"How to train to be a better street-fighter"

Folks,

I put that in quotes because I would never say something so stupid. Matter of facts this is one of the dumbest names of one of the dumbest articles I have ever seen. In one of my old Black Belt magazines ( of course I save a lot of them for reference) there was an article by some knuckle-head named Richard Ryan. Now I dont know the guy, and maybe I am being a little harsh, but this article was straight up lawn fertilizer. NOT because the techniques were off base, or that all of his logic was bad. So why am I all in a twist?

Because why in the name of all things holy would I want to become a better street-fighter? As a martial aritst we should absolutely HATE street figthing. I can understand that fighting in the streets may happen. But to train to become a street fighter means abandoning all of the things that makes the martial arts so special.  Maybe I am just ranting against semantics, but it is a rant that I must make nonetheless. We are NOT street-fighters. We are Martial Artists who may have to use their skills in the street. IF you dont know the difference, I pity you.