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The Official Girls' Payback Day.

It’s a Facebook event.  Not sure if everyone can actually see it or not.

But I’ll spare you clicking the link.  The description is as follows:

“They elbowed and poked our boobs. They grabbed our asses. Girls, it’s payback time. We’re going to do everything we can to torture them. Kick them in the balls, slap them, nipple cripple, you name it.

It’s payback time, before they dare go any further!!

EDEN & MIRIAM.”

Apparently tomorrow is “Elbow a Girls Boob day”…as Miriam tweeted about an hour ago.

So I see it unfolding this way:

1. Someone elbows you
2. You pinch their nipples/slap them/kick them in the crotch

Now just take a few seconds and think: what happens after that?

I think:

It’s hard to put in words.  But I’ll try.  If someone elbows you with 60% of their full power, and you respond with, say, 70% of your power, what do you think happens next?

Duh, the person who “started it” responds with 80% of their power.  And so you respond with 90% of your power.  Y’know what happens after that?  Think about it.

Broken ribs?  Possibly.  Major injuries?  Oh definitely.

“It’s payback time, before they dare go any further!!” Well if someone attacked me, I might and might not attack back; but only with as much power as I believe they attacked me with.  Would I expect them not to dare to go any further?  I’d be a bloody fool to even, for a second, think that.  I’d fully expect them to come back at me with twice the power.  Would I be prepared?  If I choose to attack back, I damn well hope so, else I’ll have dug myself a hole that will almost certainly only get deeper.

Now, if you can’t see the event, the photo on the page is captioned “GIRLS KICK BALLS” in a font that made me cringe.  If I were to take that literally (why not?), I’d say that’s suggesting that males are incapable of kicking “balls”.  I’ll leave this part at that.

Now to the comments/feedback.

Soon Lee wrote: HAHAH TENSHO LETS MAKE A REVENGE EVENT >:)

Miriam tweeted: @xxloverxx We want revenge, we will get revenge (:

In response to Miriam, if I were to, well, “lose my calm”, I’d say something like: “Well I want a Leica M6, M9 and S2 with complete lens setups, a Hasselblad HD4 60MP with full set of lenses and a Mamiya 7 system, but I’m not about to get all of that”

You can “want” “revenge” all you like, but it will only lead to more “revenge”.  Which in turn will lead to even more “revenge”.  I wonder how long it’ll take for someone to realise that it just isn’t working?  That, maybe, a simpler solution would just be to walk away?

…So I’ve just gotten a tweet.  Oh yes, another one.  But Twitter is realtime, and that’s one of the greatest thing about it.

Miriam: @xxloverxx CALM! CALM! It’s just for fun!!

Violence can be fun under controlled, situations.  While kicking someone in the crotch may be “fun” for some, I think you’d really be putting your neck on the line to say you could keep it “controlled”.

In fact, I think any kind of violence is hard to control. In my black belt Taekwondo class, we’re still learning to control our power.  In a safe situation.  With padding, helmets, gloves, shin pads, etc.  And I don’t think any of us would say, with full confidence, that we could actually control our power, especially in an outside situation.

BBC News - School lessons to tackle domestic violence outlined

“Every school pupil in England is to be taught that domestic violence against women and girls is unacceptable, as part of a new government strategy.”

So in a world where racism is seen as unacceptable and we’re taught not to be prejudiced in any way, sexism is supported by the government.  And I thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse.

Because, in a matter of years, and in some cases, even now, it’s gone the other way - females are being treated better than males based on past experiences.  Only, the sexist government would never teach that males are not to be hit in any way, because “the world just doesn’t go like that”.

“”The appropriateness of what you do with someone who is five years old is totally different in terms of content and how you will be taught to someone who is 15 or 16,” he said.” Sorry, what?  So now not only are racism (subconsciously or otherwise) and sexism in play, ageism has also joined us.  It doesn’t matter what the ageism is applied to, ageism is still ageism and is still discrimination.

“But critics have accused the government of interfering in how parents bring up their children” Thank you.

“Margaret Morrissey, of the Parents Outloud campaign group, said schools should focus on teaching children to read and write.” Couldn’t agree more.  Stay out of their personal lives, fuckers.

“”This political correctness is turning our children into confused mini-adults from the age of five to nine,” she said.” It’s the way she phrased it that I hate.  ”Is turning our children”.  Not respecting that everyone is unique.  I hate that, I really do.  These little things bug the flippin’ shit out of me.

“Recent research by the children’s charity NSPCC found one in four girls, some as young as 13, had been slapped or hit by their boyfriends.” Yes, and males haven’t been hit as well? Also, if you get hit, that’s your problem.  If you’d, maybe, even attempted to block the attack, you wouldn’t have been “hurt”, now would you, genius?  Don’t know how to block?  How about, walk away calmly?  Ever heard of staying calm?  No? Sigh.

“It also found one in nine had been beaten up, hit by objects or strangled.” Well then learn some fucking self defense, kay?

“She suggested the problem arose from teenage girls’ “unequal power relationships” with boyfriends - a feature of violent adult relationships too.” Well if your partner isn’t treating you fairly, break up? It’s not like it’s forced marriage, kay, you don’t have to stay with them.

“She said it was particularly disconcerting that these girls were not telling anyone about the violence.” Well why stick your nose up someone’s business if they don’t want you to know?  If they don’t want people to know about it, then let it be; it’s their choice.  As long as they’re aware of the consequences either way, then leave it.

“Plans will also see the piloting of domestic violence protection orders - or “Go” orders - which could see perpetrators excluded from their homes and give victims space to apply for longer-term protection.” Sorry, why not just leave it?

“About a million women are victims of at least one domestic violence incident a year, according to the British Crime Survey.” Funny how they don’t mention how many actually get injured seriously?  I mean, if you’re being attacked, you’re not just gonna stay there and let someone beat the living shit out of you, are you?

“It wants people to sign a petition urging the government to put an end to “the postcode lottery of domestic violence services”.” It wants. Yes, you may fucking “want” all you like.

“She added that the “particular needs” of abused women from ethnic minority backgrounds also needed to be properly served.” So abused males don’t have “particular needs” eh?  Sexism. “Ethnic minority backgrounds” I don’t know whether to count this as racism or not.

“”We have to work to change attitudes in order to eliminate violence against women and girls and to make it clear beyond doubt that any form of violence against women is unacceptable,” she said.” any form of violence against women is unacceptable. What, so you’re saying violence against males is acceptable?  Sexist people should not be allowed to talk on behalf of anyone or anything other than themselves.

How about, instead of trying to stop violence, make martial arts a mandatory subject in school and teach that martial arts are only to be used for self defense and/or friendly sparring?

How about, instead of being sexist, use the fucking resources to pay for martial arts masters (both male and female are addressed the same way, at least in Taekwondo) to teach?

And, maybe, find some way to teach everyone to have a stronger mind than they do already; to be who they are without feeling shame?  By doing this, verbal bullying would, actually, be completely ineffective.

All credit goes to Fraser Speirs for tweeting the link in the first place