Response to a moron

This is, quoted, a moron and my response to him:

Well the reality is most criminals are drugged out/ outta shape loosers.

#95 | Posted by cmbell73 at 2011-07-14 05:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

... wow, you really buy into ALL the bullshit they tell you in MMA "defense" courses, don't you?

Here's some reality for you:

1) Most criminals have been doing it for a long time and are very good at it.


2) Most criminals are keyed up instantly to commit violence if you do not comply. While you're quaking with fear/righteous fury waiting to "attack" when they take the goods, they're watching you, and will shut you down and then take your goods.


3) You are so unlikely to disarm a criminal who is pointing a gun at you that it's not even worth drilling. Even trying it is suicide. Those are for soldiers who KNOW they will die regardless, so why not try it? They are not for people who are being asked to hand over a wallet. Bravo, you can Google and find three or four cases, sometimes per YEAR, of people whom have succeeded. Now see how many fatalities you find wherein the stories include phrases like "while struggling for the gun" or "attempting to disarm".


4) If someone has the drop on you, your next step is to shut the fuck up, don't look them in the eyes, and give them whatever the fuck they want. Your wallet can be replaced, your life cannot.


5) You do not "attack". You never "attack". Ever. At any point. If you are "attacking", you are not in fear for your life, you think you're Dirty Harry and are waiting for a chance not to defend yourself, but to punish the "bad guy". First the District Attorney will rape you, then your cellmate will.

And finally, you're clearly the sort who pays "awareness" lip service but has not the first fucking clue what avoidance means. Your own words:

"I would never be a target for a criminal, because I would not appear to be an easy score. But lets say I slip up, and planets happen to line up in my favor, so some dirt bag crossed my path looking for some easy cash. I have to say that my training would turn his attempt into nightmare"

You are not interested in defending yourself, you are a violence geek. You anticipate the chance to one day unleash all your fury on some "dirtbag". You clearly do not live in a high-crime area, because you have not yet been mugged. How do I know this? Because I know persons on both sides of the law, and they all agree that swaggering douchebags are easy targets. You will move your head around and "observe" everything, trying to let "them" know that you're onto "them", like a peacock wanting to make sure the others know you're not an "easy score".

Do you want to know who the criminal element avoid the most? Those who look bored, annoyed, or tired. Those are the ones who are likely to be not worth the trouble. The swaggering douchebags? They've spent too much of their lives preparing for some fantasy version of violence that has no bearing on reality, and will be utterly shocked when they find themselves grasping for their intestines shortly after trying to "stand up" to the "dirtbag".

Oh and here's a bonus one for you: There is no "He already has my wallet, now I have nothing left to give but my life." If he wanted your life, he wouldn't wait until he had your stuff to kill you. You'd be swaggering along one day, certain you were not an "easy target", and suddenly find yourself bleeding out with a sucking chest wound while some "drugged out looser" takes your wallet out of your back pocket, along with whatever weapons you were carrying from the "opposite side" and leaves you to die.