When we see the "how do I beat up this kid at school" type questions the responsible contributors explain that fighting isn't the answer. This attitude is what most experienced martial artists have learned through personal experience and their years of training.
If the truest martial arts related answer to these questions is pacifism then answers suggesting anything else go against martial arts training and therefore really have no place here. Answers to knee cap a bully or hit them with a bat or even pull a gun on them (I've seen all these and more) are dangerously irresponsible and quite honestly against Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines. Many of us train with live sparring which includes a lot of hitting (both giving and unavoidably receiving); questions that are asked about sparring could easily be applied outside of class but these are often answered as they are technical in nature. The school yard fight scenario warrants no answers because it does not relate to the practice of martial arts (even if one or both parties in the fight train). Any answers that advocate violence are against the Community Guidelines definining "Doing Harm"
"Be responsible and don’t misrepresent yourself, claim false credentials or expertise or give advice in a way that might cause someone harm. Don’t incite or advocate violence or harmful practices"
So I've covered the valid answers and the invalid answers, but I believe the questions themselves go against community guidelines for a couple other reasons. Not only are they seeking the kind of illegal answers that they invariably get but they quite often begin with a rant against the other kid. The last point of contention I'll mention is the age restriction; too often I see these questions from kids who openly state themselves to be 12, a full year younger than Y!A permits.
While this post may seem like a rant I believe strongly that these school yard fight questions should be reported and deleted quickly. I haven't heard about it happening yet but how long will it be till some unstable kid reads the answer to pull a gun and decides that's his best bet? Martial arts aren't a game and while we have fun with some answers these ones should not be allowed.
Who else reports these questions as a violation? Who will join me in reporting these questions? What else do you suggest we do to make this section a safer place?
My point isn't about the unstables that are out there, it's about questions that violate the community guidelines.
As for it being a fair fight or not, fights can go very bad very quickly. They can lead to escalations and even when they don't both sides are exposed to legal risks if their guardians decided to press charges. That isn't including the suspension or expulsion risk you run breaking the zero tolerance policies that many school districts have in place these days. So even a "fair fight" puts people at danger and answer answer for how to fight is only inciting the askers to violence.
If the truest martial arts related answer to these questions is pacifism then answers suggesting anything else go against martial arts training and therefore really have no place here. Answers to knee cap a bully or hit them with a bat or even pull a gun on them (I've seen all these and more) are dangerously irresponsible and quite honestly against Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines. Many of us train with live sparring which includes a lot of hitting (both giving and unavoidably receiving); questions that are asked about sparring could easily be applied outside of class but these are often answered as they are technical in nature. The school yard fight scenario warrants no answers because it does not relate to the practice of martial arts (even if one or both parties in the fight train). Any answers that advocate violence are against the Community Guidelines definining "Doing Harm"
"Be responsible and don’t misrepresent yourself, claim false credentials or expertise or give advice in a way that might cause someone harm. Don’t incite or advocate violence or harmful practices"
So I've covered the valid answers and the invalid answers, but I believe the questions themselves go against community guidelines for a couple other reasons. Not only are they seeking the kind of illegal answers that they invariably get but they quite often begin with a rant against the other kid. The last point of contention I'll mention is the age restriction; too often I see these questions from kids who openly state themselves to be 12, a full year younger than Y!A permits.
While this post may seem like a rant I believe strongly that these school yard fight questions should be reported and deleted quickly. I haven't heard about it happening yet but how long will it be till some unstable kid reads the answer to pull a gun and decides that's his best bet? Martial arts aren't a game and while we have fun with some answers these ones should not be allowed.
Who else reports these questions as a violation? Who will join me in reporting these questions? What else do you suggest we do to make this section a safer place?
My point isn't about the unstables that are out there, it's about questions that violate the community guidelines.
As for it being a fair fight or not, fights can go very bad very quickly. They can lead to escalations and even when they don't both sides are exposed to legal risks if their guardians decided to press charges. That isn't including the suspension or expulsion risk you run breaking the zero tolerance policies that many school districts have in place these days. So even a "fair fight" puts people at danger and answer answer for how to fight is only inciting the askers to violence.