[extropy-chat] self-defense concerns

[BillK]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:44:23 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Self defense rests primarily on your ability to communicate
> to the assailant that you WILL go to the extreme if the assailant
> pushes things, that you are not willing to be victimized to any degree.
> 
> If your assailant is significantly more massive than you, AND has
> martial arts training, you need a weapon and you need to know how to
> use it. Specifically you need a gun and a license to carry it, along
> with a firearms self defense course. Unless you are willing to use it,
> though, you might as well not even try.
> 

LOL :) 
Yup, if you dress in fatigues, wear a flak jacket, carry an AK47, with
plenty of spare ammunition boxes hanging around, then I guess you will
communicate something to the people around you.

BillK