Culture and Caveat

[JuniperWoolf]

^^I used to spend a lot of time in Montreal, and that cross is the tackiest thing . I kinda like it... Guelph is a nice place, probably nicer if you're a student.

When I was there, I loved their strip club in the valley. It looks like a mansion.

LOL, thats radical. Even by Africa's standards that would be considered radical.

Once in the alley behind my house my next door neighbor got the hell beaten out of him by a big girl named Christina because he cheated on her sister.

There's this HUGE chick in our town named Sonia. She's beaten up many a guy. I once saw her mount this dude and smash his face into the ground, it was pretty epic.

We also have these two groups of sisters in town. I was there one time when they had this massive battle with each other. There was kicking and punching and hair-pulling and textbooks flying, it was a thing of beauty right on the front lawn of the highschool.

I myself have been in two un-regulated fights that went all the way (a lot of regulated ones, since I used to be a taekwondo competitor, and a lot of little scuffles that ended quickly ), both with girls. One called my friend a "dirty native" (a common racial slur in my town, we're about 15% native) and the other jumped me in a parking lot (I'm still not sure why).

The guys in my town fight each other ALL THE TIME. It's not even a big deal to anyone. Must be a hockey thing (fighting is an accepted part of the game). In fact, Nax (the forum member that I know irl) once pushed a guy named Ray down a flight of stairs. Haha, THAT level of violence doesn't happen very often.

*shrug* Fighting's fun. There's no reason to deny it, everyone likes a good bit of violence. It's primal, very "in the blood." I sort of think of it as a spiritual experience. The feeling that you get after a good scrap is fantastic.

[dizzydoll]

I sort of think of it as a spiritual experience.

No way, thats not true!! LOL, lol, I cant help laughing at your description, I never see fights, only seen one in my life and I wasnt born yesterday. To be honest I would get more afraid of seeing two chicks fighting than watching two guys scrap.... altho I cant be sure as I dont witness physical violence ever. I am just so happy about that.

edited to add:

I lie, I watch "Disorder in the Court" and I cant believe what I see. LOL. Its funny and crazy at the same time.


Court room beating 1.45min

Disorder in the Court-Our Town 2.08. This one is so funny.

or
Funny Moment on the People's Court 1.48min

Wonder how thats working for them.

[Paulclem]

I went to a rough school in Yorkshire and managed to get into fights - despite trying to avoid them. (This continued into my twenties - I must have a punchable face - though my Dad's last fight was in his late 50's, so perhaps it is the face) - But no-one would fight the rough girls for fear of losing. We just avoided them.

[Scheherazade]

*shrug* Fighting's fun. There's no reason to deny it, everyone likes a good bit of violence. It's primal, very "in the blood." I sort of think of it as a spiritual experience. The feeling that you get after a good scrap is fantastic.

Very interesting. Is this a teaching of some religious cult? "The Church of Holy Punch" perhaps?

Are there any popular teachings? Like:

Thou shalt beat the living daylights out of thy neighbour.

If thou strike someone on the right cheek, thou shalt make sure to strike them on the left one also.



I personally abhor violence and cannot understand why it would be championed under the cloak of "in the blood" and "fun".

However, I don't want to hijack this thread so I think I will start another thread on this issue.

[JuniperWoolf]

I personally abhor violence and cannot understand why it would be championed under the cloak of "in the blood" and "fun".

*shrug* It just is fun. When you're fighting, everything kind of fades away (that's I meant by "spiritual"... more in the proverbial sense). It's all just physical reaction, things happen too quickly for your brain to conciously keep up. Afterwards, even if you lose or it's just for sport (say, a sanctioned fight with a referee) every inch of you feels just fantastic. I think it's because you've giving in to your "animal instinct" (and I'm trying really hard not to sound cliche). People have been beating the crap out of each other for survival for millions of years, our brains have developed to crave violence (at least, that's my opinion).

[Niamh]

We were kind of like that as kids in dodgy Dublin, but it was more of a survival of the fittist in the rougher parts. You had to prove how tough your were. We'd have some organised fights around the back of the schools. If you didnt you got picked on. I hated it and avoided it as much as possible. I've seen a lot of kids get hurt. But we were all about 8,9,10 and as it got closer to our entrance exams for secondary school we would stop and let the younger kids take over. By the time we got to secondary school and then to college, the only people who kept fighting were bullies and a few that went on to be... the type of people you wouldnt cross.
They still do it today except theres more of a thuggery about it. Kids hitting kids with bricks? Not good. Culturally i think its shameful. Nobody should grow up, disadvantaged or not, encouraged to battle it out. I think its even worse of an example when kids grow up looking at adults doing this.

[dizzydoll]

Originally Posted by dizzydoll
South Africa has the best rugby and cricket teams in the whole wide world. lol.

Oh Dear! I think the All Blacks would be in disagreement with that one!

Well we have to give a dog a bone, the All Blacks Haka is pretty intimidating I would say but during this display the Springboks are watching the cheerleader dolls. lol.

Haka - New Zealand All Blacks Rugby YouTube - 0.50mins.

[TurquoiseSunset]

LOL, thats radical. Even by Africa's standards that would be considered radical.

Eh? What do you mean Africa's standards?

[dizzydoll]

Well, lets see JW posted this:

Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Girls in my town get into fistfights with each other and sometimes with guys too, and I've said that before to people that aren't from Canada. They always seem to think that's weird. It's not a hate thing, it's just "I have an issue with you, you have an issue with me, we fight and it's settled" then everything's fine (usually).

I feel girls getting into fistfights is rather radical.. even for Africa.. well I lived in Jo'burg for 20 odd years and if youve been to Jo'burg youve seen everything, mainly because its so cosmopolitan... but I have never seen girls fighting. Jo'burg is definitely like the wild west. I asked Shane if it happens in schools today and his answer: "no way!". Now in the Cape, I have no clue whats-up in the Cape. LOL. I just hope you dont have gals fistfighting there. LOL. I cant believe I am speaking about stuff like this.

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