Being a boy of the fifties, and from a working class London, what people don't seem to realise was that it was a very violent society. Fights were common, street brawls, fights in Pubs, etc were part of everyday experience. I was trained that to be a man I had to stand my corner, and not take crap from anyone. This daily violence never entered any statistics, because unless it started to affect the none combatants, the police would not see it as part of their duties to interfere. It was only when the groups involved got so large that it could affect trade in a town. Such as the Mods and rocker seaside fights of the Sixties, or bystanders were being hurt that the government became involved.
The interesting aspect of this though, was that even amid all of that violence, there were rules.
A man must stand up for himself.
You don't use weapons.
You don't kick a man when he is down, etc.
What is interesting is that, in that violent society, although there were a few bruises, very few people got seriously hurt. And 'A theist' would tell me the sanction of no weapons is some sort of lefty plot.
And that as I come from such a background, when I hear a man say I need a weapon to protect myself, I know the guy is a whoose.
That is also it seems born out in practice. I heard on the radio that an American woman is asking for her list of incidents of a gun killing, to be matched by the pro gun side with incidents where the use of a gun has stopped a killing, she said the pro gun lobby has still yet to make an entry.
The interesting aspect of this though, was that even amid all of that violence, there were rules.
A man must stand up for himself.
You don't use weapons.
You don't kick a man when he is down, etc.
What is interesting is that, in that violent society, although there were a few bruises, very few people got seriously hurt. And 'A theist' would tell me the sanction of no weapons is some sort of lefty plot.
And that as I come from such a background, when I hear a man say I need a weapon to protect myself, I know the guy is a whoose.
That is also it seems born out in practice. I heard on the radio that an American woman is asking for her list of incidents of a gun killing, to be matched by the pro gun side with incidents where the use of a gun has stopped a killing, she said the pro gun lobby has still yet to make an entry.