What happened to your wrists? If given a choice of a weapon to use, what type of sword would you go with? A katana sword, a European broadsword, a curved sword similar to those used by the Monguls or the Arabs, what? Ever watch the series "Highlander"? Even though the fights were of course stylized for TV, I loved the battles between McLeod and his Japanese sword and all the other immortals and their blades.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I love swords, too, always preferred them over guns, but I don't have the wrist strength for it anymore. "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. Links "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
