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I thought I'd just pass on this excellent book on avoidance and developing 'street smarts'. It's called; Violence, blunders and fractured jaws, by Marc Macyoung www.nononsenseselfdefense.com
I got it yesterday and haven't put it down, it's also very applicable to understanding society from the family to government, as the author points out they operate by the same principles.
I have to agree with his street rules which are;
Life is predatory
Human life is cheap
You fight to win
Civilized boundaries don't exist
If you want it, and you can get away with it, take it
Altruism, and charity, don't exist, betrayal and backstabbing do
Jail is nothing more than a pain in the ass
they feel the world owes them something
they are scum
That is the basic philosophy of 'street life' (listen to 50 cent), he also goes into operating systems which are principles that apply to all cultures, and how not to be anywhere near a situation that may turn violent.
He is also very funny, especially when he talks about people folding faster than a kid with a playboy when someone walks in the room. His advice is really on point, I'm not very street smart, but I know certain things you don't do around certain people if you don't want to get beat up.
I used to work with a guy who went to a grammar school, he did odd things that if I wasn't a tolerent guy, or if I were one of the people I used to go to school with, would have immediately resulted in getting my ass kicked. I now learned why he was like that, he probably never faced the real threat of getting beat up for not obeying someone's operating system, or he was just crazy. I should have taken him to one side and explained things to him. Bizzarely, I find characters like him come from grammar schools and the like. My friend who's in the army has come to blows with students who didn't respect his operating system, (you just spilled my pint your gonna pay for it? NO?!!!).
Anyway a great book, I highly reccommend it. The author writes from experience.
I thought I'd just pass on this excellent book on avoidance and developing 'street smarts'. It's called; Violence, blunders and fractured jaws, by Marc Macyoung www.nononsenseselfdefense.com
I got it yesterday and haven't put it down, it's also very applicable to understanding society from the family to government, as the author points out they operate by the same principles.
I have to agree with his street rules which are;
Life is predatory
Human life is cheap
You fight to win
Civilized boundaries don't exist
If you want it, and you can get away with it, take it
Altruism, and charity, don't exist, betrayal and backstabbing do
Jail is nothing more than a pain in the ass
they feel the world owes them something
they are scum
That is the basic philosophy of 'street life' (listen to 50 cent), he also goes into operating systems which are principles that apply to all cultures, and how not to be anywhere near a situation that may turn violent.
He is also very funny, especially when he talks about people folding faster than a kid with a playboy when someone walks in the room. His advice is really on point, I'm not very street smart, but I know certain things you don't do around certain people if you don't want to get beat up.
I used to work with a guy who went to a grammar school, he did odd things that if I wasn't a tolerent guy, or if I were one of the people I used to go to school with, would have immediately resulted in getting my ass kicked. I now learned why he was like that, he probably never faced the real threat of getting beat up for not obeying someone's operating system, or he was just crazy. I should have taken him to one side and explained things to him. Bizzarely, I find characters like him come from grammar schools and the like. My friend who's in the army has come to blows with students who didn't respect his operating system, (you just spilled my pint your gonna pay for it? NO?!!!).
Anyway a great book, I highly reccommend it. The author writes from experience.
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