Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
The first lesson in any martial art is control. Never arm anyone any sort of weapon without first teaching control. Above is a failure of catastrophic proportions.
It's a failure on both sides, Gene. The Door man also went against proper behavior by swearing and antagonizing the violent offender. If the first lesson in MA is to control your violent reaction then the second lesson is to not provoke violence in others with threatening or offensive gestures. To some people saying "f you" is the same is raising a fist and saying "bring it". Of course the violent guy was the most wrong, but the door man let his ego distort his better judgment and it got him hurt. He made himself a target by being aggressive in a potentially violent situation. If he had the power to back that aggressiveness, fine, but he didn't. I'm not saying the door man did anything criminal or anything, I just don't see him as a purely innocent victim.