C-Kwik wrote:
Do what you will. You're choices are your own. But so are the consequenses. Perhaps the law will do nothing. Perhaps they will. But consider that you could be messing with the wrong type of people. Consider the rest of your family could be put in danger by your actions. Consider this is the same crap that starts and goes on in gang wars. Consider noone wins. But do what you want...
thank you C-Kwik.
almost 15 years ago me and a few of my friends were in a similar situation. several guys beat up one of my friends and we felt the need to retaliate. well, one thing led to another and the whole situation escalated. the next thing i know me and my friends were a gang. within a month the gang grew from a dozen members to over a hundred. after high school i joined the military and left home. when i had returned, i didn't bother looking up any of my old friends and acquaintences. i was done with all of the nonsense. i had moved on.
here it is almost 15 years later. i picked up a newpaper maybe two months ago and on the front page there was an article on gangs in SC. these aren't your small time wannabe thugs. these are large scale organized groups consisting of maybe a thousand members whose activities are being monitored by the FBI. to my horror there's a gang with the same name and colors as the one i helped to start. coincidence? i pray it is. it pains me to think that something this negative is a result of a decision i made so long ago.
i'm not saying this is going to happen in this situation, but just keep in mind that it can happen.
-demetrius