So I got sent home early today...

[Strike For The South]

Vengefulness is an ugly quality

[Prussian to the Iron]

Vengefulness is an ugly quality

And not one I exhibit often. In an extreme case extreme action is required.

Or you could prove to him and the world that you are a stronger person than he is by letting any notion of retaliation go.
So exercise some self-control and let it go.

If your really want to be a Marine, then show some discipline and next time you see him, wave and say hello. If you are lucky he will be so caught off guard by your actions that it would be equal to beating him up.

Besides, beating him up solves nothing. All it does it further the conflict. Violence is a horrible thing that should only be used when there is no choice.

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” – Mark Twain

It may not solve anything, but I'll retain/gain my cred and I'll feel better about myself. I've put up with his crap all year long, and done nothing but smile at him. He actually pushed me earlier that day and got right up in my face (without doing anything), and I just smiled at him, a big smile in response to his hate-filled expression. Where has that gotten me? Nowhere. Where will beating the ass outta him get me? Still nowhere but like I said, it'll make me feel better.

[miotas]

It always strikes me as odd that people like to claim a person who beat them wasn't "playing the game" correctly. He beat you plain and simple. Accept it. You can either try to settle it like a real man or you can try to get in a fight again. If you go with the latter, this time you should try and get the drop on him.

[Hax]

Still nowhere but like I said, it'll make me feel better.

No it won't, believe me. It won't.

[Prussian to the Iron]

It always strikes me as odd that people like to claim a person who beat them wasn't "playing the game" correctly. He beat you plain and simple. Accept it. You can either try to settle it like a real man or you can try to get in a fight again. If you go with the latter, this time you should try and get the drop on him.

beat me plain and simple? no. I've already beat him "plain and simple" earlier this year. Obviously he didn't learn, and decided that rather than try it again he would come up behind me. I will most certainly not try to get the drop on him like he did, because regardless of who he is I am honorable and I don't fight dirty.

[pevergreen]

Dude, you lost.

You don't get do-overs because you don't think he fought fairly. This aint the middle ages boy.

Your entire attitude, both here, and on facebook screams of "NUH UH, HE COULDNT BEAT ME, IM THOUGH WAAAAAH"

Especially when your recent attitude includes doing this:

"Just ran into my little brothers room, yelled "DAS BOOT", slapped him in the face, ran out."

Woah, theres some pictures I wish I didn't see.

[Megas Methuselah]

"Just ran into my little brothers room, yelled "DAS BOOT", slapped him in the face, ran out."

Woah, theres some pictures I wish I didn't see.

Yeeeaaaah, I don't think I'm going to be adding you on facebook, PI.

[A Nerd]

Why do you and the other fella have a disagreement in the first place? Is there trouble in paradise?

[Populus Romanus]

If you beat him, then he'll beat you up, and then you'll beat him up, and then he'll beat you up, until one of you ends up killing the other. So you have two options: stop the cycle now, or kill him now before he has a chance to get you!

[Samurai Waki]

Anger is like drinking poison but expecting the other person to die. Count your losses and move on, this is petty, and ultimately degrading.

[Raz]

It may not solve anything, but I'll retain/gain my cred and I'll feel better about myself. [...] I just smiled at him, a big smile in response to his hate-filled expression. Where has that gotten me? Nowhere. Where will beating the ass outta him get me? Still nowhere but like I said, it'll make me feel better.

Because having blood on your hands is the 'cool' thing to do and makes you 'feel good' and retains your 'street cred'.

It's savages that believe in such primitive values, and it's savages that deserve to consign themselves to a cycle of violence.
But if that's what you want, if that's what your heart desires and you have nothing better to do than resolve a petty dispute (and I can assure you: it's school, it's petty), just provoke him until he snaps and make sure he's covered in more blood than you.

have.... fun... I suppose.

[miotas]

I always enjoyed grinning like an idiot at any agressive people I met during my school years. On the two occasions that two sepparate kids tried to attack me I still kept smiling. One was quite scary I'm told since I was grinning through a face full of blood from my nose. This just caused them to look completely irrational and stupid since because I didn't hit back the situation clearly didn't call for violence.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Why do you and the other fella have a disagreement in the first place? Is there trouble in paradise?

I don't know TBH. Like I said, most people don't like him, and that's probably why. He's just a hostile person for no reason.

Dude, you lost.

You don't get do-overs because you don't think he fought fairly. This aint the middle ages boy.

Your entire attitude, both here, and on facebook screams of "NUH UH, HE COULDNT BEAT ME, IM THOUGH WAAAAAH"

It's true though. If you knew this guy you would know that he is a total puss, like everyone else says. It doesn't matter that it's not the middle ages, he's the embodiment of all that goes against the creed he says every day at JROTC (dishonor, disrespect, physically unfit, a liar, etc.) and most of all he jumped me from behind. So regardless I'm going to get a rematch and I'm going to kick his ass. and that's final.

[Cute Wolf]

if you decide to be a demon

next time, carry a prussian iron pipe inside your bag, stalk him in the night, and bludgeon him from behind.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i chuckled

[Husar]

I don't know TBH. Like I said, most people don't like him, and that's probably why. He's just a hostile person for no reason.

That's always a good sign to stop and rethink the situation from scratch.
It sounds like you just accept the situation as it is and don't think a lot about it, maybe he's just that way because nobody likes him and not the other way around?
Of course you're angry at him and what he did was wrong, but now's the time to rethink the situation.

