Michael Sylvester wrote:
> I long for the good old days of hand to hand comeback when the
> physically stronger would prevail and impose shame on the enemy.
You wouldn't if you grew up on the streets, Michael.
Ever watched someone beaten to death--or seen a person having their eyes
gouged out or their noses ripped completely off their faces? Those kinds
of events were fairly common where I grew up.
> Even a Zorro type of combat would be more exciting,for one
> could surrender without being slashed ZZZZZZZZZ.
I remember watching the leader of a street gang in NYC crying and begging
for his mother while trying to hold his intestines in with his hands (he
wasn't very successful) after being slashed in a knife fight--and I've
watched a beheading in Saudi Arabia. Zorro makes nice movie concepts, but
that "zzzzzzz" isn't very pleasant to watch (or to feel for that matter)
in real life.
Thanks, but if I'm going to be murdered by someone and they don't have
the courtesy to use a painless poison, I think I'd prefer a simple bullet
in the brain--it's neater, surer, and instant.
Rick
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Rick Adams
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Department of Social Sciences
Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI
"... and the only measure of your worth and your deeds
will be the love you leave behind when you're gone."
Fred Small, J.D., "Everything Possible"
