Dragaera

Defender always wins? (Was: Re: on contradictions and such)

Wed Feb 9 10:24:12 PST 2005

--- Jeff Gibbons <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Rodemaker" <dar at horusinc.com>
...

> > Another funny? At one of the instructor's weddings recently we had an
> > 'action photo' when he was walking around and asking everyone if they
> were
> > packing steel. Everyone associated with the martial arts at the
> wedding
> > except one person was carrying at least one folding blade on
> themselves...
> >
> > *wink*
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> Heh. I debated on carrying a knife at the last wedding I went to. As I
> was
> presiding over it, I decided to leave it with my street cloths.

I think Miss Manners would have approved, at least if you're talking
about wearing the knife openly (unlike the wedding David mentioned),
though it may depend on the religion or lack thereof and on the
social circles.

> As far as gunfights (in the spaghetti western style) there are two
> schools
> of thought that I have heard; take your time and get a good, well aimed
> shot
> off, or fire of a quick round in the general direction to rattle your
> opponent, then fire an aimed shot while he (or she) is checking for new
> holes. Discuss.

Okay.  Stay out of gunfights.  In particular, stay out of movie-style
gunfights.  You can get hurt.

(I am not talking about either military or police work, if one of
those is your calling.  I don't think Jeff was talking about them
either.)

Jerry Friedman has never even been tempted to fight with a weapon--
which may be why he likes the Dragaera books.


	
		
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