Obsessed said:
You want a demonstration or something? Brothers(yes even that old) have fought for years and fighting back has always made sure that there was mutual respect between them, him going to the authorities will make him lose even more respect in his brothers eyes which in turn puts OP in a worse situation even. Fighting back IS the best way to not only gain respect, but end this. You have not proven at all why calling the cops would help him in the long run at all.
Why won't the police help him? Assuming his brother is a normal person a small sit in the slammer will serve as a good warning to not do this kind of shit again. A psychopath would take the small sit in prison as an excuse to beat the shit out of his brother even more, in which case fighting back against him might not help either.
Its not wether the police can help him or not, it is the end result. Let us look at the possible outcomes:
1. His brother shuts up and reforms after he learns about TEH JUSTICE!1!!!(Highly unlikely)
2. His brother will lose even more respect for him, resent him for putting him in jail and given him a criminal record. And therefor more torture and more long term pain and the longer this goes unresolved.
I've had siblings. However, this kind of shit generally ends at a young age. You dont have brothers beating each other up when unprovoked at ages 18 and 21.
I'm sorry that not all brothers are like you and yours, just because you guys grew up does not mean others automatically mature at the same time.
His brother sounds like more than a bully to be honest. Physically assaulting someone should have legal consequences at his age.
Oh puh-leaze, just because he's more of a physical bully doesn't make him more than a bully.
I'd imagine a lot of internet tough guys would be calling for the brother's head if the OP were female. Not all internet tough guys can be as progressive as you.
Well sir i agree with this statement, and just for clarity fighting back will not solve everything, but it is the best solution and his brother will start backing up and respecting him more when he sees he isn't a pushover.
Harry Dresden said:
If only we had some type of government funded organization of people who devote their lives to helping protect people who can't protect themselves.
Oh but we do sir! They are called the police! They help those under real danger, like hostages at gunpoint, those threatened by murderers and ex-cons, witnesses who could be murdered for what they have seen, not a squabble between siblings where one is not in immediate danger but is too much of a pussy to fight back.
In the end, this is just a part of the classic case of the pussyfication of the modern male.