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Men and the art of conflict
In my youth every Saint Patty’s day the networks would show the movie The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.
It was about an American prize fighter seeking to retire to the land of his ancestors and leave his fighting background behind. In the process he meets and falls in love with a woman and they marry. The union is opposed by the woman’s brother, who happens to be the leading figure in town both in size and prosperity. The brother detests Wayne for taking away his sister/cook/housekeeper, and long story short, they end up fighting in a spectacular, Hollywood country fist fight over her dowery.
The movie does not reveal who won this fight, but it does depict them post-fight, arm in arm, staggering drunk together to Wayne’s cottage, now best buddies. As a kid this always confused me; weren't they worst enemies? Them bloodying each other up led them to like each other? How could this be?
On AOM, “iron sharpens iron” Brett says. I see guys go after each other, this time bloodlessly, with verbal punches. I’d like to know of the guys (and gals) who do a lot of debating here: have you grown to respect and actually like those who oppose you on a regular basis? And on a site where to “agree to disagree” is seen as a cop out, where does that leave you if your opponent does not back down? (actually any conflict experience you've had with another man would be helpful, not just on this site) Would you return to your home, drunk together, arm in arm, best buddies?
Or is that only in the movies?
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Permalink Reply by Oddball on -
Saturday and Monday mornings in the winter were the worst. The guys would come in to the canteen at 6am, still drunk and angry. Fights could kick off any time between then and lunchtime.
Some of the guys who were doing Ramadan during the winter months would lose it pretty quickly (understandably, given the hunger and cold) and that would trigger a bigger brawl.
Same would happen when a subbie would try and fleece the guys. It would kick off between them and the subbie's hard men. The cops generally knew better than to get involved, if anyone called them, rarely if they did.
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Permalink Reply by Carl Monster on -
I'll need this translated to non-military terms.
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Permalink Reply by Rick Shelton on -
It's not military terminology.
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