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**eljugadordepoquer** · 02-26-2012, 04:57 AM

Self sacrifice. Right. That would be good. Indeed, that is love. Which would make hatred evil.

This is my understanding.

Think about Obi-Wan letting himself be killed, in order to set in motion the ultimate victory.

Maybe that only works in the movies and the Bible, but I am devoted to that concept. I try to internalize it.

I'm no delicate flower. I've been involved in a great deal of physical altercations. But I've tried to limit my involvement to the defense of others, especially the weak.

And I can honestly tell you, no matter the odds, I've never lost when fighting to protect or defend someone else.

In the fall of 2010, my boss took 12 of us to a Philadelphia Eagles football game. It's notoriously violent down there. After the game, four of us were in the parking lot, partying a little, and I looked over and my friend is suddenly staggering around, bleeding profusely from the neck. Somebody walked up and hit him with a beer bottle in the back of the head/neck. When I shook him back into consciousness and asked who did it, he pointed at a guy who was just standing there with about 15 people, watching us, laughing at my friend standing there bleeding. I walked right over to that guy, put his ass down and beat the hell out of him. At the same time, all his buddies were apparently kicking me in the face, ribs, etc. I never really noticed. I took him out, then cleared a space around myself, and walked away. I can't explain that. I can't take credit for it. I believe the spirit of the lord was upon me, or something like that. I was made invincible.

On the other hand, a few times I have really had the shit kicked out of me, and each time I was fighting out of pride and arrogance. Self-serving bullshit.

02-26-2012, 04:57 AM	#40
eljugadordepoquer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 439 Senior Member	Self sacrifice. Right. That would be good. Indeed, that is love. Which would make hatred evil. This is my understanding. Think about Obi-Wan letting himself be killed, in order to set in motion the ultimate victory. Maybe that only works in the movies and the Bible, but I am devoted to that concept. I try to internalize it. I'm no delicate flower. I've been involved in a great deal of physical altercations. But I've tried to limit my involvement to the defense of others, especially the weak. And I can honestly tell you, no matter the odds, I've never lost when fighting to protect or defend someone else. In the fall of 2010, my boss took 12 of us to a Philadelphia Eagles football game. It's notoriously violent down there. After the game, four of us were in the parking lot, partying a little, and I looked over and my friend is suddenly staggering around, bleeding profusely from the neck. Somebody walked up and hit him with a beer bottle in the back of the head/neck. When I shook him back into consciousness and asked who did it, he pointed at a guy who was just standing there with about 15 people, watching us, laughing at my friend standing there bleeding. I walked right over to that guy, put his ass down and beat the hell out of him. At the same time, all his buddies were apparently kicking me in the face, ribs, etc. I never really noticed. I took him out, then cleared a space around myself, and walked away. I can't explain that. I can't take credit for it. I believe the spirit of the lord was upon me, or something like that. I was made invincible. On the other hand, a few times I have really had the shit kicked out of me, and each time I was fighting out of pride and arrogance. Self-serving bullshit.
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