A cool response and a breath of fresh air into my crippled thread.

Do you accept that there are people who deliberately stoke their own anger and feed it like some growling beast within themselves.

Why do people go looking for arguments, or in some cases violence (not boxers, but guys who go out to get drunk and get dangerous)

What need compels people to post to threads like "closed threads and deleted posts", this one, the kramer one etc while calmer threads get overlooked.

I'm gonna walk around today with a goddam face like goddam thunder and people better get out of my way. I'm gonna think about all the goddam things that get up my nose and stew and seethe ... oops ... distraction ... now what was I angry about again ... aahhh yes ... I remember .. that no good Goddam sunnuvabitch ... growl growl ... etc etc etc."

or "I wonder if there's a good fight going on down the mudcat today?"

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN - GET THEM KIDS OUTTA HERE - IF YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN AGAIN I'M GONNA HIT YOU SO HARD ... etc etc etc ..."


Physiological? What about temper tantrums as a way of dealing with stress - as opposed to the alexander technique, peppermint tea or a Marlboro?

This hasn't been the most coherent post, but it illustrates a consistent point.