tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post8690165278825520534..comments2024-03-15T01:34:45.154-07:00Comments on Chiron: CofV 5: Security Level ViolenceRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-42419644431994709792013-03-04T18:50:08.261-08:002013-03-04T18:50:08.261-08:00A thought as to a possible reason people might hes...A thought as to a possible reason people might hesitate more on the prostitution question than on murder: rephrased it's are you willing to harm out tribe versus are you willing to sacrifice part of the in tribe for the restAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-71548764270710421412013-02-26T03:48:06.045-08:002013-02-26T03:48:06.045-08:00I have really been enjoying the inside look to vio...I have really been enjoying the inside look to violence on your last few posts. ***Erase this part: I want to know if you will consider us swapping guest posts with each other. Check out my content on <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com" rel="nofollow">The Clever Survivalist Blog Survival Guide</a> and get back to me.Survival Guyhttp://cleversurvivalist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-56813882377049351782013-02-25T05:19:26.475-08:002013-02-25T05:19:26.475-08:00I had a friend once whose identity and reality wer...I had a friend once whose identity and reality were at odds. He was a badass and a legend in his own mind, but in reality, he was a gear queer. He collected knives and firearms almost obsessively, but never really trained with them.<br /><br />The only incident that I know he was involved in involved a lot of drinking and an argument with one of his close friends. In the heat of it, he pulled a knife, expecting the situation to fizzle out. Instead, his friend (who knew him well) just hit him in the head. He waved the knife some more and got punched a few more times in the head for it. Eventually, he lost a fight badly because he had a knife in his hand that he really didn't want to injure anyone with, and couldn't defend himself from his buddy, who was about 6 inches shorter than him.<br /><br />The phrase "they treat it [a weapon] like an amulet, like a cross to keep away vampires" made me think of this. I'm going to use that turn of phrase.<br /><br />(BTW, 15 years after the knife incident, he killed himself. I don't know everything that went on in his life, but I know of at least 3 things that, like the knife incident, showed him that reality didn't match the identity he'd concocted for himself. Some of the most blindly enraged people I've seen have been because their identity came crashing down around them.)<br /><br />-LouieVirginiaCombatSystemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497818132728565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-3714136604684873452013-02-22T20:34:52.652-08:002013-02-22T20:34:52.652-08:00Nice clean questions, fun for late night drunk dor...Nice clean questions, fun for late night drunk dorm room conversation. It all begs the question, though, because mostly they don't think about it at all. The choices they make and the actions they take are all the reflection we have of their ethics. <br /><br />Nor do I think everyone can predict their answers with a reasonable degree of certainty. The emotional weight of your response in the face of the immediate crisis is hard to predict.Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-59768408083200953702013-02-22T13:34:51.815-08:002013-02-22T13:34:51.815-08:00Yes, supermarkets , not family run shops or small ...Yes, supermarkets , not family run shops or small business people etc "You wouldn't cosh your barber, you're hungry all the same" (The Clash)<br />Yes, my employer.<br />No, I wouldn't kill.<br />Yes, I've thought about it when broke.<br />No, wouldn't prostitute children under any circumstances.<br />If I was successful at crime I would quit. This is what happens anyway isn't it? Criminals buy into legitimate businesses, (less risk.)<br />Panhandlers getting too close - I usually back up, get my hands out reasonably in a "fence" stance .If they insist on trying to crowd me I ask them if that's what they're doing - then either they can say yes or no. Every time (so far) someone has done an intimidating faster aggressive approach, believe it or don't :-), I've managed to get into normal step-and-drag (kick)boxing footwork, and without then having to trade blows. Before training in martial arts I was hit a few times by normal type street thugs, the last time after starting karate turned my head, didn't even do the rising block but received the blow aimed for my face on the skull :D Since then no fights, it does make me feel a bit like a Nun in a brothel though ;-)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com