Are you a coward?

[biteme]

Do you consider yourself to be more on the cowardly side or more on the bravery side?

 

[HANSEL]

Are you expecting people to come forward and say yes?

 

[HULKSTER]

I'm brave as a mothafucker----unless someone points a gun at my head, or has a knife to my throat. Then I become the cowardly lion, and shit myself like a baby in his Pamper's.

 

[biteme]

Are you expecting people to come forward and say yes?

LOL. It's late and people are tired or drunk. They are more likely to be honest.

 

[HANSEL]

haha, I see. Taking advantage of those impulsive drunks.

 

[biteme]

Being a coward has probably saved my life on many occasions. There are occasions where my self preservation instincts are overridden by my anger and then I can be one brave mutha.

 

[DcupSheepNipples]

Do you consider yourself to be more on the cowardly side or more on the bravery side?

Unfortuantly bravery! I'm not saying that is bad, but I should be dead! But then again I have a amazing ability to get out of any jam/situation be it using physical ability or with the aid of a weapon or "Device!" Again nobody want's to die except "Nutt Jobs" and Islamic Terrorists looking to get laid by 75 virgins! Survival is the number one priority of our species! And even Mother Nature can have "Rejects" that dont fall into line!

 

[HULKSTER]

Has anybody seen Russian Power or IhateOsama lately? I love those two, especially Russian Power. Remember all that crazy shit he would talk about smuggling guns and vodka, as well as robbing tourists? lol

Don fuk wit da POWER!!!

 

[SofaGeorge]

I'm brave as a mothafucker----unless someone points a gun at my head, or has a knife to my throat. Then I become the cowardly lion, and shit myself like a baby in his Pamper's.

I've got a friend named Maurice. Maurice is the goofiest, lankiest bumbling bag of bones you've ever seen. He's always walking around town carrying these big sketch books of the cartoons he is working on. He wants to be a children's book artist adn his stuff is totally goofy and sweet. He's always smiling and pleasant and quiet.

Maurice is also a total bad ass motherf-ck-r... former champion kick boxer.

Once, about 12 years ago, a guy emptied a 44 at him. Maurice was just walking by the guy's house on the Venice boardwalk, and for whatever reason the guy took offense... maybe something like Maurice was walking too close to his yard. The guy was leaning out his window. They exchanged words... and BLAMO BLAMO BLAMO.

Maurice's girlfriend flipped. She ran for her life... and looked back and Maurice was running straight at the guy while he was shooting. He grabbed the guy through the window... pulled him through... and stomped the shit out of him.

I asked Maurice about it. I asked him the simple question:

"Why didn't you run?"

Maurice looked at me totally confused, like my question didn't make any sense at all, and said, "I don't run from anybody."

In Maurice's mind and world, 44 magnum bullets, dying, getting injured - none of these things meant a lot.

He'd honed a kind of control over his own courage that very few people achieve.

 

[HULKSTER]

I've got a friend named Maurice. Maurice is the goofiest, lankiest bumbling bag of bones you've ever seen. He's always walking around town carrying these big sketch books of the cartoons he is working on. He wants to be a children's book artist adn his stuff is totally goofy and sweet. He's always smiling and pleasant and quiet.

Maurice is also a total bad ass motherf-ck-r... former champion kick boxer.

Once, about 12 years ago, a guy emptied a 44 at him. Maurice was just walking by the guy's house on the Venice boardwalk, and for whatever reason the guy took offense... maybe something like Maurice was walking too close to his yard. The guy was leaning out his window. They exchanged words... and BLAMO BLAMO BLAMO.

Maurice's girlfriend flipped. She ran for her life... and looked back and Maurice was running straight at the guy while he was shooting. He grabbed the guy through the window... pulled him through... and stomped the shit out of him.

I asked Maurice about it. I asked him the simple question:

"Why didn't you run?"

Maurice looked at me totally confused, like my question didn't make any sense at all, and said, "I don't run from anybody."

In Maurice's mind and world, 44 magnum bullets, dying, getting injured - none of these things meant a lot.

He'd honed a kind of control over his own courage that very few people achieve.

Exellent post SGeorge! However, most people---like myself----are brave up to the point when they know that the odds of their bravery letting them live are low. You can have people who are brave when it comes to street fights, Firemen running into burning buildings to save people, etc. But when you are against very bad odds, like a gun being pointed directly at you, natural instict kicks in and says there is no way to live----so run!!! I guess bravery is mankind's free willed decision to overcome natural cowardice in the face of death. However, I think this is also referred to as insanity. If I saw someone running after a person who is shooting at them, I would have to place a LARGE BET that the person is probably insane.

 

[bwood]

some people are just not afraid to die...

for whatever reason, it means nothing to them...

 

[Testosterone boy]

I've been called brave a few dozen times and crazy more than once. I'm not as brave as I used to be though.

 

[distanced]

I'm a Marine

enough said

-Distanced
USMC
Semper Fi

 

[SofaGeorge]

some people are just not afraid to die...

for whatever reason, it means nothing to them...

That's the big difference.

