Have you thrown a punch in anger in your life?

[Recursion]

Just curious

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	Yes
	10 (77%)
	No
	3 (23%)
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[pinboy3niner]

1. You have military veterans here who have used weapons to kill

What are you after? Just curious.

[malthaussen]

5. I'm curious, too n/t

[Feral Child]

2. Yes.

Also: not in anger.


I'm waiting for the "punch"line...

[Iggo]

3. Why?

[Boom Sound 416]

4. Yes

I threw the second punch and I was very angry

[malthaussen]

6. You don't mention age limits on the question...

... I'd be amazed to find anyone who hasn't ever been in a fight at some point in his life.

-- Mal

[Xyzse]

7. Agreed.

I haven't done this since I was 11.

[HERVEPA]

8. I think there are a lot of us in that category.

[magical thyme]

11. I've been on the receiving end and

have thrown punches in anger by myself, into a pillow. I took karate for a short time and threw punches then, although mostly at bricks and not in anger.

I was the youngest and smallest of 3 girls, all of whom were beaten by our mother. I always freeze in terror when somebody lights into me.

[malthaussen]

12. Sure, but you're a girl! :)

I'd guess it is less common for the distaff to get into fistfights, although I'd be interested to know how much that's changed over the generations. A couple of my more memorable fistfights as a kid were with girls -- and naturally, I got punished for hitting a girl, even though they were bigger than I (I was a scrawny little kid).

-- Mal

[bigwillq]

9. Yes (nt)

[mainer]

10. Is this directed to both sexes?

because I suspect there'd be a big difference if you broke it down along gender lines.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. It was next to impossible to not get into fights in my grade school in the 1950s

There were a lot of bullies picking on kids, especially on the way home from school and I just never could back down. I don't recall a fight though after the age of 12.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. I think I punched my brother a few times when we were little kids.

But I haven't hit anybody lately, in maybe the last 55 years or so.

[Generic Brad]

15. I have not

But I have been punched in anger by others more than I care to recount.

[Codeine]

16. I was a goth kid in a school with a lot of hispanic gangster-types back in the 80s.

I lost count of the number of violent incidents that resulted from looking like that.

I say "gangster-types" because I think very few of them were actually gang members. I think it was just a way to look tough and assert a certain cultural identity.

[Broken_Hero]

17. Yep, just once my brother in the middle of church, nt

[Coventina]

18. I said "yes" but I haven't since I became an adult.

Do childhood sibling squabbles count?

[pitohui]

20. i'm guessing that childhood is considered part of your life

i'm also guessing the majority of these fistfights reported in the poll occurred among minors

[Coventina]

21. Yes, you're right

One would hope that learning violence is wrong is something most adults have mastered.

[warrprayer]

19. throwing a punch "in anger"

is counterproductive. First of all, throwing a punch is only justified if you or someone else is at risk for grave bodily harm. Secondly, when you allow emotions to cloud your judgment, you are liable to make a mistake and get yourself hurt or go overboard with your reaction, turning justifiable self defense into an assault.

[one_voice]

22. I voted yes...

let me clarify--I NEVER threw the first punch.

I was taught never to throw the first punch/start a fight but never let anyone get away with putting their hands on you.

I was kicked out of a school for fighting. I had a kinda rough childhood/teen years.

[LadyHawkAZ]

23. Sort of

I was pretty damn angry about being hit in the face. Since that also plays as self defense, I'm not sure how to vote.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Only in self-defense.

[KT2000]

25. yes - but I missed

I was crossing a street in Seattle and some frat boys were crossing the other direction. As they passed me one guy put his hand up my skirt so I swung around with my fist to hit his face but he was tall and just had to lean back so I didn't land anything.
It was just an automatic response - really wished I had hit him though.