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Originally Posted by Bob Biter
There's an old Shaolin saying: "Avoid rather than check, check rather than hurt, hurt rather than maim, maim rather than kill." Even kung fu masters know that violence is never the first answer. While Gilda didn't confront the creep, she didn't get herself into more trouble either, and I think everyone who suggested violence should stop and consider that.
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Agreed. There are a LOT of nuts out there these days. That's why it always floors me when people yell shit at me while I'm driving or walking around. They don't have any idea that I'm not a psycho with a gun - they're begging to die when they pull shit like that.
If Gilda had smacked him or kicked him in the crotch, for all she knew he had a knife or gun and would have used it. No matter what the harm to your dignity, it's not worth the risk of getting hurt or killed over.
You have to keep in mind when stuff like this happens that it's not your fault, and it does NOT degrade you as a person in any way whatsoever. The guy is the sleazeball here - you cannot have your "purity," for want of a better word, compromised by the smarmy actions of others.