A funny story about a bully gangster rapper named 40 Glocc from the streets of LA

[p4pking]

Your post was hardly vague ffs. My prejudices lead me to believe that after this guy "fell down a flight of stairs" followed by your commenting that privates can be so clumsy, they might have had something to do with that. I'm glad it wasn't like that and you personally kicked his ass instead, clearly I was way off.

[VictorCharlie]

Why would I put it in parentheses if that was literally what happened? Did I say I kicked his ass? Neither instance would be classified as getting beat up or having ones ass kicked. Both occasions they swing, I execute a take down and ultimately a submission using the training I had been trying to get them to participate in. Leadership is about assessing what motivates a person and leveraging it. These two young men needed to see there was value in what the Army had to offer them but they had to play ball. Having what they thought of as an old white guy put them on their ass changed their perspective. Last I heard from them both were still serving successfully. I know you really want this to be some neanderthal episode but it was a leadership success. If you don't understand it, thats fine but you shouldn't espouse sweeping generalizations about a group of people and profession, particularly when you aren't familiar with it.

[p4pking]

I didn't care whether he literally fell down stairs, but your post clearly implied that it was some privates who beat him up one way or another. My point wasn't about specifics of serving in the military, it was a sweeping generalization about people who are drawn to positions of force period. Most people don't have to worry about having people swing at them or submission holds on a regular work day, you know

[VictorCharlie]

your post clearly implied that it was some privates who beat him up one way or another.

No it didn't'. "Clumsy privates" was in reference to the person that metaphorically "fell down the stairs" and "slipped in the shower" not the imaginary mob of lower enlisted.

it was a sweeping generalization about people who are drawn to positions of force period

Splitting hairs about who you were stereotyping seems a little silly. You yourself stated you thought a Soldier was a position of force so yeah you cobbled them under that generalization as well.

Most people don't have to worry about having people swing at them or submission holds on a regular work day, you know

Not really sure what relevance this has.

[p4pking]

Of course you aren't. A soldier isn't a position of force? Dear god, lets just agree to disagree on that then.

[VictorCharlie]

What? Did I say anything about that above? It seems pretty nebulous to me. It is your term bro. You can have it mean whatever you want but whether you did it originally or later in the thread you definitely included service members in your generalization.

[p4pking]

I am re asserting that a soldier is indeed a position of force, I don't know how that is remotely vague. Force only pertains to physicality by it's very definition. Your reading comprehension is really wanting.