From: Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-10 14:21, frank theriault wrote:
>> I'd be interested in knowing what safety strategies you employ when working
>> in urban environments.
I've gotta say that I'm flabbergasted by some of the replies to this
thread. The number one rule to surviving a fight is to avoid the damned
thing in the first place. I defy /anyone/, Bruce Lee included, to use
their man portable weaponry to hold off a flash mob of maybe several
hundred people. One well armed and psychologically prepared defender
against a couple of handful of thugs, you've got a chance. A few
hundred of them, "you're f****ing vegemite, mate" in the words of one of
my Aussie friends.
If that sort thing is in the offing, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! What the Hell
are you people, combat photogs with death wishes? If the problem is
nearly as bad as portrayed by some of those articles, I'm bloody well
staying at home, or moving to a different city. I'm probably trying to
contract having Jersey Barriers installed at the ground-floor entry
points. Even if it's not 24/7, my luck is that I'd show up just in time
to be a victim if I lived near that s***.
It doesn't take a huge amount of "tactical acuity" to realize that
you're f***ing hosed in a one-versus-a-hundred fight, the TV shows and
movies notwithstanding. You're only chance is that you've lucked into a
"kill or maim one and the rest chicken out" scenario, or you can get
them fighting each other while you "take a powder" somewhere else.
I don't wander into certain parts of Atlanta for /exactly/ the same
reasons I wouldn't wander into certain parts of Fallujah.
If you see a flash mob coming, definitely go somewhere else. I would.
But if it truly *IS* a flash mob, you might not see it coming in time to
relocate before the mob begins to coalesce. I ain't planning on holding
off a flash mob bare handed; I'm only planning on doing whatever I have
to do to carve a path to the exit.
And if I can't get away, I damn sure intend to take some of 'em with me.
The more likely threat is muggers and thieves deciding they have more
use for your camera than you do. Same rules apply.
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