All I'm saying TO EVERYBODY is don't argue over different points of view. Present your ideas and evidence. Readers will make up their minds as to what the will accept as credible or not. No need to escilate and have to shut down another thread.
All I'm saying TO EVERYBODY is don't argue over different points of view. Present your ideas and evidence. Readers will make up their minds as to what the will accept as credible or not. No need to escilate and have to shut down another thread.
My score is 55-on being beaten....been there,done that,now I carry an equalizer.
one thing i do not see here is some just look like a victim and others do not
case in point a dark alley one night in my late teens, 10 guys wanting to fight me but all knowing my reputation and none wanting to start as i stood my ground, was i scared? you bet but a good bluff aslo worked, i carry my self and also look scary that sure makes a big difference between an easy victim like screech and myself. i feel for woman as they are usually seen as targets and the elderly
when i'm not in my leathers, i look like a lightly built, slightly goofy hippie. i don't tend to be taken as a threat, which usually avoids trouble, and sometimes targets me for it.
No one ever see's me as a threat,I don't get it.....
of course nobody here has ever eaten your cooking yet
hey,my cooking is GOOD,damnit!
I agree with what you said. One thing I would like to add is that while 95% of a males altercations will involve some type of verbal abuse/sparring/macho posturing first, most of the time (80%?) females will not be confronted as such, and will be grabbed from behind or the side and then "overpowered" by a bigger assailant. I'm not sure of the percentages, but I've heard this from just about every martial arts instructor, self-defense instructor, cop, etc that I've talked to about fighting, which is a LOT.
I pity any man who thinks of me as a "target" or "victim"
(Scratching Mountain Mama's name of target list).
Assaulted
Your total is -7.
(Negative score) A minus score indicates that the criminal would be in danger FROM YOU. The greater the negative score...the greater the danger.
Murdered
Your total is -30.
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Ahem. Matthew, about that new knife. After the QC Department is done with it, where would you like us to send it?