I completely agree with you bouncerr. Once in a while when the little pup is nipping at the big dog's heels too much the big guy needs to let the young pup know who is boss. Doing so does not make me a beta because I somehow recognize him via efforts. You can't just ignore people. In fact I would venture to say if you don't put people in their place now and then how can you even call yourself a man much less an alpha male? I am not a mpua or a guru yet but I do know about being a man, and without wanting to start some fruitless trolling war with anyone, AFC AZA, I think that a lot of what you are quoting to me sounds entirely academic. True if someone lets his pride and anger govern him he is not a man in my mind, however ignoring b/s all the time is in my mind a sign that a guy is in fact a self glorified pussy. Yes, I should ignore and shrug off more s*** from others than I do, and I will work on that, but not responding alltogether ever to a little twerp trying to steal my thunder in order to gain rapport with chicks or otherwise lower my value? That in my mind is no less than utter cowardice no matter how I frame it. If thats not how you see it, I am in no way calling you a coward or a pussy sir. Your response is something I thank you for, but I certainly couldn't look at myself in the mirror and call myself a man in the morning if I NEVER responded to idiots that get a little to liberal on the things they say to me. It is the type of response not the complete lack thereof which determines what kind of man you are, and it is impossible to be an alpha if you are not first a man.

I would respond "Oh do you now, you'll have to teach me..." Said in a sarcastic way, with a slight smirk.