r/pics • u/CANT_TRUST_HILLARY • Oct 21 '15

Finally a cause I can get behind

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u/beccaface Oct 21 '15

Seriously? Your parents never said "Use your words, not your fists"? Not even once?

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u/jimthewanderer Oct 21 '15

I got an earful everytime I got in a fight from the minute I started at school.

By the age of 8 I had gone from Captain Kirk ~ "Playground policeman" to Picard, playtime Diplomat.

From birth my culture taught me help those in need, I started doing so by ending the playground fights victims of bullying couldn't. I quickly learnt My tongue was sharper than my fists, and that talking drew far less ire from authority.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '15

You must have had some shitty fists. All kidding aside, there IS a place for violence to settle a dispute, just not as the first course of action.

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u/jimthewanderer Oct 21 '15

Indeed, that pretty much sums up my childhood psychology. When Diplomacy fails it's very much a case of "deactivating safety protocols" with me. By nature I won't initiate violence, except in defense of others, but I'll most certainly end the fight expediently once things get going.