Random Attack Caught on CCTV

What did you sign?

(Think I missed something here!)

 

the link to the sun article has an online petition.

 

I don't think Good can be applied to that video in any sense, senseless yes, but just think of the impact on the families and friends invloved in it.

 

yeah yeah
i disagree, but i do see your PC point
if it were my family
i would WANT to see some good come from it
when my friend and trainer Alex Gong was murdered
i eventually came to use the circumstances of his death to warn others about the dangers of overconfidence and seeking confrontation...
it took some time...
but it is the only "good" thing to have come from it
the warning to others
and is serves as a powerful example
it is my way of honoring his memory...
of giving his death some meaning
so you saru.. can go bugger yourself
with your admonishments

 

That probably explains why I missed it! I tend to ignore anything with that comic's name on it.

They'll jump on any bandwagon for a bit of cheap publicity. They'd tell their readers to CARRY knives of they thought it would get them more readers, rather than less. :bang:

 

It's a difficult call and very much down to the relatives of the individuals involved. Personally, if someone close to me died as a result of something like that although I would perhaps want to make some sense of that death and give it some meaning, the idea that it would be passed around as video footage on forums like this isn't one that appeals to me.

I do feel sorry for the people who's loss is now one of the latest hot videos on the internet.

Unless we all learn to walk around in a permanent state of paranoia assuming that everyone coming near us is likely to stab us, I don't see how showing it can have much value.

 

bill.... it is my understanding from the article the family has approved the distribution of the attack. So, while I understand you sentiment, it differs from theirs it seems....

in regards to what good it can do
1. show the suddenness of an assault
2. demo that you might never see the knife coming
3. after the first assault.. they had an option to flee.. fleeing might have saved their lives.. they stayed and held ground a bit.... and paid the ultimate price
had they simply fled... they might be alive today
4. fleeing is the only sure method of surviving a knife assault
5. the knife attack was not a straight arm overhead stab
nor a slashing attack like many systems teach.. the assault was very fluid.. the stabs were like punches.... if you have to defend against a knife... you'll likely be doing it at that speed and from different punch angles... your punch defense should always assume the presence of a blade.. since you might never see it


note... 500th post

 

... telling someone to "go bugger themself" is hardly complying with our TOS

You can disagree with points of view but you cannot openly attack them like this.

 

apologies to you saru
i'l watch my tongue
thanks for the warning

 

omg thats quite shocking

 

...also probably impossible!
Did you know that it's also impossible to lick your elbow?

 

It would be an impressive trick that you could probably make a career out of if you wanted to.

Not until I read this, and then tried to lick my elbow. It's just become my favourite bit of trivia.

 

I just tried and managed fine, did you maen the outside of it I cant do that
.

 

The problem is that may criminals simply don’t care. They take the risk because they know that the chances of them getting let off/community service is pretty good, or, if they do get a sentence, it’s often not equal to their crime, and even then they only serve half of it. If they know they would get a minimum punishment for certain, then it will deter them.

Of course, there are some wise judge out there, but there are many, to many, pathetic ones too.

 

Exactly my point. The level of sentancing has to be appropriate for the crime - and there has to be a reasonable likelihood of them getting caught and convicted.

That way it WILL be a deterrant to all but the craziest.

 

I think that's a fair point.

Of course it's very difficult to generalise about 'criminals'.

I see a lot of people in threads like this talk about 'criminals' as though they are some sort of specific social type. The fact is that criminals are simply people who break the law, and can come from any walk of life.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious - and I'm not addressing this to you in particular - but I think it's a point worth making.

 

i hate scum like that....that should be hung

 

once again...allow people to fight back.
stop assuming that a person is a criminal if they arm themselves with pepper spray or a stun gun.
The **** and bull story "keeping them out of the hands of the criminals" is the biggest crock ever.
NOTHING they say here works.
Level the playing field. This crap will come to an almost stand still.