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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Pedestrian on freeway points gun at you while you are driving to work: what do you do?
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 22:59:11 -0000 (UTC)
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Sun, 8 Dec 2024 15:08:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

>>>. . . 

>>Save your own life first.

>Always the smart move. Reminds me of this Youtube video of a martial
>arts expert (think it was a mixture of UFC MMA and other martial arts)
>talking with a young guy about how to defend yourself. His response to
>every attack was to block the attack and then move away. So the young
>guy kept asking him why he wasn't attacking and the expert said
>there's no point since his life and those that he cared about weren't
>in danger. So his thought was to get away from the guy who was trying
>to attack him.  

How does not attacking as defense work against an aggressor who is
pointing a loaded weapon at the person trying to defend himself? One
cannot retreat faster than the speed of a bullet (except for Superman).

There may well be a need to take aggressive action given the right
opportunity to stay alive.