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Aboot nine months,(candy for stereoptyping americans ) I'm still at a orange belt level, but I'm progressing well, and I trained before, when I was a kid.
------------------ It never stops, when my mama ask me will I change I tell her yeah, but it's clear I'll always be the same Until the end of time - Tupac Shakur, Untill the End of Time
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Back when I attended high school (late '70's) there was plenty of bullying - and the official line was "it's a part of life". My own father said that he would never punish me for being in a fight - but he would for losing one. ________________
I know one case which illustrates the action principle. One kid in my class (bookworm type of course), got kidded all the time - but just let it run off. He literally didn't care unless the language got abusive. If it did, he had a variety of witty retorts memorized, such as "Someday, when I'm driving my sportcar, and you're pumping gas into it, I'll try to remember to tip big". These worked - as he realized that all he had to do to win a particular engagement was to perfect his delivery - so the girls woulfd laugh at the bully.
The day came when one of his would-be tormentors finally crossed the line and hit him. He did not turn the other cheek, he did not run away and cry, he did not go and tell the teacher. He dropped his books and charged the bully - who was so starled that he rabbitted. Chased the bully half-way around the grounds before he finally tackled him, sat on his chest (witnesses) and then burst out laughing. When the bully asked why, the pursuer admitted that now that he had him - he wasn't exactly sure what he should do with him. They both started to laugh.
Did it 'cure' the bully? I wouldn't know - I don't gass up in that town anymore. But it did show a potential sociopath and his crew that the victim was indeed another human being, got the erstwhile victim a modicum of respect (he was greeted warmly at our last high school reunion), and made sure that it would not happen again.
A victim has to stand up for himself. No one can do it for him. And no, deadly force is obviously not called for - but a person's rights belong to him only if he will stand up for himself.
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I'll say this: If I was bullied like that, and had access to the guns I have here now, I would fucking blow thier heads off. Of course, I would be smart and use my M4 Suppressed with a scope and do it from about a mile away.
I was bullied, but durring that time I grew 7 inches and gained 50lbs. The next time I was bullied, I threw a guy into a river (it was a slow-moving one). No one messed with me ever again.
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If I was bullied like that, and had access to the guns I have here now, I would fucking blow thier heads off. Of course, I would be smart and use my M4 Suppressed with a scope and do it from about a mile away.
And this is a perfect example of why I think a vast segmenent of this nation's population are inherintly too fucking stupid to own guns. Oh, but it's their "God-given right", so oh well.
------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 8.32 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with seven eps posted) *** "Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" -Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001 *** Card-Carrying Member of the FlareAPAO *** "I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.
[This message has been edited by JeffKardde (edited May 25, 2001).]
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True enough Jeff, but in my country it is the government's god-given right to decide who can and who can't have a gun. Result? Most criminals have guns (they don't care).
Me, I'd like gun-licensing to depend on a combination IQ/Psych Stability Test.
...'course, I'd be called an elitist...: "What, stupid people can't own guns?"
(on the other hand - who would be brave enough to admit they'd flunked?)
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Jeff - Need I remind you, I was around 10 years old at the time. If I was that age and had access to my guns now, I wouldnt be that smart now would I?
Today, if I was being held down by someone and tortured, I would still pull a gun or knife on them in self defense.
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If you were being held down, it would be awful hard to go for a weapon. Knee them in a tender spot, first. That distracts them long enough for you to make a move.
------------------ The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching
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Go for the thumb or the nose, these are incredible weak spots that can be exploited very easily. If it's just some guy from school, apply pressure untill he surrenders, but if it's someone on the street and potentially dangerous, break his thumb right away.
------------------ It never stops, when my mama ask me will I change I tell her yeah, but it's clear I'll always be the same Until the end of time - Tupac Shakur, Untill the End of Time
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You have erred tiny grashopper! You must go for HIS thumb or nose, not your own.
------------------ It never stops, when my mama ask me will I change I tell her yeah, but it's clear I'll always be the same Until the end of time - Tupac Shakur, Untill the End of Time
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Yes. Of course, the thumb isn't the easiest thing to grab in a fight, and the nose is full of icky snot. Eww.
Still, Treknophyle's example was actuallly nice. And does point out that making witty retorts isn't enough. You have to actually be funny enough to make other people laugh.
It was slightly ruined by Wes' follow-up "kill all scum until they are dead! Kill! Burn! Sausages!"
------------------ You know, when Comedy Central asked us to do a Thanksgiving episode, the first thought that went through my mind was, "Boy, I'd like to have sex with Jennifer Aniston." -Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
) I'm still at a orange belt level, but I'm progressing well, and I trained before, when I was a kid.
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