[extropy-chat] weaponry

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:

> Samantha Atkins wrote:
> 
> > Great for you but the majority of folks need an equalizer to be as
> safe.  
> >
> 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.

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. 

If I had been in an isolated area, it likely would have come out much
worse for me. If I had been a petite woman, or elderly person, I would
have had no hope. Maintaining one's body as a deadly weapon takes far
more effort, time, expense, and dedication than owning and carrying a
deadly weapon.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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