# Well... now that's a street fight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986 "2013-10-23T00:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/1 "2013-10-23T00:21:02Z")
I had no idea [where this was going](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aed_1381733412)until the alleged victim joined the fray. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/2 "2013-10-23T00:31:07Z")
This is Spadina (Chinatown) in Toronto. Meant to say, totally understandable scene … ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/3 "2013-10-23T11:53:59Z")
**astro** , I’ve told you before not to post OPs that are nothing more than a random link. I will tell you again. Do not post OPs that are nothing more than a random link. Thanks, **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/4 "2013-10-24T14:51:46Z")
Reopened at request of **Shakes**. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/5 "2013-10-24T15:00:29Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/6 "2013-10-24T15:44:20Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Reopened at request of **Shakes**. And of course, since **twickster** was kind enough to reopen this thread, I’m sure my post will be the one that kills it anyway. :smack: (Thanks, though) OK, I already knew I was going to hell for laughing at that, but then when I started reading some of the comments below and laughed even harder, I’m pretty sure I’ve got a front row seat now. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/7 "2013-10-24T16:08:25Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > And of course, since **twickster** was kind enough to reopen this thread, I’m sure my post will be the one that kills it anyway. :smack: (Thanks, though) > OK, I already knew I was going to hell for laughing at that, but then when I started reading some of the comments below and laughed even harder, I’m pretty sure I’ve got a front row seat now. Management position. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/8 "2013-10-24T17:38:57Z")
At least other people finally stepped in. Not sure the outcome. Thieves suck balls. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/9 "2013-10-24T18:42:16Z")
Was the disabled guy biting the black guy? Wow. And as a terrible thing to say, I was half expecting him to get in that large green backpack and be carried away. I was wondering if it was all a Jackass type set up. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/10 "2013-10-24T18:48:02Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > This is Spadina (Chinatown) in Toronto. > > Meant to say, totally understandable scene … Just for my own American edification… which aspect of it do you not find surprising? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/11 "2013-10-24T20:28:42Z")
Why do people shoot video in portrait mode? The videographer’s an ass. ETA: yeah, what **drastic** already pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/12 "2013-10-25T18:17:23Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Just for my own American edification… which aspect of it do you not find surprising? He means strange shit happens on Spadina. It just does. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/13 "2013-10-25T18:58:55Z")
> [@D18](#): > > He means strange shit happens on Spadina. It just does. :eek: Had to look it up but, of course, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern is right there at Spadina and Queen. There are some “interesting” things that go on in that area. We did relays to make sure none of our gear was left unattended(not even for a second) during load in&out because there were junkies everywhere. **The Reaver(Capt)** ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/14 "2013-10-25T19:55:58Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > And of course, since **twickster** was kind enough to reopen this thread, I’m sure my post will be the one that kills it anyway. :smack: (Thanks, though) > OK, I already knew I was going to hell for laughing at that, but then when I started reading some of the comments below and laughed even harder, I’m pretty sure I’ve got a front row seat now. Move over in that handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/15 "2013-10-26T01:52:09Z")
> [@The Reaver](#): > > Had to look it up but, of course, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern is right there at Spadina and Queen. There are some “interesting” things that go on in that area. We did relays to make sure none of our gear was left unattended(not even for a second) during load in&out because there were junkies everywhere. > > **The Reaver(Capt)** Dude! You played the Horseshoe? Your sig should be: Oh yeah? Well I played the fuckin’ Horseshoe! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/16 "2013-10-26T06:06:26Z")
All right, we’ll call it a draw. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/17 "2013-10-26T07:58:14Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > All right, we’ll call it a draw. Come back you pansy, I’ll bite your legs off! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/18 "2013-10-26T11:11:18Z")
What are you going to do, _bleed_ on me? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/19 "2013-10-26T12:10:48Z")
Where is the black guy talked about in the description? If they mean the guy in black, he is just dirty. I hope to have as much fight in me as the dude in the wheelchair, I mean he isn’t helpless. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986/20 "2013-10-26T18:52:05Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Where is the black guy talked about in the description? If they mean the guy in black, he is just dirty. > > I hope to have as much fight in me as the dude in the wheelchair, I mean he isn’t helpless. I feel as though thief=black to some people. That guy wasn’t African American as far as I could tell. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-thats-a-street-fight/671986.md?page=2)