DaveBonds
Garage Trash
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Pick your battles.
"Jumping in" can end ugly if you're not careful. When people are angry, the chemical levels in their blood won't allow them to process things logically.
If you go in knowing that they are in think-fast mode, you'll be better off. I've mediated a lot of fights. Broken up guys as big as and heavier than me (I'm 6'5", 210) and the best advice I can give anyone is to always go for the option to diffuse.
Sometimes the way to do that is to pop off, but it depends on the level of aggression/ violence you're dealing with.
The last situation I was involved with, ended up with a police report at 4am and a girl's Dodge Caliber interior, decorated with her skull, courtesy of Desert Eagle.
The most intelligent thing that anybody has ever told me, regarding violence, was the homicide detective I spoke with. He said "You can be as prepared as possible, but all you can do is act in the best manner you can, at the time, when everything goes down."
I'll continue trying to help people, whenever I see something go down, but it's always a good idea to diffuse as much as possible, going in, before a fight or flight situation.
Pick your battles.
"Jumping in" can end ugly if you're not careful. When people are angry, the chemical levels in their blood won't allow them to process things logically.
If you go in knowing that they are in think-fast mode, you'll be better off. I've mediated a lot of fights. Broken up guys as big as and heavier than me (I'm 6'5", 210) and the best advice I can give anyone is to always go for the option to diffuse.
Sometimes the way to do that is to pop off, but it depends on the level of aggression/ violence you're dealing with.
The last situation I was involved with, ended up with a police report at 4am and a girl's Dodge Caliber interior, decorated with her skull, courtesy of Desert Eagle.
The most intelligent thing that anybody has ever told me, regarding violence, was the homicide detective I spoke with. He said "You can be as prepared as possible, but all you can do is act in the best manner you can, at the time, when everything goes down."
I'll continue trying to help people, whenever I see something go down, but it's always a good idea to diffuse as much as possible, going in, before a fight or flight situation.
