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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6343273" data-attributes="member: 8835">I don't hear so good when my ears are ringing.I get the replicating something from fiction, but in reality, fighting doesn't get people to change their mindPlus, I'm inclined to think that once a fight starts, the people in it are tending to escalating it and are slow to return to sensible action afterwards.Consider any self-defense gone too far news stories.  I just saw one where old guy gets attacked by couple who broke into home, and it ended with him chasing them out and shooting one of them in the back.People are all freaked out of course, but the reality is, in a combat situation, you don't think about stuff like legality or public relations.  And for the combatant, the combat situation doesn't end when the enemy retreats, it ends when he perceives he is no longer in danger.  That takes longer than what the law may allow for.So assuming what I said about combat is accurate, how exactly does convincing someone you are right work, when both people are trying to kill each other?</blockquote>