what will you do if somebody slaps you on your left cheek??

slap attack - teaching
India
June 14, 2008 12:51am CST
well, our sudden reaction would be to hit back....if you ask me i would have given him couple of nice tight slap for this. but we are told by our elders that we should not fight. we should end such scuffles peacefully..but who does it. according to mahatma gandhi[indian freedom fighter] if someone slaps us on our left cheek then we should also show him our right so that he could hit us again.....according to him the person will not hit us.now i'm not that patient to follow mahatma gandhi's teachings.. i would have hit back. what will you do???
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@bestie (3272)
• Philippines
15 Jun 08
So far,nobody try to slap me,in fact I'm the one who used to slap someone's face...lol... just kidding! I will never let anybody slap me but if ever I will give that person a punch on the cheek(both)...lol... I will not mind it,you're right! better not fight.
@vcha_23 (110)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
i won't slap her back... and i won't give the other cheek too... i'd kill her! Ghandi's time is different... Nowadays, we are not really sure if he/she would slap the other cheek too or not...
15 Jun 08
Depends who and why they did it but most likely smack them back
@cortney09 (1345)
• United States
24 Jun 08
I guess it would all depend on the situation. I would have to say most likely my first reaction would be to slap them back if it was a particular situation, like if I was out playing pool or something. One reason that I would not smack someone back is if in a situation like working with elderly people or children (such as a daycare or nursing home. I have had this happen when I was working in a nursing home years ago.
@ayessa (1583)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Who will give his right cheek then? Certainly not me. I might look to that person in a very intense way and ask him what have I done to deserve it but if I haven't got an answer I'd gave a slap on his cheek too.
• China
17 Jun 08
Same to me. But to me, I think my first react is to calm down and manage self control not to hit back imediately. Then i will ask why i should deserve the slap. I certainly will hit back if i haven't done something wrong.
@juhi06 (1850)
• India
14 Jun 08
dear antony mahatma gandhi lived in which century? and today it is 2008 before you get the slap you have to safeguard yourself. unfortunately if it has already laded at your cheek give a dhishum before the opponent even realises this and...... let the things take shape.
• India
18 Jun 08
i liked ur practical comment,we shud first give a gud solid slap then shud ask them the reaon for that...u from india kya
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
if that will happen to me that someone will hit me or slap me for sure that i will hit him/her back too,i don't even know what is the message of Mahatma Gandhi to tell us,and because i am hurt to that i will strike him/her back or what he did to me.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
16 Jun 08
It is also in the Bible. I went to a religion class and was told that Jesus turned the other cheek and we should do the same. Later, that day, someone hit me, I turned the other cheek and got hit on that one, too! Must be these people, some of them, who hit on cheeks have never heard of Jesus or Mahatma Gandhi. So I learned, you turn the other cheek, you get hit on that one, too.
@michelyn (717)
• United States
19 Jun 08
What I would do would be solely dependent on what the situation was at the time. Things such as who did the slapping, what was being said at the time of the slapping, whether I saw the slapping coming or not, etc. Some responses would be slapping them back, standing there looking at them in absolute shock or crying like a baby. I'm sure I could come up with more reactions, but typically, if someone hits me, my first instinct is to retaliate with same.
@eoeoeo (125)
• United States
18 Jun 08
That part about if someone slaps you on the left cheek and turn to your right is actually from Jesus. =] Shows you how little of the world know the bible, but how many recognize quotes stolen from it.
@Elixiress (3878)
18 Jun 08
I am not sure what is so significant about your "left" cheek, you seem very specific about it in the question. I don't see the difference between the "right" and "left" cheek. If someone hit me then I would walk away, I do not believe in violence and I would rise above their act of violence.
• Alexandria, Virginia
18 Jun 08
do not hit back leave get the warrant from the magistrate put him in jail that is exactly what i did i was very happy
• India
20 Jun 08
definately i will not shiw my right cheek if it is hit so hard. instead i will slap him harder than he hit me and tell him sorry for my behaviour.
• India
18 Jun 08
i will react based on the situation if its my fault n d slapper is known to me i wont retaliate..if its physical fight then i will turn it on ..hehe
• India
16 Jun 08
i would not do nything but never speak to either one of them again. I am totally against this idea becoz it does not worth it. They will regret this soon enough and the guilt alone ll kick their a**
@asimo603 (1366)
• Malaysia
16 Jun 08
Slap On The Face - Slapping is not a good way to resolve disagreement.
My instantaneous reaction is .... give the person who slap me a return slap .Then only ask him/her the reason why he/she slap me? I do not encourage fighting in any way but I definitely will not compromise to accepting someone else hit me especially if I'm not wrong. But I still can accept it ( being slap on the face ) if I'm the one who said or done something provoking that arouse the other party's anger. However, this act should not be encouraged,we could always resolve things out in a more amicable manner. Speak up is the best way if there is disagreement between each other. Afterall, nobody like to see a hostile community if people tend to settle thing by hitting each other.
@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I would react by slapping them back in the face. I wouldnt' be able to help myself.
@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I think it would depend on who the hit came from and the cirucumstances. I think that the natural reaction is to hit back and then there would possibly be several blows exchanged. Part of the reaction might be shock if it was unexpected, so to someone you might not return the slap. I am a nonviolent person and at one time probably would not have slapped back, but think that if it happened now, I would slap someone back. At another time I could have seen my sisters and I being silly and exchanging slaps and then laughing about it later.
@jessieBee (1046)
• Trinidad And Tobago
16 Jun 08
If it were my mother that slapped me most certainly not would i attempt to slap her back. But if it were someone else and i did nothing to them which is least likely, i would slap back, kick and cuff also then run away as fast as i can after. i don't really like fighting could loss part of my beauty temporarily that way.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
If somebody hit me on the left cheek especially if there is without good reason well perhaps I won't be able to control myself... I will retaliate by giving him 2 big slaps on both of his cheeks. After all I am not taking care of my face only to be slapped! Taray no!!!
@ieeko89 (1054)
• Malaysia
16 Jun 08
If someone ever slap me, I'll look at them and ask what the heck is with them and why in the world they slap me. And I'll probably would hit them back^^