink I usually get more jollier with even people I don't like
It would take an awful lot to rise me to the point of violence (rarely if ever happens) and after drink I usually get more jollier with even people I don't like
I can just picture you dancing to the Irish violin music to someone you usually hate, then giving them a warm hug! ^_^
[QUOTE=Oliver_Ustinov;71278355]I can just picture you dancing to the Irish violin music to someone you usually hate, then giving them a warm hug! ^_^[/QUOTE]
Ah now that's taking Irish stereotypes a bit far
no but i usually want to rip people limb from limb when they give me bother but i control myself. I got into a few scraps at school but it was always the others who started it.
no but i usually want to rip people limb from limb when they give me bother but i control myself. I got into a few scraps at school but it was always the others who started it.
Absolutely not. I grew up with a violent dad, and my older brother, too, became violent. I've seen the result of violence and it's not pretty.
Having said that, if I was in a position where the only thing that would prevent my loved ones or myself from getting hurt then I'd definitely do all in my power to prevent that from happening.
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Being violent is being easily provoked into anger and physical violence e.g if someone cuts you up on the car, you follow them for an argument or if you have a fight in a pub.
I am not violent at all. I am rather a peaceful person.
I quite agree. I don't think 'words' are 'violent' in the same way as violence is:o.
And you do have to have the means to defend yourself.
Being absolutely supine is not the only 'non violent' stance.
I completely agree.
i was recently on an nvq level 2 course in adult social care
one of the questions on the coursework was '' what would you do if you saw a fellow care worker hitting a resident ? ''
now my natural instinct would be to step in , and give him a slap , and then report him through the manager etc
now this was discussed by our group (of about 20) and the course teacher
apparently the correct approach is to never step in , no matter the circumstances , but to just report to the care home manager , and for him to go through the propper channels , police etc
so even if you are actually watching first hand , an elderly lady in a wheelchair getting smacked about or molested or such ,,,,,,,,,, you cant step in and use reasonable restraint ?
''no you will lose your job''
utter bollocks ,, and more proof that the world has gone mad in its namby pamby political correctness .
i would have to risk job loss then , because theres no way i could watch an act of violence like that and not give the instigator a taste of his own medicine .
whatever happened to common sense ?
Your user name is a bit of a clue.
It takes a lot to get me really pissed off, but if you are one of those people that does manage to push me over the edge, be somewhere else, as I will rip you to shreds with words.
So I'm probably violent
Gotta be best post of the week.
Haha!
I shouldn't laugh but i must admit to a smirk.
I note his DS lights have been punched out.:(:D
Ah now that's taking Irish stereotypes a bit far
Yeah sometimes I get that feeling as well
That's what they all say, you trouble maker.
Having said that, if I was in a position where the only thing that would prevent my loved ones or myself from getting hurt then I'd definitely do all in my power to prevent that from happening.