Of course you may have already done so and still come to the conclusion that he is angry for no good reason, but consider that he gets punished for his aggression, you want to become a marine helicopter pilot, you have a goal. I don't know whether or not the marines are looking for brutal thugs but in case they're not I wouldn't risk that goal just to get back at some guy, imagine you hurt him a little more than you actually wanted or he falls the wrong way and then your whole future is that of a convicted felon or whatever it's called in the USA. Maybe this isn't likely but it surely has happened to people before and you should think about whether exacting revenge is worth risking that you ruin your life.
You can always do or not do, but you cannot undo what has been done.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Beating someone up in high school isn't going to stop you from getting into college or the Marine's though...

[Cute Wolf]

Beating someone up in high school isn't going to stop you from getting into college or the Marine's though...

if you don't get caught.

[pevergreen]

Beating someone up in high school isn't going to stop you from getting into college or the Marine's though...

But doing it for the reasons you are makes you a total tosser.

[miotas]

Beating someone up in high school isn't going to stop you from getting into college or the Marine's though...

You have been in two fights within the last year, so you should know already, but in case you don't, the human body can be surprisingly fragile at times. You hit him in just the wrong/right spot or you knock him down and he lands on something and you could go down for GBH or even manslaughter/murder. Granted you are a minor so you won't go to gaol and it may not influence your career, but then again it might.

[Prussian to the Iron]

You have been in two fights within the last year, so you should know already, but in case you don't, the human body can be surprisingly fragile at times. You hit him in just the wrong/right spot or you knock him down and he lands on something and you could go down for GBH or even manslaughter/murder. Granted you are a minor so you won't go to gaol and it may not influence your career, but then again it might.

1. whats the other fight? I've been in one in the past year and it was off-the-record aka only a few people know about it.
2. you're talking about a 1-in a-million chance. I'm certainly not going to kill the guy, especially not in a fist fight. don't be ridiculous.

[Husar]

you're talking about a 1-in a-million chance

People have also won the lottery before.

don't be ridiculous.

Yeah, because you totally weren't unable to move for a few seconds after he hit you and you fell on the ground.
There also aren't just the legal consequences, imagine you make him fall even harder than you did, he gets permanent brain damage of some kind, he becomes the living proof of your aggressiveness, you will have to explain this to your future wife and kids etc. Your whole family will know that you are the one who permanently hurt someone over some petty issue where you can't even say how it started.

Of course it may be unlikely, but it's also a petty issue. The risks may be low, but so are the reasons to beat him up in the first place.
And then consider the gains, if he finds out you have a strong character and don't exact revenge, well, let's just say I used to get into fights with a guy at primary school, but one day I learned that beating him up at the first sign of aggression was not the best way to go and I changed my approach.
In the end I even got invited to his birthday party...

We didn't exactly become best friends but a friendly atmosphere is usually preferable to a violent one and it does feel good when you see that some simple action or inaction can completely change certain things, that your decisions have an impact on others, sometimes in ways you wouldn't expect.

If you do however choose to beat him up, the chain of violence is likely to continue, maybe next time you're even the one who won't get up anymore, considering that you already had some problems last time...

Give it some thought instead of one-liners.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Like I said, the chance is so slim that it's not worth taking into account. I mean come on. That's like saying not to go skiing because some people can get seriously injured.

We are talking about a FISTFIGHT. and one that probably wont last long anyways. UFC fighters beat the living hell out of eachother for minutes on end and don't die or get life-long injuries. A high school fistfight isn't going to end up with someone getting permanently injured.

[Husar]

Like I said, the chance is so slim that it's not worth taking into account. I mean come on. That's like saying not to go skiing because some people can get seriously injured.

Skiing is a pleasure for everyone involved if noone gets seriously hurt.
Hurting someone for revenge isn't, you already go there with the aim that someone comes out of the affair with serious pain.
Also keep in mind that sooner or later you will hit the pavement again as he sounds like someone who would then get revenge again, but hey, if you like that, go ahead.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Hit the gym, lawyer up and delete your facebook profile. Then buy a taser and tell him to ride the lightning!

[Prussian to the Iron]

Hit the gym, lawyer up and delete your facebook profile. Then buy a taser and tell him to ride the lightning!

As always, ACIN has the most wise solution to every problem in the universe.

Skiing is a pleasure for everyone involved if noone gets seriously hurt.
Hurting someone for revenge isn't, you already go there with the aim that someone comes out of the affair with serious pain.
Also keep in mind that sooner or later you will hit the pavement again as he sounds like someone who would then get revenge again, but hey, if you like that, go ahead.

The point is that, while the intent is to hurt him, nothing is going to happen where anybody gets seriously injured. It's ridiculous to think that it will.

[a completely inoffensive name]

As always, ACIN has the most wise solution to every problem in the universe.

Thank you.

[Populus Romanus]

Find where he lives.
Creep into his room in the dead of night.
Balance a lit molotov cocktail on his face.
Run away.
Cackle evily

[Lord of Lent]

Find where he lives.
Creep into his room in the dead of night.
Balance a lit molotov cocktail on his face.
Run away.
Cackle evily

Like he said, but make someone do this for you...

[Rhyfelwyr]

You should only use physical violence to defend yourself. Picking a fight with him will just make you look petty, because it is petty.