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One thing I noticed in my high school days is that certain things were always "cool" to say.. saying them immediately made you a macho tough guy and couldn't really backfire.
One of these statements was that if someone ever "said X to me" then I'd "kick the shit out of them." Another was that "if he ever hit me, I'd kick the shit outta him."
The nice thing about college is that most people have grown out of this juvenile, irresponsible mindset. Some never do.
Violence is never justified. Anyone advocating violence in "self-defense" has obviously never thought about what self-defense means. It means responding with an EQUAL amount of force, not more. If someone hits you with their fist, and you hit them with a bat in self defense -- its criminal. Likewise, if you think you're GOING to get hit, and you hit them pre-emptively -- yep, still illegal. No one likes to have their physical body attacked, and anyone who thinks that violence is okay likely doesn't understand the Golden Rule very well.
Oh and "teaching" people? Horseshit. Last time I checked we had POLICE OFFICERS and LAWS for "teaching people." Using teaching as a justification belies your need to justify violence on your part to patch an ego..
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