Pick one and take his eyes out. Or smash the cell phone on the side walk.
Smashing the cell phone would have done nothing at all, it was even left behind. It was about violence, not property.
No. It sounds good, might be satisfying to say, but could have gotten me killed.
I was raised to walk away from any fight you could, that it took a bigger man to walk away, than act like an ape. Well, that was put to the test....
As a young adult, I was attacked by two guys who just wanted to fuq with me. I did everything I could to walk away peacefully. It didn't work. Like the cell phone, one of them took something from me, to provoke a reaction, and of course I was attacked from and back as I tried to recover my stuff. I snapped.
I grabbed my thief by the throat and squeezed. I had him down, and squeezed. His partner was beating and kicking my head and ribs, and I squeezed. He couldn't break me loose, and the one down was changing colors, and I squeezed.
Second assailant ran out into the busy street, and waved down a passing carload of friends. Since this was just after school, they knew eachother, and they didn't ask any questions, just jumped into the attack with thier friend, and I squeezed. They kicked in my ribs, and knocked me out before I quit. To this day, I believe they saved his life.
It was a few weeks before I could attend classes again, ribs taped. I carried a long knife in my boot, and an ax handle up my sleeve when walking alone after that.
Later, I learned some karate, judo, some other forms, and learned I should never have made myself a stationary target, never exposed my back, back of my head, my ribs. In short, I made it easier to break me, by focusing on one.
I will not make that mistake again.