"Well... If the woman in your arm is a whore..... and a man calls her a whore.... you need to be man enough to acknowledge his right to simply state a fact....."
I'm trying to imagine this situation. I don't know, if a man called any woman a whore who was on my arm in a public place, even if it were accurate, he would quickly find out that things were not going to go well between us. I don't even think such a statement would be acceptable in a private place between the three of us. I hope you are just trying to make a point, and don't really think such an act would be acceptable behavior. It's no different than if a man called any woman on my arm ugly, or fat, or a bitch, or any other such statement, regardless of whether or not the statement were accurate. It would be uncalled for, and frankly, inexplicable except from someone trying to provoke a fight.
If you do think such behavior is acceptable, then you might find that some people do find some words, or more accurately some behaviors, worth fighting over. Sometimes a person lacking couth is asking for a lesson in good manners.
Originally Posted by davidsmith0123
So by the virtue of combination of being on your arm and being a woman, she is not to be held accountable for her actions, the least of which would be being called an appropriate name for anything she might have done? It might be more appropriate to make the disclaimer that a woman on your arm is unlikely to be deserving of such treatment because of the choices you make in companions.
While I do agree that such behavior would be unacceptable under normal circumstances, I disagree that it is inexplicable. There could be a number of reasons for this behavior, not all
just to provoke a fight. That said, anyone who does this should be prepared for the response you seem obligated to deliver.
I'm sure most of us have learned that there are people who see reason in just about anything to fight over. I have also found that people who tend to escalate exchange of words to "lessons in good manners" tend to lack the necessary tools for the previous.
I will give you an example. Years ago, while I was living in a city that is not known for being progressive, I had a woman walk by me, utter racial slurs, then push my drink over on my table toward me. I had no prior interactions with said woman, and could see no reason other than that I was in a club that I was the only exception to the homogeneous racial make up of its customers. I walked up to her table and told her that she is an ignorant bitch.. If the man she was sitting with had asked, I would have explained the situation. If he had engaged me as you would have, I was ready for that as well. If you think my behavior in this instance was unacceptable, maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree on what we consider acceptable.