Cooler heads prevail and it's very hard to make rational decision during an irrational state.
If ever there was an indisputable statement... that one is as close as it gets!
I remember my first physical (fist fight) confrontation (7, maybe 8 years old) and I got my butt kicked... dad stood and watched the whole thing from across the road. As mom was cleaning me up dad asked if I'd learned anything... and I sputtered some sort of angry words through the tears.
Dad said, "
Naw... your mistake was ya' got pizzed-off, lost your head, and forgot to keep breathing."
All I could do was blink as that statement slapped me.
I may not have learned that lesson
as my butt was getting kicked... but I ain't ever forgot what dad said that day.
addendum;
Sometimes confrontation (of some sort, not necessarily physical) is unavoidable... it-is-what-it-is. Running from it just delays the inevitable, ya' can't hide from it. The best you can do is suppress your emotions (especially anger), keep breathing, think, watch for the opening... and when you see it, go for the knock-out. If the other guy (person) is pizzed-off, that opening will present itself rather quickly.