I recall a bar room fight scene from a movie I saw decades ago in which there was, I believe,

[Atticus]

a disagreement about loud music or something equally minor. When a middle-aged man at the bar said "Turn it down!", a twenty-something guy stood up dramatically, approached the man, assumed a series of martial arts stances and cried "KARATE!"

The man at the bar rose and, without hesitating, broke a wooden chair over the young man's head and while standing over him as he lay crumpled on the floor, quietly said "Chair" and returned to his beer.

Sometimes mere words don't work and action is required.

I wonder if this might apply to dealing with Putin.

[Piasladic]

1. So the old dude committed assault?

reminds me of this fucker

Attacking someone because you want them to do something is just wrong. I get that you are trying to make an analogy, but this is a piss-poor attempt.

[Chainfire]

4. Think of the story or a parable and it will be easier to accept.

As they disclaim, in the movies, "No one was actually hurt in the making of the joke."

[Atticus]

5. No, the old dude defended himself by preventing an assault. Your response was a piss-poor

attempt to erect a strawman.

[Piasladic]

8. Stand Your Ground, huh?

Look how that turned out.

[Beakybird]

9. Stand your ground is about using lethal force first of all.

A karate stance clearly implies a threat. The middle aged man had the right to defend himself in this instance. Ok, he could benefit from reading Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication lol.

[Atticus]

10. Another piss-poor attempt. nt

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I overheard an argument between coworkers years ago

One guy warned that he knew karate. The other guy replied that he knew crowbar. No blood was shed that day.

[KPN]

3. In the context of Putin's "special operation" in and on

Ukraine, almost perfect. It’s just bigger and taking a little longer with a lot more damage and destruction than the bar scene.

It strikes me though that we need to be considering whether the “chair” analogy might also apply to the GQP.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I think that came from a scene in a Robert Duvall

movie. Their scene was two older guys at the bar and these young, toughs started causing trouble. And the old man finished them off.

It was a great movie. Second Hand Lions. With Michael Caine. It was a sleeper.

[ChazInAz]

7. That film reminded my wife and I so much of my father in law

That we bought another copy of the DVD and sent it to him.
It immediately became a family favorite!