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Originally Posted by Fledermaus
Sometimes its the only way to exert some kind of payback for the torture you have been getting, playing music and getting the police involved but it can back fire if your not careful.
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I agree, in some cases it could backfire on you in a bad way, but that really depends on the impulsiveness and lack of rationality the person you are dealing with has. If the person is insane or close to it, it might just be better to move, but most people aren't that bad and even if they'd like to get even with you they will probably forget about it or move on to the next conflict with someone else and not bother you. The best deterrent is to keep calling the police and reporting what they do if they confront you in anything resembling a hostile manner.
While I applaud you on your ability to give the morons that came into your yard the boot, my standard warning on these matters is to let the police handle it. The first two guys I mentioned would not have been a huge worry to me if I had ended up in a fight with either one at once, but both would have been difficult, and the next guy, as I said, he was an ape and I would have been an idiot to consider getting physical. The thing to keep in mind is that once you get physical the police will no longer think of you as the victim, you'll be part of a problem. We don't live in barbaric societies and it is the job of the police to put an end to barbaric behavior. Civilization has its benefits and one of those is that you should not have to worry about taking abuse from anyone regardless of their physical stature compared to your own. (And the opposite is true as well, nobody should have to worry about taking abuse from you... even if they richly deserve it.
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On a side note: You remind me of my sister. As I mentioned in a post on another thread, the neighborhood we grew up in had a 5:1 boy:girl ratio and she fit in with the guys with little trouble. She was an excellent baseball player. She was a pitcher and way back then girl pitchers were unheard of. She damaged a lot of young male egos because she was quite good. She too rides motorcycles now, or at least she did, I haven't seen her in years.