hmmm...
if you ever date porn stars or strippers, you'd probably be facing a pretty long line of people to assault, and probably a lot in their very own family tree. would you go after them one at a time or schedule a get together for a no holds barred 'battle royale' where you take em on all at once....
i'd stock up on your ointments and nunchucks and such whichever way you go...
oh... and they might have guns.
and that's an interesting point, if you INITIATE an assault out of nowhere, he might be able to kill you and claim self defense - he wouldn't even be in trouble with the law for that! wouldn't that be a stupid way to die? the details of it all would just sound so dumb as your friends talked about it for the years before they forgot you... "remember bill? guy who tried to beat up that guy who raped that girl 5 years ago? he got shot didn't he? in the face... dang..." hard to be a pua from the grave.
and what if he held you back with a gun cuz the idea of getting beat up didn't agree with him? would you come back with one?
and that's the dumb thing about assault and fighting in general outside of movies... WHAT ARE THE GROUND RULES and WHO SAYS?
"now now, put the gun down. i just want to beat you up... nothing serious... just a good old fashion ass whoopin. ok?'"
sure, you might be looking for an old west saloon, "roadhouse" brawl, who isn't?... but if you really are bigger and stronger, what's to keep the guy from going for your groin or throat or eyes or other 'self defense' regions and techniques?
answer is nothing.
sure, your reasoning might be, "just stand there and let me give you a beating and i'll be on my way"... but he might not be too keen on that. in which case, you might be right hooking his face while he palms a key, shiv, other assorted weapon, and is looking to jam it into your temple.
and you need your temple.
the real question should be: would you MAIM/KILL someone who raped this girl you met and are you willing to BE MAINED/DIE for it.
unless you're willing and trying to kill someone, fighting just doesn't make sense.
also, would you beat the guy up if he's weaker, older, frail(er) than you and you would certainly win? that strikes me as less than manly. and a better problem: would you assault him if he's MUCH LARGER, MUCH STRONGER and you are CERTAIN TO LOSE? cuz that strikes me as less than intelligent.
and if the answer to both questions is no, then you have a VERY narrow range of rapists which you can honorably pummel.... (lol... i crack myself up).
and if he starts doing some real damage to you, whether by playing "by the rules" or not, then what? you'll get pretty angry right? will you escalate? will you go to jail? what if you end up not so pretty any more? will it have been worth it? what if she dumps you? will SHE have been worth it?
finally, cops/law/judges don't look too kindly on vigilantes - which you would be playing at. i wouldn't expect a mere slap on the wrist (or a covert pat on the back)... really... jail time? you'd do jail time for it? [oh yeah... we live in a sue happy society too - and since it did NOT involve you in ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, he could very successfully sue you as well... really... bankruptcy? garnished wages? really?]
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if we're talking imminent threat and a guy has come up to you stating clearly and articulately that he is going to rape your girlfriend from right out beneath you, well, that's one thing.
or if a guy's got your girl pinned and his c0ck's in midflight coming straight in for the first rapey plunge, sure, you'd leap through the air in slow motion yelling "nooooooooooo!", extend your palm out and literally c0ck block like the goal tending sonofa***** you are... sure we'd all do that!
but especially if it's from her distant past (and yeah, who's to say what's distant right? ANOTHER problem), it's HER problem. if she called the police then it's been dealt with. if not, then she's the one that's got some stuff to get past.
if we all try to be special victim unit batmen trying to right rapey wrongs, we'd probably have precious little time actually getting laid....
it's about priorities. and in the pua community, WHO do we put on the pedestal? that's right, US. our lives. our faces. our temples. since when do we become hitmen for women?
delta
p.s. UNLESS you have a time machine... if you have the option of going back in time and preventing her rape, then i would strongly suggest that.... but then, i might not ever be born... sob....