DarklingGlory
All I can say is the law in singapore must be really harsh.
The main problem with method a) is the fact that it will only work if they weren't going to attack you anyway. It is very rare that you would be able to change someones mind on something like that by being calm and reasonable, quite the opposite infact. I can honestly tell you that to the type of person that goes out looking for trouble, someone standing there being calm and reasonable is like a red flag to a bull, they see it as weakness and act accordingly. I dont care how good you are art martial arts, it is extremely hard to stop someone hitting you from close range when they have the initiative. Try it with a friend sometime, here's the scenario, have a training partner stand close to you, holding your shoulder/shirtfront with one hand the other drawn back by their side. Now just engage in conversation for a few minutes. So you're standing there, "how are you?" "weathers nice today" "Can I have sex with your sister?" BANG they try and hit you as hard as they can. Done properly its really hard to stop.
What you have to remember with method c) is you only do it when someone has come up to you and is being obviously threatening towards you. By pushing them and telling them to leave you alone you are issueing a verbal and physical warning. Any witnesses will clearly remember that you did that. There is the chance that you might spend the night in the cells but it'd never stand up in court. You feared for your safety, you issued them a warning but they still attacked you, how more reasonable could you have been? The answer, to have beeen all calm and and pacifistic and let them beat you up
The main problem with method a) is the fact that it will only work if they weren't going to attack you anyway. It is very rare that you would be able to change someones mind on something like that by being calm and reasonable, quite the opposite infact. I can honestly tell you that to the type of person that goes out looking for trouble, someone standing there being calm and reasonable is like a red flag to a bull, they see it as weakness and act accordingly. I dont care how good you are art martial arts, it is extremely hard to stop someone hitting you from close range when they have the initiative. Try it with a friend sometime, here's the scenario, have a training partner stand close to you, holding your shoulder/shirtfront with one hand the other drawn back by their side. Now just engage in conversation for a few minutes. So you're standing there, "how are you?" "weathers nice today" "Can I have sex with your sister?" BANG they try and hit you as hard as they can. Done properly its really hard to stop.
What you have to remember with method c) is you only do it when someone has come up to you and is being obviously threatening towards you. By pushing them and telling them to leave you alone you are issueing a verbal and physical warning. Any witnesses will clearly remember that you did that. There is the chance that you might spend the night in the cells but it'd never stand up in court. You feared for your safety, you issued them a warning but they still attacked you, how more reasonable could you have been? The answer, to have beeen all calm and and pacifistic and let them beat you up
Ha ... what you say is quite logic, maybe I should practice that attack initating method you mention ... (Although it isn't really common to see someone to put his hand on another person's shoulder here ... unless he is a close friend or buddy ... so I don't really have any experience in this kind of range except some quater fighting techniques ... )
Anyway, the law is Singapore isn't that harsh ... ( except the fact the government used to ban the sale of chewing gum here ... sweatdrop )
But my theory for this comes from the fact that when someone is using harsh language on you and you pushed him away ... for instance, in a primary or secondary school here, you will still get punished by a teacher who walks pass and sees it ... the same can be said for witness who have seen you pushed somebody away when he just said a few words ... (but when you can see a tint of violence or rage in his eyes ..., it is best to be step back and be on guard for a sudden attack. sweatdrop )
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(and when you go to court, he or she would say you attacked first with that push ... )
Ha ... yup, when witnesses who have seen you act first ... it is hard to get out of it in any court ... (not just here ... sweatdrop )
