Yeah - here in New York you might get your ass shot - even if its like some 12 year old punk - he and his buddies might pull out a 9 mm and kill everyone in the stinking theater. Ahhh, what happened to the days when you could intimidate some little bastard with size and aggression alone and not have to fear an armed response.

Are you bigger than 9mm?

Yes.

I went and saw 28 Days Later with a couple friends the night it came out. About ten minutes into the film this group of about 10 to 12 African American girls are screaming at shit that isn't scary. And I don't mean like, not scary to me. I mean nothing is happening. Someone is running, or a door gets opened. And they would scream really long and loud, for about 30 seconds... and its starting to annoy the shit outta me. So it gets to that part where it reads "28 Days Later" across the screen and they start saying... sorry, screaming it out loud. So I just shout, "Shut the fuck up", and in unison they go "YOU shut the fuck up". The entire theatre goes off on em', I think I heard one guy yell "Go back to your cave". But it made me feel good that theatre patrons would verbally rip some kids apart like that. Go America!

how would your kid deal with it ?

i think you missed the part where i said 'pick your battles' (wisely)
i wont die for a dog or an insult ... i think my humanity is intact.

humanity isnt lost when you become a parent - obviously.
but you are expected to become a better thinker...

your compassion should start with your children.
If someones life was at risk ..i'd try to do something if there was a chance that i could make a difference ...

but other than that - i have other people who need me to be around..

when i went to see Darkness (sucked) i was the only one in there besides one or two adults, I was enjoying the movie then all of a sudden this family with 3 kids around the ages of 2,5 and 4 come in. at first they were ok sittinbg behind me and did not make a sound then the one wanted candy, the other was crying and the final one was screaming its fucking brains out...I kindly asked them to try to quiet down their kids cause it is ruining the moive for everyone else. The mother just curled her lib at me.. I stayed there for another 5 mins before i walked of their. That was the only time i ever walked out of the movies cause of assholes like that

That's kind of different than what you're talking about though. There's a difference between people who risk their lives to save others and people who "bravely" go down fighting after someone pulls a gun on them.

What you're talking about just seems to be blind fearlessness.

so you become what you hate ?

specific to what started the discussion : you physically grabbed someone who was being verbally offensive ...