mud, i agree to an extent

while it is true that fighting will only cause more negativity, either now or in the long run, your completely right in that sometimes you have no choice

IMO, it will always cause more bad than good, any good martial artist will tell you that violence is ALWAYS a last resort, no matter how dominant of a fighter they are.... then again there will be times when one is confronted with crazy people who won't listen to logic, or some other strange situation leaving them with no other choice but to fight

going after somebody because they were talking shit about you, 50bag, is not one of those situations