Well, would this, then, be more of a question of your own conduct than the conduct of these youths?
As for myself, even after a couple of drinks, I'm not one to take an eye for an eye. In these types of situations, I don't think that's usually the best course of action. I usually have better things to do than parley with that sort.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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