[wiper]

bah...

i'm no gangster, and i understand that some people take it further..

in the city i grew up in, there were fistfights every day, in school, after school, at houses, at the bar, etc..

just became somewhat 'normal'.

i know there are crazy psychopaths out there, it just doesn't sound like the OP's terrorizer was one. maybe i'm wrong, but 28 years of conditioning would lead me to not back down from something like the OP described...