Transit bus fight in Oakland creating buzz (VIDEO: 67 year old man beats-down thug)

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[eeevil conservative]

one person turned to violence here.....

and one person stopped the violence.....

but if you have some better way to stop violence, I would very much like it if you would enlighten me....

[muglywump]

“WWII, Hitler.”

This is an incredible stretch but, okay, who ‘won’ in WWII? (Whatever your answer is, explain it to the masses of slain soldiers.)

[Balding_Eagle]

This is an incredible stretch but, okay, who ‘won’ in WWII? (Whatever your answer is, explain it to the masses of slain soldiers.)

I'm talking to an idiot, so you can have the last word.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

And here he is from 1986. "Back in 1996, I was working at the intersection of 2nd & Market. Each and every day the man pictured above would walk by my shop, wave a loaf of sourdough in my face, and scream obscenities about the San Francisco 49′ers.” http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/02/17/how-should-the-sfpd-deal-with-somebody-like-epic-beard-man-thomas-bruso-tasers/

[randomhero97]

Yes, the world is nothing but rainbows and gumdrop smiles. Get a clue, seriously, and come back to reality where the only thing the uncivilized among us regcognize is violence.

[muglywump]

Both of the men on the bus were antagonists. To address your query (but if you have some better way to stop violence, I would very much like it if you would enlighten me....), both need to shut up when tensions start to overheat. Remove ego from the situation.

[Blue Jays]

Good catch on the earlier content, Flash Bazbeaux!
It appears he isn't quite as pure as the driven snow.

[AAABEST]

He ain’t a guy you want to hitch your wagon to.

Haven't seen anyone hitching their wagons to Epic Beard Guy.

What I have seen is a lot of people (especially those like me who have first-hand experience with thugs like this in urban public transit) happy that a scumbag got what he had coming.

[muglywump]

Gnite, all.........gotta go catch a bus! :)

[Eagles6]

Apparently the thug couldn’t read the White guy’s t-shirt. Dang gubmint skuls.

[dennisw]

Let me get this straight....
The punk on the bus landed the first blow even after beard guy walked away from him. Beard guy responded and you have a problem with that? What is the history of the black punk who assaulted the old dude? Run that through your mind

[dennisw]

Let me get this straight....
The punk on the bus landed the first blow even after beard guy walked away from him. Beard guy responded and you have a problem with that? What is the history of the black punk who assaulted the old dude? Run that through your mind

[AAABEST]

...but if you have some better way to stop violence...

Seems like Epic Beard Guy had the perfect "way to stop violence" - incapacitate the attacker.

Worked well for him, and possibly many others.

[Mobilemitter]

Uh....the young dude’s tensioned fist was pounding the old guys perfectly relaxed face. :oO Are you saying to just bleed and smile and hope everything works out swell as we are getting beaten?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

That old guy is quickly becoming legend in Oakland. There is another viral video of him getting tased at an Oakland Athletic’s baseball game last August. He is one seriously TOUGH SOB.

[Blue Jays]

The only way that young thug would ever reconsider his ways is by receiving a beatdown.
Glad there was a person sufficiently tough (like Epic Beard Man here) for this punk to learn quiet and unassuming people won't always just take it.

[muglywump]

“Are you saying to just bleed and smile and hope everything works out swell as we are getting beaten?”

Nope; what I said was “both need to shut up when tensions start to overheat. Remove ego from the situation.” Put another way, avoid escalation in the first place.

[maine yankee]

Who defends you when you are threatened ?

Do you ever leave your MAC and go out in the real world ?

If you leave your house, do you ever get out of mom’s SUV ?

Let me guess; you were a theater major.

[muglywump]

How ironic; use violence to stop violence?

[Eagles6]

"Right; next time he’ll be armed with a knife or a gun. Is that the answer?"

For the good guy? Yeah, that is the answer.

What is one to do when confronted with violence? Curl up in the fetal position and sing Kumbaya?