My xmas eve knife encounter
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I don't reckon it went down as the OP suggested .. as the OPs remarks would have got him at least a kicking.
I find it hard to believe that those 2 comments wouldn't have at least got him a smacking. Because they are both extremely inflammatory. I reckon the OP bigged it up a little -- and in reality he was all 'yes sir, no sir' to the guy - but wishes he wasn't later when he thought about it for an hour so wrote what he wished had happened ...
You wouldn't ever, EVER, laugh at a guy who had just threatened to stab you in the neck. No-one would. It's a lie. Laughing at someone in this situation and calling him the patronising 'sunshine' -- then him thinking 'Fair enough I'll back down then and wander back to my car'? It's just not gonna happen in the world I live in ...
I find it hard to believe that those 2 comments wouldn't have at least got him a smacking. Because they are both extremely inflammatory. I reckon the OP bigged it up a little -- and in reality he was all 'yes sir, no sir' to the guy - but wishes he wasn't later when he thought about it for an hour so wrote what he wished had happened ...
You wouldn't ever, EVER, laugh at a guy who had just threatened to stab you in the neck. No-one would. It's a lie. Laughing at someone in this situation and calling him the patronising 'sunshine' -- then him thinking 'Fair enough I'll back down then and wander back to my car'? It's just not gonna happen in the world I live in ...
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Whilst i appreciate the replies guys, please don't take the
"I'm not racist, but maybe you can guess what colour he was.."
the wrong way. Some people clearly are. It doesn't mean i AM racist at all. It was a statement made in anger as i'd guessed his colour before even seeing him, maybe from a stereotyped perception i don't know, but i was right. I said it to see if anyone else came to the same conclusion......and quite a few did.
I have some very close friends who are black, but that doesn't mean i like all blacks. The same goes for white people or any other race.
I make friends with people based on their demeaner/character not their skin colour.
I'll admit if it were a white guy i would almost certainly have challenged him. Why? Because he would have acted like a black-gangsta-wannabe and i would have found that ridiculous and felt less threatened.
The fact that he was black, intimidated me more and, again from a perception of stereotypes i was less inclined to find out whether he truly did have a knife. That may well have save my life.
Put it this way, if a guy wearing a turban and acting shifty walks into a crowded airport and starts creating, you're more likely to fear for your life than some chav making a fuss in the same place, no? Its perception!
I wish i had called the police, so anyone saying i was dumb for not doing, fair enough. But part of me thought they'll do bugger all, cos it has to be proved and he leant into my car window and everyone else in the queue was in their car, so very unlikely to hear the conversation. He stood casually, allbeit with his hand in his pocket, with it 'possibly' wrapped around a knife.
At the end of the day, as someone stated, i came away with a little dent in my pride.....
"I'm not racist, but maybe you can guess what colour he was.."
the wrong way. Some people clearly are. It doesn't mean i AM racist at all. It was a statement made in anger as i'd guessed his colour before even seeing him, maybe from a stereotyped perception i don't know, but i was right. I said it to see if anyone else came to the same conclusion......and quite a few did.
I have some very close friends who are black, but that doesn't mean i like all blacks. The same goes for white people or any other race.
I make friends with people based on their demeaner/character not their skin colour.
I'll admit if it were a white guy i would almost certainly have challenged him. Why? Because he would have acted like a black-gangsta-wannabe and i would have found that ridiculous and felt less threatened.
The fact that he was black, intimidated me more and, again from a perception of stereotypes i was less inclined to find out whether he truly did have a knife. That may well have save my life.
Put it this way, if a guy wearing a turban and acting shifty walks into a crowded airport and starts creating, you're more likely to fear for your life than some chav making a fuss in the same place, no? Its perception!
I wish i had called the police, so anyone saying i was dumb for not doing, fair enough. But part of me thought they'll do bugger all, cos it has to be proved and he leant into my car window and everyone else in the queue was in their car, so very unlikely to hear the conversation. He stood casually, allbeit with his hand in his pocket, with it 'possibly' wrapped around a knife.
At the end of the day, as someone stated, i came away with a little dent in my pride.....
This vid makes great use of that phrase, sounds rather silly out of context:
Lol, the guy at the end.
Happened to my parents (in their 60s) they were confronted by someone who clearly didn't know how to use a roundabout. My mum took the numberplate but my dad wouldn't hear of it.
I'm sure you do, I'm sure you do.
So you're not racist and you have black friends, where have I heard that before?
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Agree with that and it was my first thought upon reading the post. Luckily no matter what was exchanged between the two, the guy is lucky to not have gotten a kicking or a stabbing, especially infront of his kids.
A guy with a turban walks in and starts 'creating'? haha. Anyone that reads GD and read your op knew this thread would turn around and be about you being a racist. Next time don't pap and pull the wtf face unless you are feeling mega 
( winds me right up, not enough to stab you mind, but enough).
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I don't believe he had a knife. He just wanted you to think he did.
To be fair you couldn't have done much about it, so arguing with him after he'd already parked up was pointless.
...unless you beat the cack out of him, released his handbrake and pushed the car out of the space.
To be fair you couldn't have done much about it, so arguing with him after he'd already parked up was pointless.
...unless you beat the cack out of him, released his handbrake and pushed the car out of the space.
Fair point and by reading your post OP, he was quite abusive and warning you a lot for the fact he was the one who stopped the car, got out of the car and came to you, he didn't have to do that, so i don't think he was carrying anything, but your not going to take the chance.
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Black people commit more crime overall, so do poor people and is a massive generalisation, while correct it isn't particularly nice to tarnish most of the world as idiots just because of a few. It isn't important to this thread anyway.
The main thing is you are the kids are ok. I would be tempted to aggravate him further as well but the thing is you have to wait till they attack, by which point you have a knife in your stomach..
You made the right choice obviously with a child in the car.
The main thing is you are the kids are ok. I would be tempted to aggravate him further as well but the thing is you have to wait till they attack, by which point you have a knife in your stomach..
You made the right choice obviously with a child in the car.
From reading your post, I would have guessed the guy was white, balding, tiny penis.
I don't think the colour of his skin has anything to do with it what-so-ever, some people are *****, no matter what the colour of their skin.
I don't think the colour of his skin has anything to do with it what-so-ever, some people are *****, no matter what the colour of their skin.
Got to agree.
As much as it is wrong, I think I would even be tempted to exagerate and say he got a gun out of the glove compartment. Just to see how 'crazy' the gangster was when looking down the barrel of MP5 from a Armed Response Unit. They would still have found the knife and done him regardless.
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Chavs
Blacks
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Bad parenting
Daily Mail
There, got them all in
Blacks
Kids
Bad parenting
Daily Mail
There, got them all in
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I reckon reckless immigration, and of course labour in general, were the problems here.
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LOL. There's nothing wrong with stating that he was black. It's a fact that statisically you're more likely to be stabbed by a black man than any other race.
Anyone that cries "racist" doesn't have a clue what they are talking about.
Anyone that cries "racist" doesn't have a clue what they are talking about.
The guy has threatened to kill you in front of your kids. I'm glad you backed down as it upsets me to read about another father being killed for standing up for himslef or protecting his family. I think you should call the police as it sounds like he's a ticking bomb ready to kill someone who looks at him the wrong way.