Gang up and Prove what?
Sept 26, 2023 14:01:00 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 26, 2023 14:01:00 GMT -5
Ganging up Proves what?
First let's define bravery:
So between the two explanations for this ganger-upper, pride-phenomenon, this is the far more convincing.
This question is based on observing how proud persons who gang up three, four, sometimes five or or more on one, look after they have finished the ganging up. Is it because they fancy themselves brave?
First let's define bravery:
bravery
noun
brav·ery ˈbrāv-rē ˈbrā-və-
pluralbraveries
Synonyms of bravery
1
: the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : the quality or state of being brave : COURAGE
showing bravery under fire.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravery
noun
brav·ery ˈbrāv-rē ˈbrā-və-
pluralbraveries
Synonyms of bravery
1
: the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : the quality or state of being brave : COURAGE
showing bravery under fire.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravery
So it can't be for bravery, since bravery is displayed in the face of danger, fear, or difficulties, such as those faced by the Spartans who were vastly numerically outnumbered by the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae, or by those who participated in the USA Civil War's Pickett's Charge against the entrenched Union lines at Gettysburg under overwhelming cannon and rifle fire and these ganger-uppers are not facing any of these since the odds are always numerically in the ganger-uppers' favor.
In fact, some ganger-uppers reduce the risk to themselves even more by cunningly waiting in the sidelines until the dude being attacked looks unconscious, and only then do they suddenly jump in to punch, kick, stomp, or tap-dance on the dude's head, and strut away as if they have proven something.
So the question is, what is it exactly that these ganger-uppers are imagining that they have proven? Obviously, it can't be that they are tough. After all, ganging up doesn't really require toughness. I mean, exactly how-tough do you have to be to beat on someone who is struggling with four or six others of his own size, and sometimes much bigger? Or how tough do you need to be to stomp on a dude who is helplessly unconscious on the floor, or maybe even in a coma, dying or dead?
So to the contrary, such behavior fits in more with the definition of cowardice than it does with bravery:
Meaning of cowardice in English
cowardice
noun [ U ]
UK /ˈkaʊ.ə.dɪs/ US /ˈkaʊ.ɚ.dɪs/
the behaviour of someone who is not at all brave and tries to avoid danger:
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cowardice
cowardice
noun [ U ]
UK /ˈkaʊ.ə.dɪs/ US /ˈkaʊ.ɚ.dɪs/
the behaviour of someone who is not at all brave and tries to avoid danger:
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cowardice
So there definitely has to be something other than toughness or bravery that, the ganger-uppers are feeling proud of. Could it possibly be the ganger-upper's ability to be unfair and ruthless that instils them with that profound sense of pride?
Now, that certainly is a far more plausible explanation. After all, ganging up on someone is certainly a very convincing demonstration of ruthlessness, or of having absolutely no sense of mercy or compassion for human suffering.
ruthless
adjective
ruth·less ˈrüth-ləs also ˈru̇th-
Synonyms of ruthless
: having no pity : MERCILESS, CRUEL
a ruthless tyrant
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruthless
adjective
ruth·less ˈrüth-ləs also ˈru̇th-
Synonyms of ruthless
: having no pity : MERCILESS, CRUEL
a ruthless tyrant
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruthless
Synonyms:
callous
cold-blooded
compassionless
heartless
inhuman
inhumane
merciless
pitiless
soulless
unmerciful
callous
cold-blooded
compassionless
heartless
inhuman
inhumane
merciless
pitiless
soulless
unmerciful