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This doesn't ring true. Friendship is defined by a willingness to engage in violence without reason?

Loyalty means supporting and accepting someone for who they are. Not just doing whatever they ask regardless of consequence.

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To steelman ReptileMan's point -- I think we should extract the _spirit_ of the back-and-forth of the quoted exchange and realize that it's about the willingness to jump in... to anything a potential friend might suggest and to see where that takes you (within reason and preference, of course).

Some people do work like this. They wish to do violence and would prefer some company (for example, perhaps after witnessing a delightful soccer match in Belgium). Of course there are also many fulfilling & intimate friendships where people don't ask for help in hurting people.

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