I gotta laugh at how some people's first instinct is to beat you up for smoking. Many of those who are anti-smoking surely have other vices and participate in other "unhealthy" activities. Others beat you up for declining to hand out something you paid for. I doubt those who are using the "it's only a cigarettte/$.50" argument would willingly hand out 50 cents to any and all who asked them for that. Some say that the guy could have hurt or killed you or your son over a smoke. If he wished to harm you, he may have done it even if you gave him the smoke, and if your hand was busy reaching for the pack, it would have been a better opportunity, as your hand(s) would have been busy and you may have been distracted.
Heck, there was even footage on the news the other night of thugs holding up a hospital waiting room. Those people were asking nicely for just a small bit of something from those people, and were probably just brandishing weapons to speed up the process. Maybe they were double-parked or blocking the ambulance enterance or something.
Some people need to be "shacked up in the wacko-basket". There were many institutions for these people at one time. Unfortunately, many of these places were heck-holes and were closed down. Medications have improved to control many conditions, but only if people take them and doctors follow up.
Some are also lawsuit hunting. If you swing first, you may get sued. A black eye or busted tooth may provide a good return on that investment.
None of us knows why the guy went off on you. All of us (at least should) know he shouldn't have.
AG
This post was edited by AG in IN at 06:52:21 02/22/14 2 times.
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