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An Exchange
Jul. 26th, 2011 02:14 am...from 4 Terrifying Shootings This Weekend: Gun Violence Sweeps Nation...
Moi:“And there were plenty of stabbings, strangulations and bludgeonings, too. We're a murderous species in a time of crisis. That things can be Safe and Nice is a middle class delusion.”
Other Person: “While safe and nice may be (most likely is) an impossible ideal , must we accept armed and dangerous?”
Moi: “If you look at your desk I suspect you can find several items that can be used as a weapon. Humans are ALWAYS 'armed and dangerous'.”
Other Person: “Are there straws on your desk? You seem to be grabbing for them.”
Moi: “I looked at my own desk. The first and most obvious item was a pair of pinking scissors in my pencil jar. Too obvious actually.
Next was a pair of sharpened pencils at the foot of my keyboard. Better choice as that is two weapons.
But the best is the plate on top of my comp tower. It is to the right - I'm right handed - and it is not an obvious choice.
I would strike my target on their left temple, which would stun them and break the plate. On the swing back, using the jagged edge of the broken plate, I'd cut their carotid artery on the right side of their neck. That would fountain blood, causing shock and unconsciousness in seconds and death within two minutes.
See, it's all a matter of intent. *grin*”
Other Person: *crickets*
Moi:“And there were plenty of stabbings, strangulations and bludgeonings, too. We're a murderous species in a time of crisis. That things can be Safe and Nice is a middle class delusion.”
Other Person: “While safe and nice may be (most likely is) an impossible ideal , must we accept armed and dangerous?”
Moi: “If you look at your desk I suspect you can find several items that can be used as a weapon. Humans are ALWAYS 'armed and dangerous'.”
Other Person: “Are there straws on your desk? You seem to be grabbing for them.”
Moi: “I looked at my own desk. The first and most obvious item was a pair of pinking scissors in my pencil jar. Too obvious actually.
Next was a pair of sharpened pencils at the foot of my keyboard. Better choice as that is two weapons.
But the best is the plate on top of my comp tower. It is to the right - I'm right handed - and it is not an obvious choice.
I would strike my target on their left temple, which would stun them and break the plate. On the swing back, using the jagged edge of the broken plate, I'd cut their carotid artery on the right side of their neck. That would fountain blood, causing shock and unconsciousness in seconds and death within two minutes.
See, it's all a matter of intent. *grin*”
Other Person: *crickets*
