Surviving the apocalypse: don't fuck with people
Bottom line no matter how big, bad, and tough you think you are, don't fuck with people when you don't know what they are capable of. People are dangerous on a good day, under stress, in danger, frightened they are a hundred times worse. That meek little banker who you see every day may in fact be a borderline sociopath who would think nothing of slitting your throat and going on with his day as if nothing had happened. The lady on the corner may be a well trained markswoman, intent on defending her family at all costs. Finding yourself gutted by a third grade teacher, because you felt like being a dick is hardly a way to end your life. RE Howard: civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.