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I live in a reasonably unpleasant area. By which I mean the people are lowlives.
There are a lot of students, most of whom are fine.
There are decent families, same.
And decent other people.
And there are lowlives. I'm going to try to keep clear of labels like chavs, because not all the ash-holes are chavs (see the 'most of whom are fine', above), and not all the 'chavs' (by my definition at least) are ash-holes.
I've met a few who've seemed nice enough. And certainly plenty who don't go out of their way to be obnoxious to strangers.
But then there are the lowlives.
People who pick fights with random people on a night out, people who are offensive to strangers. People who ask for money in the street (not even homeless people, though I'm sure you all know the kind I mean) then hassle you when you refuse. Random kids who throw stones at passers-by.
I have no idea how far you can morally legitimately go in response to lowlife provocation,
or for that matter how far you should go.
But I'm pretty sick of soaking up bull***t from strangers.
So, general comments on how you personally would deal with these kinds of people please.
And a questionaire - What do you do when:
- You're walking alone at night, a stranger is highly offensive to you
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
- Walking alone at night, someone acts in a threatening / intimidating manner towards you
i) If you think you could take him
ii) And if you couldn't
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
i) Could take him
ii) Couldn't
- A couple of random kids throw stones at you as you're walking somewhere
i)You're alone
ii)You're with mates
iii)You're with girlfriend
- Someone stops you in the street and asks for a small amount of money, and is offensive to you if/when you refuse
- Same, but they ask to use your mobile
Some of the above scenarios have happened to me in the last couple of months, at keast one of each 'type', and I really don't know how you should deal with it, or how far you can reasonably go to protect your dignity
There are a lot of students, most of whom are fine.
There are decent families, same.
And decent other people.
And there are lowlives. I'm going to try to keep clear of labels like chavs, because not all the ash-holes are chavs (see the 'most of whom are fine', above), and not all the 'chavs' (by my definition at least) are ash-holes.
I've met a few who've seemed nice enough. And certainly plenty who don't go out of their way to be obnoxious to strangers.
But then there are the lowlives.
People who pick fights with random people on a night out, people who are offensive to strangers. People who ask for money in the street (not even homeless people, though I'm sure you all know the kind I mean) then hassle you when you refuse. Random kids who throw stones at passers-by.
I have no idea how far you can morally legitimately go in response to lowlife provocation,
or for that matter how far you should go.
But I'm pretty sick of soaking up bull***t from strangers.
So, general comments on how you personally would deal with these kinds of people please.
And a questionaire - What do you do when:
- You're walking alone at night, a stranger is highly offensive to you
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
- Walking alone at night, someone acts in a threatening / intimidating manner towards you
i) If you think you could take him
ii) And if you couldn't
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
i) Could take him
ii) Couldn't
- A couple of random kids throw stones at you as you're walking somewhere
i)You're alone
ii)You're with mates
iii)You're with girlfriend
- Someone stops you in the street and asks for a small amount of money, and is offensive to you if/when you refuse
- Same, but they ask to use your mobile
Some of the above scenarios have happened to me in the last couple of months, at keast one of each 'type', and I really don't know how you should deal with it, or how far you can reasonably go to protect your dignity
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I live in a reasonably unpleasant area. By which I mean the people are lowlives.
There are a lot of students, most of whom are fine.
There are decent families, same.
And decent other people.
And there are lowlives. I'm going to try to keep clear of labels like chavs, because not all the ash-holes are chavs (see the 'most of whom are fine', above), and not all the 'chavs' (by my definition at least) are ash-holes.
I've met a few who've seemed nice enough. And certainly plenty who don't go out of their way to be obnoxious to strangers.
But then there are the lowlives.
People who pick fights with random people on a night out, people who are offensive to strangers. People who ask for money in the street (not even homeless people, though I'm sure you all know the kind I mean) then hassle you when you refuse. Random kids who throw stones at passers-by.
I have no idea how far you can morally legitimately go in response to lowlife provocation,
or for that matter how far you should go.
But I'm pretty sick of soaking up bull***t from strangers.
So, general comments on how you personally would deal with these kinds of people please.
And a questionaire - What do you do when:
- You're walking alone at night, a stranger is highly offensive to you
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
- Walking alone at night, someone acts in a threatening / intimidating manner towards you
i) If you think you could take him
ii) And if you couldn't
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
i) Could take him
ii) Couldn't
- A couple of random kids throw stones at you as you're walking somewhere
i)You're alone
ii)You're with mates
iii)You're with girlfriend
- Someone stops you in the street and asks for a small amount of money, and is offensive to you if/when you refuse
- Same, but they ask to use your mobile
Some of the above scenarios have happened to me in the last couple of months, at keast one of each 'type', and I really don't know how you should deal with it, or how far you can reasonably go to protect your dignity
There are a lot of students, most of whom are fine.
There are decent families, same.
And decent other people.
And there are lowlives. I'm going to try to keep clear of labels like chavs, because not all the ash-holes are chavs (see the 'most of whom are fine', above), and not all the 'chavs' (by my definition at least) are ash-holes.
I've met a few who've seemed nice enough. And certainly plenty who don't go out of their way to be obnoxious to strangers.
But then there are the lowlives.
People who pick fights with random people on a night out, people who are offensive to strangers. People who ask for money in the street (not even homeless people, though I'm sure you all know the kind I mean) then hassle you when you refuse. Random kids who throw stones at passers-by.
I have no idea how far you can morally legitimately go in response to lowlife provocation,
or for that matter how far you should go.
But I'm pretty sick of soaking up bull***t from strangers.
So, general comments on how you personally would deal with these kinds of people please.
And a questionaire - What do you do when:
- You're walking alone at night, a stranger is highly offensive to you
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
- Walking alone at night, someone acts in a threatening / intimidating manner towards you
i) If you think you could take him
ii) And if you couldn't
- Same, but you're with your girlfriend
i) Could take him
ii) Couldn't
- A couple of random kids throw stones at you as you're walking somewhere
i)You're alone
ii)You're with mates
iii)You're with girlfriend
- Someone stops you in the street and asks for a small amount of money, and is offensive to you if/when you refuse
- Same, but they ask to use your mobile
Some of the above scenarios have happened to me in the last couple of months, at keast one of each 'type', and I really don't know how you should deal with it, or how far you can reasonably go to protect your dignity
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