compromise or retaliate?

Well, i was having a debate with some people, and a question came up; compromise or retaliate? Basically, imagine a situation were a friend of yours did something offending to you. Would you rather sit down with said friend, and explain why this was offending, why they should not do it again, and how you felt personally? Or would you you take action and punish them? Or both? Either way, there is a positive and negative result; if you compromise, no damage is done, but then they realize there was no punishment, and might think they can get away with it. If you retaliate, they see you mean business, but damage is done, and they might retaliate back. Then there is the factor of which situation you are in, what if you are owner of a business, and a worker is slaking off? Or a Father/Mother and your child is misbehaving? Or you are out in public and a stranger comes and mugs you?

I would personally do a little bit of both, try to compromise, but if that fails, induce punishment.

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I would do both. If they won't listen, I will retaliate.

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I'm a peace making kind of person. I always compromise in any situation. I would only retaliate if I were forced to. But I would always, always compromise.

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Usually compromise comes before retaliation for me. I will only retaliate if I can get away with it.

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both, you gain the benifit of both actions. that way, you feel better and they shutup.

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It depends on how big of a deal it is. If it is a big deal (life changing in one way or another) then retaliate. If its just a small matter, compromise is definately the way to go.

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I do both in every situation, no matter how big or small..

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then again, retaliate is more fun:shifty:, but what if you were the president/king/whatever of a country in war with another, but the leader of the other country was stubborn and cruel, so when you tried to compromise he/she wouldn't listen?

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I would see how hard it would be to give the other leader what they wanted. If it was unreasonable to give the other leader what they wanted, I'd be getting some top scientists to give my army the advantage. :-P

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Well, in that situation, I would blow up all of his army, and run away.. Nooo.. Lol.

I would make him listen... :shifty::shifty: TORTURE!!

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