On Mon, 11 May 2009 10:55:01 -0500, Tim Daneliuk
wrote:

Robatoy wrote:
On May 11, 10:26 am, Tim Daneliuk wrote:

No argument here. When you're in a bar fight you do not have to wait until
someone actually hits you. If they threaten to hit you and have the
likely means to do so, you are morally justified hitting them "preemtively"
when the beer bottle they're holding is on the backswing.


That is only allowed if you write a quick, brief note of apology
first, THEN hit him so hard that he leaves his shoes behind as he
flies through the window.



It actually works this way:

1) He threatens to hit you.
2) You warn him not to.
3) He picks up and swings the bottle.
4) You flatten him and pour the bottle up his nose
demanding he tell you who else is trying to hit you.
5) Your limp wristed fellow bar patrons are horrified
by all the "violence" and "inhumanity" and blame you.
6) People who live nowhere near you hear about the incident
and vilify you as evil.
7) You are run out of town on a rail.
8) The guy who now has your job writes a long letter of apology
even though he wasn't in the bar at the time, has never been
in a fight, doesn't know how to do your job, and has lived off
of others his entire life.
9) The world relaxes with Hope.





A Lesson From Recent History:

1. You tell him to put down the bottle.
2. He shows you that he does not have a bottle in either of his
hands.
3. You shoot him, insisting that he had a bottle.
4. You say, "Miission Accomplished".
5. You spend years looking for bottles that were never there.
6. You move back to Texas.
7. The guy who replaces you makes noises about prosecuting you for
shooting a man without a bottle.
8. You ask some of your friends if they will have Texas secede so
that you will not be extradited.
9. ...to be continued...
Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/