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[Jade]

That is a good point, and I just used the "giving away one's power" as it is an analogy in this situation, which is also just an analogy. My point of view differs in a few places, however, To me, a cop wouldn't be more skilled at deescalating this situation than my martial arts friend and myself. In fact, I feel like inviting a cop into a moderately violent scenario would increase the likelihood of violence. In this scenario, you aren't avoiding the violence, you are just asking someone else to step in and perform it for you.

As far as the plumbing goes, again, I have a different experience. Soon after we purchased our place we called a plumber to check out a few minor issues. He offered us some exorbitant fees (he was trying to get us to replace ALL of our pipes at a "good price" compared to piecing out little bits of work) but, upon doing a little bit of research, realized that the work that needed to be done was totally manageable by one of us, so we did it ourselves. Of course, this analogy doesn't extend all the way, because if one say, needs brain surgery, they are not able to perform it themselves, but then again one must consider the catalyst that got them to the place where they need brain surgery before having a doctor slice open their skull does anything to alleviate the situation or prevent it from happening again.