Preface: I happen to be a moderator on a large, international, game related website and companion chat site.
This conversation just occurred today between me and a, currently 14 year old, young lady in England.
She had stated that she had punched a guy that wouldn't leave her alone.
I had mentioned that I made sure that both of my daughters learned to shoot.
She said she wished that she could.
To which I said: You are in the wrong country for that. The nanny state takes care of all. But not very well.
Here's what followed:
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ME: Problem is, in your country the judges seem to side with the wrong person. I've read of cases where a person protecting their OWN possessions in their OWN home have been punished for hurting a burglar.
HER: Yeah i know its rediculous. Ive been in trouble with the police for simply being chased by someone with a knife
ME: Wait!!! YOU got into trouble because someone else was chasing you and THEY had a knife?
HER: Yeah...they were asking why i was in the woods when its 'off limits'
ME: What happened to the person with the knife?
HER: They got a warning because they were under age
ME: THEY????
HER: Well there were three of them but only one was holding a knife
ME: Stories like that make me ill.
HER: Same
HER: And the same people that did it decided to punch me a few weeks later
ME: How bad? How old were you?
HER: It was last year in February, it wasnt that bad.
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It turned out that the knife wielder was another girl with a couple of friends.
Obviously I've lead a long and sheltered life.
Meanwhile in England
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Meanwhile in England
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There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men. - RAH
Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo - use in that order.
If you aren't part of the solution, then you obviously weren't properly dissolved.
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Re: Meanwhile in England
I grew up in small town Ohio. There was a church across the street from the high school, next to that an alley where the girls would go to fight. The word would spread all day at school: "Cat fight"! I gotta tell you, those were the most vicious affairs I ever saw. No rules, no quarter and no surrender.
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- Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788
- Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788