I abhor violence and I will do whatever I can to avoid it. If, however, I am put in the situation where I have no other alternative (rare, very rare!) someone will be end up injured or dead and I will do my utmost to see that it is not me.

But so far that situation hasn't come up. I hope that it never does, because I would feel no remorse for doing what I felt I had to do. None.

It's because I can only see violence being needed on EXTREMELY RARE occasions that I don't understand the reasons for school shootings or any similar thing, such as spousal abuse or even a fight.

My manhood isn't threatened by your words or even by you pushing me around. If you push me into a corner, however, YOUR life would be threatened.