Re: OT: And you thought the world was sane...
 

More ways to get your throat ripped out by an undisciplined animal:

- Trying to run away was mentioned before.
- Tackle it and try to pin it down on the ground.
- Wave your hand in front of its face.
- Take off your shoe and use it as a club.
- Stare the animal right in the eyes.
- Make cat noises.
- Try to jump over the animal.
- Throw dirt in the animal's eyes.
- Scream as loud as you can.
- Shake your fist at it.
- Try to get it into a half nelson.
- Grab the animal's tail.

Re: OT: And you thought the world was sane...
 

well, i'm a bit of a conservative and not a texan, but i'm going to bang bang bang until it clicks.

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I'm not either, but I go bang until he stops moving. Or until I wound him to the point where he can't walk, same difference..

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I'll probably just go bang, unless I miss.

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A conservative who is trained in self defense would go "BANG BANG", pause to determine if the target was still a threat, then go "BANG BANG"" again if it was. Always double tap, because, contrary to Holywood, a hit from a single handgun bullet is not usually sufficient to stop a person instantly, unless it hits something like the brain or the spine.

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well, i'm not trained in self defence. but i'm pretty sure i'd still bang until it clicks. unless i was thinking there might be another one, in which case i'd just bang until the person falls down.

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A soldier would go "BANG... BANG, BANG." One in the head and two in the heart. Then walk away rightfully confident that the piece of refuse would never bother anyone again.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No that is an interesting thought.

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Just to put an alternative liberal point of view across...

Situational Issue: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a carnivorous rigellian Nurk-beast with a slavering mouth full of razor sharp teeth comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams "glurp norp gappagappgappgapp SchleeeE!*" and charges. You happen to know that the only thing capable of stopping a carnivorous rigellian Nurk-beast is a large lump of uranium 232.

Clear evidence, I think, for the general public to be allowed access to as much uranium 232 as they like.

Seriously, a random encounter with a frenzied knife-wielding killer is so unlikely as to be virtually negligible. I'd call it paranoid scaremongering.
But ignoring that for a minute, if you have a gun, why doesn't the maniac? Why didn't he just hide in a bush and kill you all from cover? Just because because he's a bloodthirsty ******* doesn't mean he's stupid enough to paint a target on his chest and give you a fighting chance. (Think "Washington sniper")

(*roughly translated: "Moist and fleshy meat-bags, I devour you in the name of SchleeeE the Digestor!")

[ August 29, 2003, 09:30: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

Re: OT: And you thought the world was sane...
 

LOL!!!!
Dogscoff, that's the best reply yet!