You figure that it goes without a saying. You can be having a heated discussion about anything with somebody and, if no agreement is reached, people will part their ways probably muttering to themselves how stupid is the other party.

Not anymore.

I bring this because of the comments I read on social media and other locations about the Pollo Tropical Restaurant Shooting. Some people seemed to feel that even though the argument was escalated to one of the parties to use hands/fist, it is OK to do so as if punches were not (to paraphrase Whoppi Goldberg) “violence-violence.”

Here is an example. Apparently one guy called the other guy’s lady a name and first guy went Sir Lancelot  demanding apologies.  Watch all the way to the end.

Repeat after me: “Words do not hurt.” again, “Words do not hurt.” But you know what hurts? Handcuffs, spending a night or more in jail, Reggie introducing you to the secrets of Big House Love (don’t pick up the soap), a felony rap that will screw up your life forever. And as we seen before, a conviction for Manslaughter also hurts like a sonsofbitch because one punch can kill somebody.

But yet, I see more and more people defending the end of an argument with physical violence. They do not seem to comprehend that depending on the circumstances, the only thing they are doing is setting themselves up to be shot and the other party walks away because the unnecessary escalation.

I think people nowadays not only assume it is their right to win (Generation Participation Trophy) and even a simple discussion that is not going their way is destructive to their ego and demands satisfaction.  This used to be the behavior of the mentally unbalanced but now appears to become the norm among more and more people because they have been wrongly taught they can get away with it. And then somebody teaches them differently in a painful way.

But what I fear the most is the one idiot that even after letting him win the argument and/or offer apologies for the real or imaginary affront, feels the need to exact a pound of flesh from your backside.

It is getting difficult to act civilized when people in the outside world feel they are in a Ego-Driven Gladiator Match.

In the event you missed it, there was an ISIS terrorist vehicle ramming attack in London last Saturday night. This attack followed another ISIS vehicle attack at the same location in England, as well as previous Islamic vehicle terror attacks in France, Canada, Israel, and Germany.  The United States has not been immune from such attacks either.  In fact, one of the first Islamic terrorist vehicle attacks occurred in North Carolina in 2006.  Another occurred last year on the campus of the Ohio State University. Why all the vehicle attacks?  The ISIS propaganda publication Rumiyah has specifically called for Muslim terrorists to use vehicles and knives as weapons against the Western world.

Source: 10 Tips for Surviving a Terrorist Vehicle Attack | Active Response Training

As usual stolen from Greg’s site and chock-full of good information. Go read.

I found out about this defensive shooting at a Pollo Tropical via the Social Media portal of a local TV station.  It had the dreaded words Stand Your Ground.

Police said Sunday they believe Cardiff Lindo, 33, of Davie killed Eric Primus, 49, of Tamarac in self-defense under the state’s Stand Your Ground law after Primus restarted an argument that began inside the Davie restaurant.

After reading the account of what happened, I defied the old advice of “Never read the comments” to check what were the readers thinking.  To my surprise in light of all the years now of negative news and editorials about SYG, the comments were for Stand Your Ground (I’d say 70 to 80%). There was a sprinkle of negative comments, some even daring to mention Trayvon Martin, but they were feeble attempts at repeating the tired arguments of “feeling scared” and “being shot for a discussion” and some outright lied and changed the events to fit the anti-gun agenda.

So, in the “case” of The People v. Stand Your Ground, once again the verdict is in: The People like the law, contrary to what the shills from Moms Demand, Violence Policy center and the Florida Prosecutors say.

Watching BBC and Sky News plus perusing Brit Media sites: This is being touted as a great thing.

This is the model of Police Response, Gun Control and Gun Free Zones the Oppositions wishes to impose in the USA.

Then again, it is not their lives in the chopping/slicing block, it is yours.

Catholics may need to do the Confession thing.

Watching the latest batch of attacks in London when this I noticed the scheduled show that was supposed to air.

I won’t say karma or schadenfreude because regular folks were hurt and not the assholes at BBC.

It should give pause to the BBC producers and even teach them some humility, but probably they will blame Trump for leaving the Paris Accords and continue unfazed.

Hat tip to Rick C and B.F