I fenced in high school and a little in college too! There are so few Black fencing enthusiasts, I always get excited with I meet one.
Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Although I joke about him carrying a sword--and as someone who fenced > in college and owns a foil, I can't talk--speaking personally, if Man > must bear weapons I'd prefer swords to guns. Sure, the idea of a guy > getting skewered in the gut is disturbing, but so is the sight of a > hollow point entering same gut--and the exit wound it leaves. And I > know the images of recent years of some of our African brothers > literally hacking each other to death with machetes might give some > pause. But I contend that's nothing compared to the sight of men too > young to drive, spraying hundreds of bullets indiscriminately: boys > literally wielding the power of small armies. At least with bladed > weapons you have to get up close and personal, and the collateral > damage is kept to a minimum. And a potential victim might stand a > better chance defending himself against a sword-wielding maniac than a > hail of bullets. > > Perhaps we should all became modern-day Don Quixotes like this guy, > wearing blades on our sides, carrying out ritual combat with rules. > Maybe the Crips and Bloods and other gangs should settle their > problems with their leaders dueling at dawn. Maybe if people had to > fight duels with agreed-upon weapons and seconds standing at the > ready, a bit of civilization would come back to warfare? Yeah, right.... > > **************************************** > Sword seized after man mistakes porn for rape > OCONOMOWOC, Wisconsin (AP) -- A man says he broke into an apartment > with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, > but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs > neighbor was watching. > "Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in > the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake." > According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van > Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning February > 12, damaging the frame and lock. > "Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the > neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?" > The neighbor told police Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as > he repeated the question, insisting that he had heard a woman being > raped. The complaint said that, with the sword pointed at him, the > neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors > to prove he was alone. > The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed > Van Iveren heard downstairs. > The radio station WTMJ identified the neighbor as Bret Steighorst. > Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was charged with criminal trespass, > criminal damage and disorderly conduct, all while using a dangerous > weapon, and is scheduled to appear in court March 5. Together, the > misdemeanor counts carry a maximum sentence of 33 months in jail. > Van Iveren said Tuesday that he heard a woman "screaming for help," > grabbed the sword, bounded up the stairs, kicked in the apartment door > and confronted the man who lived there. > "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock. But I froze and > instead, what happened happened," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. > Contesting his neighbor's account, Van Iveren said he didn't look > anywhere in the apartment except the front room, and that he never > threatened the neighbor with the sword. > "I had the sword extended, but that was all," he said. > Van Iveren, who lives with his mother in the downstairs apartment, > said he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does > not have a telephone. He said he barely knew the upstairs tenant. > Police seized Van Iveren's sword, which he said was a family heirloom. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
