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Assaulted in Wal-mart
I was assaulted by a little kid in Wal-mart.
While crossing the store from housewares to groceries I saw a small child (no older than 5 years) in my peripheral vision walking towards my person. Perceiving that this little tike was approaching me with deliberate purpose, I turned my head to get a better look. He threw up some sort of gang sign and said (and I quote) "Checka-checka-checka me out." By then he was on me. He drew back, delivered as serious a blow to my thigh as he could muster, and disappeared into the folds of the poorly sewn jeans and novelty boxers that lined the aisle.
The punch didn't hurt at all, but I did remain in the aisle for a short moment to reflect on what had just happened. I realized that I had known that he was going to hit me before the blow was delivered, but was too struck with a kind of curiosity to stop it. I'm sure that I was expressionless through the whole ordeal. What an unusual thing to experience.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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