Insulting is a quick way to get a response. A person is challenged to fight they decline so they called a chicken,they knocked the other person out with one punch.
Pestering them is long way to get a response,A child did not get what they want. They beg for a week. Finally they get a response,they get grounded for a week.The response is not always good.
Outside influences have the power to impact decisions by forcing people's choices by making them to do things they don't want to do through pestering them and insults. Response