1) Work out
2) Take out your violent tendencies through boxing, as you clearly have some pent up aggression. This is quite normal.
1. I have a Doctors note, havent even been able to ride a bike for five years.
2. I might get hurt!
Fight with your mind and stay legal.
Works for me.
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Louis CK on kids....well worth a watch.
A-A, I'm not really built like a cyclist, and I've done martial arts for years and feel I have a better than average chance of 'winning' a fight. If I saw someone laying into a kid then of course I'd step in, however, from what you said, I'd have done exactly the same as you. It's a sad observation on society that we all live in, but that simply isn't unusual, even if I do find it unacceptable Sadly I think the police / social services really wont worry too much about it.
Frankenstein - MemberWimp or Gorilla - hit someone and welcome a criminal record.
If you are defending a child from being hit it is perfectly acceptable to hit someone to stop them from hitting he child
Had it been a dog I'd have phoned the rspb
How would the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have helped?
Frustrating, isn't it, weighing up "doing the right thing" against "receiving a shoeing." I've been on the wrong side of bullying once to often and tend to wade in on reaction and adrenaline and think later, but I'm no fighter and it's going to get me hospitalised one of these days. So far I've been lucky.