That's to defeatist for me...even if it was what I eventually ended up doing just that, it would be for a good reason...no 4' midget is mugging me :) The cynical side of me thinks that advice might even have been started by insurance adjusters.
More meandering... One piece of advice acquaintance of mine who worked in a dangerous profession once that made sense, was whenever you walk into a potentially rough place, think to yourself that you are carrying a gun, don't swagger or anything, but have a mental image of the gun somewhere. The people looking for that kind of thing can see it in your walk... -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, December 2, 2002, 6:03:05 PM, you wrote: LL> Meandering thread? Uh oh. ;') LL> People have been told time and again that you should never fight with your LL> attacker. Whether this person is robbing you of your wallet on a dark LL> street, or hijacking your airplane. Do what they say. Give them what they LL> want. And they won't hurt you. LL> I think that this public conditioning made society complacent and fed a lot LL> of crime. It made things easy for the criminal. LL> -----Original Message----- LL> From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] LL> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:34 PM LL> To: CF-Community LL> Subject: Re: England's Crime Rate highest in the world LL> Do you think it was ever not socially acceptable to use violence on LL> airplanes to stop hijackings? I don't think the issue was really LL> thought about much before, or at least I had no concept of how society LL> would view me if I attacked a hijacker before Sept 11. LL> Not sure what this thread is really about...I'm just bored. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
