How People Fight Back

When is it the Last Straw?

Robert Carlson

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When two men get into an argument and one of them makes a fist and swings, the other usually tries to deflect the strike and makes a fist to strike back. The goal is to be the “last man standing.”

When two or more men gang up on another it is not a fight but a beating that is intended. Unless the lone recipient of the violence is a master at martial arts, he’s going to get the beating. He may even look for an object to yield as a weapon. He may have come prepared to defend himself with a concealed weapon such as a knife or…

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Robert Carlson

Robert Carlson is a writer & photographer who has been active since the mid-1960s. His writing spans many genre & can be found in venues across the Internets.