Comments on: Handy Tip

By: Rabbit

Rabbit — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:06:55 +0000

chav- Council-housed and violent.

In the coming Bad Times, they’re first on the menu.
Regards,
Rabbit.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:10:18 +0000

When you see someone take an angled stance with their leading hand “out and open” and the weak hand close to the chest, chances are they know what they’re doing.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone with that kind of restraint, both before the fight and during.

By: monkeyfan

monkeyfan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:19 +0000

What a paragon of restraint that man was.

The sad part is that in ‘modern day’ Britain he had to wait that long, even with videotaped evidence of an assault against his person, to avoid a likely charge being set against him.

By: HardCorps

HardCorps — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:28:38 +0000

White skinny ass kids street gangs…

We all know why this doesn’t happen in America, and I’m sure everyone here will keep it that way.

By: M4finny

M4finny — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:59:58 +0000

Learned a new Brit slang term today …. “chav”. Seems to apply to most wannabe fakers in America. Like it and gonna use it often.

By: BobG

BobG — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:59:23 +0000

The punk was lucky he lived in the UK; around here somebody would have kicked his ass about ten seconds into it, and then had the cops haul him off.

By: Huck

Huck — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:12:08 +0000

My hat’s off to the guy in the dark shirt. He showed a lot more restraint than I would’ve.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:39 +0000

I liked the crawling backwards part by the idiot.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:36:26 +0000

When the defensive guy put up his hands into that martial arts stance I knew an asskicking was about to commence.

By: Number9

Number9 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:32:09 +0000

He had to be restrained. He has two black belts. That is called building a case.

By: JKB

JKB — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:29:15 +0000

Britain has very odd habit of charging those who defend themselves. The gentleman was very appropriate, not acting until it was apparent his defense was necessary to stop the immediate threat of bodily harm. He could have acted at one of the earlier laying on of hands but would have been at risk of being charged as a belligerent. Instead he showed restraint, an effort to allow the situation to de-escalate and only enough force to stop the threat of injury. All would have seen him in good stead had he been hauled into court either criminal or civil.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:41:51 +0000

I have not been in a situation like that since high school, more than three decades ago, and it still makes me angry to see someone harassed in that manner. What the video demonstrates is a cowardly fool working himself into enough of an emotional state to attack someone. Jon is correct to state that defensive action was justified and necessary the first time the idiot chav became confrontational and approached so closely to the gentleman.

I think the gentleman handled the chav in a very restrained manner, and I am very glad it was videotaped and put on YouTube to disgrace the aggressive idiot.

I am also amazed that this was a one-on-one confrontation; a few people calmly surrounding the idiot might have de-escalated the situation, or at least helped in restraining the idiot chav when he finally worked himself up to attack. Or, you know, maybe breaking every bone in his idiot body.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:05:03 +0000

I would have dropped him long before that.