FACT CHECK: I have, in fact, lifted! Though I really need to get back to it regularly.

Also while FACT CHECKING, I'll again point out my opposition to violence and overall pacifism reaches where I don't morally endorse my own personal self-defense. Esch technically already got this in his cons list.
That said, if shosta were to voluntarily agree to my use of violence against him for the purposes of research into this question we may be able to come to some kind of broad voluntarily agreement on this front.
If he'd like to sit and have a glass of wine as we negotiate the terms of our battle...but first, sniff this...