User blog comment:AYET/Haoshoku Haki at work in reality!/@comment-4783583-20120307185959/@comment-4754162-20120308045015

Well, remember during the entrance to FI, Luffy comes against a sea beast, which he used his Haoshoku Haki over the beast and instead of knocking it out cold, he goes like "Sit, boy. Sit! Atta, boy!" In a jokingly way, I'm saying that one uses the haki to overwhelm another person but instead of knocking the person out cold, just get him/her to do as your bidding... Of course it may be different than the actual logic of OP (which you may be correct) but I am taking this just for the gag and the humor of it... xDxD