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clapping_tiger
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This may be long and to some may not seem like a big deal, but to me this is huge. I guess I am looking to see who would have done the same thing I did, and who thinks I may have punked out. Here is the situation...
My wife and I went out with another couple tonight and ended up at a karaoke bar and decided to sing a song. In the middle of our song ( I admit we suck as far as singing goes, but it is all in fun), a guy comes up and grabs the mic from me and says if you are going to sing you sing this song right, and starts screaming into the mic the lyrics. At first it did not bother me but then the took the mic and threw it at me then walked over to where he was sitting. I walked over and said, "hey, if you can sing it better, why don't you just finish the song, after all you thought it was worth your time to come out and grab the mic from us, finish the song." and handed him the mic. He then stood up and started to come at me. I pushed him away, but only because I wanted to get my distance a little bit. He held up his hands and said "hey didn't mean anything by it, it was all in fun." I apologized and started to turn to head back to my friends and I saw him wind up out of the corner of my eye and he jacked me one in the head!
Now here is where it gets interesting. I started to go after him and he turned tail and went across the bar. This gave me enough time to think about what just happened and decided at that time that he was no physical threat. He obviously hit me with an unblocked free shot, and to be quite honest, I have been hit harder by some of the kids in the youth classes. But I couldn't let this go without any sort of consequence. So I turned to the owner of the karaoke bar and told him I wanted to press charges and to call the cops. Now, my group of friends have not been drinking heavy, and his group was heavily intoxicated. When the cops started to arrive him and his friends (one of which was passed out on the bar) tried to leave but the cops stopped them. When the cops took my statement, my friends stayed inside like they should, but his friends were all outside. While the cops were taking my statement, I could see them all talking. Then when the cops went over to get his side of what happened, his friend said to me as he was walking back inside that they saw me hit him first. I did not throw any strike at all what so ever! The cops then went into the karaoke bar and took a few statements and then came out and talked to him some more, then came over by me and asked if I wanted to file a complaint. I did, and then filled out the form. Now, here is where my dilemma starts. I told the cop what the guy said about them saying that I hit him first, I did not hit him at all, and that I do have a bump on my head where he hit me. The cop did not check my head for any bumps, or marks of any kind. I then told him that I did have a bump and he may want to check it so he can write it in his report. He did not. He then told me that we had conflicting statements saying that I am saying he hit me first, and he was saying I hit him. I then I told the cop that I did not even strike at him, and when he said that he didn't mean anything by it I turned and he hit me in the side of the head, I wanted to fight him, but I didn't I tried to do the right thing by having the owner call the cops. Now, here is another thing. Who do you think was asked to leave? It was us. Why, because we were in the better frame of mind, that is what the cop told us. Now even as we were leaving they were taunting us. They even were taunting my wife, which made me want to go back and just finish this thing the old fashioned way. So my question is, would you have just smoked this guy? I am serious, it would have been no challenge at all. And now think of this, you have to live with the fact that this guy thinks he kicked your a**. And he is feeling good about hurting you, at least that is what he thinks. I have been in some close calls as far as coming to a fight comes since I joined the MA, but nothing where I have been hit. I used to fight a lot and know this guy would have been a cake walk, but I guess I can't get by this. I tried to do what's right, but now the cops tell me I may have to go to court if he decides to try to fight it. As you can tell by the time on this post it did not happen too long ago and I am quite upset by this. In a way I feel it would have been better to finish this guy off when he laid hands on me, but yet I would have easily wasted him so what was the point? Anyone else go through this inner conflict?
My wife and I went out with another couple tonight and ended up at a karaoke bar and decided to sing a song. In the middle of our song ( I admit we suck as far as singing goes, but it is all in fun), a guy comes up and grabs the mic from me and says if you are going to sing you sing this song right, and starts screaming into the mic the lyrics. At first it did not bother me but then the took the mic and threw it at me then walked over to where he was sitting. I walked over and said, "hey, if you can sing it better, why don't you just finish the song, after all you thought it was worth your time to come out and grab the mic from us, finish the song." and handed him the mic. He then stood up and started to come at me. I pushed him away, but only because I wanted to get my distance a little bit. He held up his hands and said "hey didn't mean anything by it, it was all in fun." I apologized and started to turn to head back to my friends and I saw him wind up out of the corner of my eye and he jacked me one in the head!
Now here is where it gets interesting. I started to go after him and he turned tail and went across the bar. This gave me enough time to think about what just happened and decided at that time that he was no physical threat. He obviously hit me with an unblocked free shot, and to be quite honest, I have been hit harder by some of the kids in the youth classes. But I couldn't let this go without any sort of consequence. So I turned to the owner of the karaoke bar and told him I wanted to press charges and to call the cops. Now, my group of friends have not been drinking heavy, and his group was heavily intoxicated. When the cops started to arrive him and his friends (one of which was passed out on the bar) tried to leave but the cops stopped them. When the cops took my statement, my friends stayed inside like they should, but his friends were all outside. While the cops were taking my statement, I could see them all talking. Then when the cops went over to get his side of what happened, his friend said to me as he was walking back inside that they saw me hit him first. I did not throw any strike at all what so ever! The cops then went into the karaoke bar and took a few statements and then came out and talked to him some more, then came over by me and asked if I wanted to file a complaint. I did, and then filled out the form. Now, here is where my dilemma starts. I told the cop what the guy said about them saying that I hit him first, I did not hit him at all, and that I do have a bump on my head where he hit me. The cop did not check my head for any bumps, or marks of any kind. I then told him that I did have a bump and he may want to check it so he can write it in his report. He did not. He then told me that we had conflicting statements saying that I am saying he hit me first, and he was saying I hit him. I then I told the cop that I did not even strike at him, and when he said that he didn't mean anything by it I turned and he hit me in the side of the head, I wanted to fight him, but I didn't I tried to do the right thing by having the owner call the cops. Now, here is another thing. Who do you think was asked to leave? It was us. Why, because we were in the better frame of mind, that is what the cop told us. Now even as we were leaving they were taunting us. They even were taunting my wife, which made me want to go back and just finish this thing the old fashioned way. So my question is, would you have just smoked this guy? I am serious, it would have been no challenge at all. And now think of this, you have to live with the fact that this guy thinks he kicked your a**. And he is feeling good about hurting you, at least that is what he thinks. I have been in some close calls as far as coming to a fight comes since I joined the MA, but nothing where I have been hit. I used to fight a lot and know this guy would have been a cake walk, but I guess I can't get by this. I tried to do what's right, but now the cops tell me I may have to go to court if he decides to try to fight it. As you can tell by the time on this post it did not happen too long ago and I am quite upset by this. In a way I feel it would have been better to finish this guy off when he laid hands on me, but yet I would have easily wasted him so what was the point? Anyone else go through this inner conflict?