Talk:Richard Vernon/@comment-24.19.186.254-20190927014944/@comment-44275313-20200410185931

^ I agree with that. By the way, I was the one who made the original comment on September 27th, 2019, but I did not have an account yet. However, this conversation changed my insights drastically.

As for about the anti-Daniel LaRusso B.S., it is powered by lies, and facts, that are twisted out of truth, to falsely paint Daniel as a villain. In addition, the common arguments against Daniel are unobservant. For instance, "Daniel doused Johnny at the dance". Yeah, that was after the Cobra Kai bullies FORCED DANIEL OFF HIS BIKE AND SENT HIM TUMBLING DOWN A HILL. Also, Johnny did not need to react with violence. Did he? In addition, the argument that "Daniel won, using an illegal move". Yeah? Then if hits to the face are supposedly illegal, why wasn't Johnny disqualified for PUNCHING DANIEL IN THE FACE!? The crane kick was  not  illegal. Right?

In addition, people accuse Daniel of insulting Chozen's honor--Nah, it's Chozen's fault that his honor was supposedly "insulted"; He was financially exploiting local villagers, by using rigged weights, so that they would have to pay more than they owed, due to the rigged version of their produce's weight. Daniel accidentally exposed it, and Chozen got supposedly "dishonored". Then, at the Obon dance, Chozen ruins his own honor more, by holding Daniel's new love Okinawan love interest Kumiko at knifepoint, demanding that Daniel fight him (Chozen), or Kumiko dies. Daniel tries to apologize for supposedly "dishonoring" Chozen, but Chozen rejects the apology and says that apologizing will not give him back his honor. Well as Daniel points out, neither will taking an innocent woman's life, or having a vicious fight. Chozen had a rigged view of what honor is.

As for Daniel not being a villain, I couldn't agree more with that--Daniel, even though some may see it as wrong, is doing what he sees as heroism, that in his eyes, is needed. For instance, Daniel interfered with Johnny on the beach because the latter was domestically abusing Ali!

All in all, just like with principal Vernon, people are hating Daniel LaRusso without being observant of how Daniel feels.

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