Quote Originally Posted by JayFilomena
There is a professor of military science,(Mr. Gossman ?) wrote a book called, "On Killing". bit of a hippie, but I highly recommend it. Anyway, Mr. Gossman contends that a confrontation consists of four components. Can include one or all four. They are Posturing, Submission, running away, and fighting. Years of research and studies in combat action reveal, that most fights never get past posturing. Two guys, two armies, what ever, flex and shoot in the air, or stand nose to nose. Very few will actually throw a punch. The fact that you stood up to him in a kilt was a posture he has never seen before. sounded like he submitted and left. Good on ya.

jaybird
Many times during my years in the Army I found myself standing nose to nose with some drunken soldier or snivilian while in uniform or kilted and the very best thing I found to reply once my opponent had threatened to "Kick my ***" or something similar I would simply look them in the eye and reply in a deadpan "I'm going to eat your face" which always caught them completely off-guard and usually ended the stand-off. I'm sure that it brings up a very unpleasant mental picture and we all know what savages the Scots have always been.

Chris.