[extropy-chat] weaponry

[Dirk Bruere]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

>--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
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>>Samantha Atkins wrote:
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>>>Great for you but the majority of folks need an equalizer to be as
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>>safe.  
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>>No, they just think they do.
>>The injuries I've suffered doing martial arts over the years far 
>>outweighs the sum total of injuries I may have avoided.
>>The vast majority of people do not get beaten to pulp on the streets,
>>even once in their lives.
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>The one time I became a victim of assault, the assailant was high on
>drugs, and I was unarmed. As many of you know, I am not a small man. I
>pack a punch, and I have some training in hand to hand combat. This guy
>just wouldn't go down. After pummelling him several times and
>attempting to walk away several times, the police finally showed up
>(this happened on a well populated street in the club district of
>Burlington, VT) after about 15 minutes, when I was pretty worn out and
>worried about ending it positively. 
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One of the things about a good martial art is that it will teach you 
several ways to knock someone like that unconscious. Or straight out 
kill them, depending on the requirement.

-- 
Dirk

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