DarkViper on 27/2/2006 at 10:16
Quote Posted by Headphones
i only use public transport when im drnk...
...sometimes you see ghosts!
I wanna know what you're drinking! :ebil:
Scots Taffer on 27/2/2006 at 22:49
Quote Posted by jay pettitt
No. But then, the namby-pamby idiotic legislation in UKland isn't designed to stop crime.
No, it's designed to remove the right for idiots to cause trouble which they'll do anyway (as is demonstrated in this thread) - in the meantime, I had to drink out of plastic cups and try to eat dinner with a plastic knife and fork when I went to some places in England. It's fucking idiotic.
TheGreatGodPan on 27/2/2006 at 23:13
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
If he had a knife then running was the best plan. I lived in London for 7 years and the only times someone made any agressive moves towards me I just stared silently and stood my ground. Muggers are mostly cowards and if this guy had no knife (and it was indeed a phone) then turning to face him might well have have put him off, which would only be a good idea if you had no choice. Always run from a knife though.
Quote Posted by "Cato Institute"
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa109.html) link
If a robbery victim does not defend himself, the robbery will succeed 88 percent of the time, and the victim will be injured 25 percent of the time. If the victim resists with a gun, the robbery "success" rate falls to 30 percent, and the victim injury rate falls to 17 percent. No other response to a robbery--from using a knife, to shouting for help, to fleeing--produces such a low rate of victim injury and robbery success.
Granted, their analysis is based off the U.S and in the U.K the sun comes up in the west and dogs marry cats.
Selkie on 27/2/2006 at 23:28
I'm surprised at that 30% "successes" versus armed victims - it seems odd that someone could carry out a mugging whilst having a gun pointed at them :weird:
Dia on 27/2/2006 at 23:55
fonz; I'm really glad you're okay. You did the right thing. The worst thing we have to worry about if we're out walking at night in Wadsworth, Il are coyotes that might have gotten into old Joe Mageira's moonshine. Come to think of it; we don't go walking at night because there's no flippin' place to go here.
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Besides, I look too dangerous myself to be screwed around with (Havvoc)
Pics please.
Havvoc on 28/2/2006 at 00:19
Quote Posted by Dia
Pics please.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/Havvoc/errr.jpgI know I may not look too threatening whilst singing... but considering that everyone around here (except for the few in Hot Topic) wears camoflauge, overalls, and cowboy boots, people go out of their way to avoid me. I've been told on more than one occasion that people honestly believed I was either a murderer or a vampire. I took them both as compliments. :cheeky:
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
Are those knives made of irony or steel?
Both. I happen to be one of those crazies. I like the thought of someone trying to mug me so that I can cut 'em up. :angel:
^ I don't know what the hell those fish are, but they're damned ugly compared to even me...
Dia on 28/2/2006 at 00:24
You're not ugly, Havvoc, & you know it. Stop being coy.
I really hate it when I'm weak.
Havvoc on 28/2/2006 at 00:26
I don't know what coy means... >.> But my mom did have an affair with a guy whose son was named Coy. He was on the basketball team.
Dia on 28/2/2006 at 00:28
Nevermind dear.