Some people go through life leading fragile existences governed by their desperation to stay alive.

Others ride their motorcycles fast, climb dangerous mountains, etc... because the exhiliration of living to the fullest is greater than their fear of death.

A woman died on K2 several years ago. She had just become the first woman to climb all three great summits. When her husband was interviewed after her death, he said, "When you live your life always at the edge of the world's most dangerous sport - this is to be expected."

She knew she'd die on a mountain one day. She didn't care.

 

[bwood]

yep, sg...

and if you really think about it...

it sure does beat rotting away in some nursing home
or hospital bed...

 

[biteme]

yep, sg...

and if you really think about it...

it sure does beat rotting away in some nursing home
or hospital bed...

Terrible way to die usually. I've seen it firsthand. Just go and visit a nursing home. Fuck that, I'd rather kill myself than rot in one of those places.

 

[Judah Bauer]

I've got a friend named Maurice. Maurice is the goofiest, lankiest bumbling bag of bones you've ever seen. He's always walking around town carrying these big sketch books of the cartoons he is working on. He wants to be a children's book artist adn his stuff is totally goofy and sweet. He's always smiling and pleasant and quiet.

Maurice is also a total bad ass motherf-ck-r... former champion kick boxer.

Once, about 12 years ago, a guy emptied a 44 at him. Maurice was just walking by the guy's house on the Venice boardwalk, and for whatever reason the guy took offense... maybe something like Maurice was walking too close to his yard. The guy was leaning out his window. They exchanged words... and BLAMO BLAMO BLAMO.

Maurice's girlfriend flipped. She ran for her life... and looked back and Maurice was running straight at the guy while he was shooting. He grabbed the guy through the window... pulled him through... and stomped the shit out of him.

I asked Maurice about it. I asked him the simple question:

"Why didn't you run?"

Maurice looked at me totally confused, like my question didn't make any sense at all, and said, "I don't run from anybody."

In Maurice's mind and world, 44 magnum bullets, dying, getting injured - none of these things meant a lot.

He'd honed a kind of control over his own courage that very few people achieve.

You forgot the part about how after sustaining 6 .44 mags to the chest and beating the crap out of his assailant, he ran next door and saved two little kids and a littler of puppies from a burning building.

 

[SofaGeorge]

You forgot the part about how after sustaining 6 .44 mags to the chest and beating the crap out of his assailant, he ran next door and saved two little kids and a littler of puppies from a burning building.

Nope. He never got hit. That is actually a fascinating part of the story. It so scared the sh-t of of the guy with the gun to see Maurice charging at him that he couldn't shoot straight.

There is a fascinating case in the news right now in Nashville. A guy's apartment building was on fire... and his dog was trapped upstairs. He pleaded with the firedepartment to rescue hsi dog - and they said NO WAY. It was too dangerous. So - he grabbed the rescue equipment himself - smashed the window - went in over the ledge and got his dog out... barely. He got some bad burns. There is a very dramatic picture of he and his dog diving out the second story window together.

After he hit the ground the fire department had the police arrest him for interfering. It's caused a huge national protest.

My take is the truth of it is those firemen were embarrassed that the guy had courage enough to save his dog - and they didn't.

 

[biteme]

Nope. He never got hit. That is actually a fascinating part of the story. It so scared the sh-t of of the guy with the gun to see Maurice charging at him that he couldn't shoot straight.

There is a fascinating case in the news right now in Nashville. A guy's apartment building was on fire... and his dog was trapped upstairs. He pleaded with the firedepartment to rescue hsi dog - and they said NO WAY. It was too dangerous. So - he grabbed the rescue equipment himself - smashed the window - went in over the ledge and got his dog out... barely. He got some bad burns. There is a very dramatic picture of he and his dog diving out the second story window together.

After he hit the ground the fire department had the police arrest him for interfering. It's caused a huge national protest.

My take is the truth of it is those firemen were embarrassed that the guy had courage enough to save his dog - and they didn't.

Sorry man, but I have to agree with the firemen. Would you risk your life for a dog when you have children and family that love and need you?

 

[bwood]

i agree with the firemen's decision not to risk
their lives for the pooch...

however, it is poor form on the firemen's part (probably
some shithead administrator) to have pressed charges
against this guy for interference...

but another to look at is, did this guy's reckless actions place
a legal burden on the firemen to try to rescue him after he
pulled this stunt???

we never know the entire story...

 

[sk*]

Exellent post SGeorge! However, most people---like myself----are brave up to the point when they know that the odds of their bravery letting them live are low. You can have people who are brave when it comes to street fights, Firemen running into burning buildings to save people, etc. But when you are against very bad odds, like a gun being pointed directly at you, natural instict kicks in and says there is no way to live----so run!!! I guess bravery is mankind's free willed decision to overcome natural cowardice in the face of death. However, I think this is also referred to as insanity. If I saw someone running after a person who is shooting at them, I would have to place a LARGE BET that the person is probably insane.

Insanity is different from person to person my friend. It can be defined in so many ways.

There is nothing insane with what maurice did, at least by my defenition of insanity.

-sk