[slavemason]

Just punch them in the kidneys.

I get clocked pretty regularly since I'm a head taller than most folks around me. I'm not a violent person but there's something about getting sucker-punched that'll make you see red.

I was at a Blues Explosion show once and there was this guy slamming around like he was at some Oi show or something. He was running into girls who were trying to stay out of the way yet still close enough to see. Drinks were spilled and basically he was spoiling everyone's time around him. Instead of looking for security, I tripped him and when he hit the ground, I give him a couple of healthy kicks to the ribs.

I thought surely I was in for a fight but he got up and started explaining that he was trying to have fun. I reminded him that everyone else was there for the same reason and that I'd do it again if he kept acting like an ass. Either he went somewhere else or he calmed down because I don't remember seeing him again after that.

I've abandoned any scene solidarity after the pits lost the counter-clockwise formation. Those damn ninja dancers make me want to start tossing bar stools. Fortunately, I don't find myself in too many "pits" these days.