Re: Greatest Rock Band EVER?!
By: Mro to Nightfox on Tue Sep 29 2015 07:36 pm
> Re: Greatest Rock Band EVER?!
> By: Nightfox to Mro on Tue Sep 29 2015 03:48 pm
>
> > Those two reasons are why I've often thought it would be better to learn
> > martial art
> > rather than carry a gun. However that's easier said than done (and to be
> > honest, I
> > have not studied a martial art, although I have often considered it).
>
> here's another thing i learned when getting into krav maga: if you knock
> someone out... you are responsible for that person.
>
> even if they are attacking you because they are a drunk jerk, or whatever, i
> you protect yourself and they become unconscious:
>
> + a car can run over them,
> + they can have a seizure or other medical episode
> + they can have another person kick them and injure them severely
> + they can be robbed, etc...
>
> it's your fault because you made that person unconscious.
>
> it is probably best to just not get into dangerous situations period.
>
I LOVE your last line. There's no doubt it IS best not to get into dangerous
situations. Unfortunately, we don't always have the option to aviod them.
From about 1994 thru 1999 I was the night time dispatcher of a small taxi
company, working from 5PM to 5AM. The fleet was split between primarily 3
people that owned most of the cabs, and the drivers came in and dropped off
their daily lease money in an envelope, and depending on which of the 3
owners depended on which draw in the desk the envelope went. That was it for
security. As for security for the office itself, that was none existant too,
there was a door, but I don't think it'd been closed in 20 years. During the
day it wasn't a problem, there was a mechanic fixing cabs, and the boss, and
various others always hanging around, but come around 3am, it was just me in
an 8'x10' room with a TV (no cable) a couple of telephones, a radio to
dispatch the calls to the cabs, and a desk full of money! Between me & the
relief night dispatcher we worked out a method of hanging our guns under the
desk, so we could grab them if needed without somebody coming thru the door
seeing them. Luckily one of the owners went out into the yard one day and was
using a utility pole as a backstop for some target shooting, so the local
lowlifes more or less stayed away for the most part. But the point is, no
matter what you do, you can't always stay away from danger, sometimes it just
comes looking for you!
-MikeS
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