[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
AznMscls wrote:
This just makes you sound more like a poser. Most street fighters I know tend to avoid conflict. It gets old after a while and having cops look for you every weekend is just not fun.
Another poser. The reason someone becomes a street fighter is because he does it often. It’s easy to avoid fights. It was rare indeed when I could not have avoided a fight. In fact, I can’t think of one time where I wasn’t at least partially responsible for the fight starting.
Some guys go through a phase where that’s what they lived for. I went through the phase. Sure, today I avoid fights, but that’s because I’m too old and don’t want to be sued and get arrested. I did not have that same attitude when I was 12-19.
I also do not consider myself a street fighter. I’m just a banged-up old fart who used to be one. So that I avoid fights is not probative of what ACTUAL fighters do.
You, obviously, have never been a fighter, nor have you been around many.
Quit fronting.
People forget that in order to be considered a “street fighter” (a term thrown around so loosely that I think it’s fucking hysterical), you have to be an asshole.
Not the, “Yea, I’m an asshole” in the Dennis Leary sense of the word, but mostly a true dick who takes offense at very small things and is willing to risk possibly killing someone over them.
I’m 22, and I don’t look at fighting the same as I did when I was 18. Once you have to run from the cops because they’re going to arrest you for assault or you catch a beer bottle in the eye, fighting becomes a lot less fun.
I could have probably avoided most of the fights I’ve been in. I don’t really have much to prove to anyone now, and I’m too old to not be able to think about being thrown in jail getting sued by some asshole at a bar.
My original theory still stands though- when you try to do things like “palm strikes” because you saw someone do it and it looked cool, you’re going to break your wrist and end up looking like an asshole.
Not to mention you’ll get stomped. [/quote]
Dude,
Hate to call you out, but exactly how many times have you run from the cops? 2-3?
Seriously?
How many?
And yes, I enjoy fighting for the fun of fighting eventhopugh I am older and have responsibilities I never had before. Although I am older now, 35 years old to be exact, with a son & wife, rent & and numerous financial responsibilities, but I get the urge to engage in a physical dispute, I turn to my my wife and ask if I can.
If she says “boo,” then I am off. I love to fight win or lose. If she says “no” then I sit back down.
The good thing is she thinks I am bluffing sometimes 
Either way, she seems to enjoy it which is why I married her. I can find a new job, I can find new enemies. But the people that seem to think they are above everything honorable sometimes need to be knocked the fuck out. And sometimes they wake up and stop cutting people off in traffic and being a dis-honorable person. They realize that sometimes their actions may have consequences, by a psycho cook like me, and they just might wake up with their teeth in their throat.
And don’t get me wrong Fightingirish, I have much respect for you. I have seen many posts on here where you have displayed knowledge and intelligence. You are not a fool and have earned respect. But what you say about fighting above limits it to your perspective.
The idea I am trying to get across is some street fighters have such a passion for it, they put aside the limitations imposed by our society for the fun, and hopeful avoidance, of the activity. Lets face it, every fight does not end in prosecution, and sometimes being prosecuted is worth beating someone’s ass.