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   From: steve49152@yahoo.on.ca   
      
   On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:55:44PM +1100, Chilla wrote:   
   > sk3tchA wrote:   
   > >well said, charles.   
   > >   
   > >as you probably know, someone unwilling to risk cut-up forearms by   
   > >grabbing the opponent's (enemy's) knife wrist as tactic #1 is almost   
   > >always sure to lose... NUFF SAID!   
   > >   
   > >here in the states the best tactic is this : bring a knife to a   
   > >fistfight, a gun to a knife-fight, and a bomb to a gunfight! After   
   > >that, well, I don't know!   
   >   
   > Funny you should say that, the comment "Why take a knife to a gun   
   > fight?" was used previously on the knife list.   
      
   The mythology of conflict seems crippled by a lack of understanding   
   among it's civilian adherents as compared to the tactics of   
   militarized populations.  If a conflict becomes more than about what   
   two individuals bring to the fight, the addition of small-unit tactics   
   adds an entirely new dimension to the subject.   
      
   If you threaten me with a knife, and then I go and assemble a group of   
   dumb thugs to break into your house and beat you in your sleep, you'll   
   wish you'd had more than a Remington 12-gauge locked up in a closet.   
   You'll probably want a 7/24 surveillance operation on the person you   
   threatened so you know where he is while you figure out why it didn't   
   work quite as planned.  Then when you've figured it all out, you'll   
   also probably want practise some small-unit tactics so you can go back   
   and do the job properly.   
      
   This may sound extreme, but you probably shouldn't underestimate the   
   value of small-unit tactics in highly urbanized environments.  Down in   
   Texas, where open carry is legal, I've heard of people getting   
   together and doing coordinated formation rehersals in rush-hour   
   down-town Dallas pedestrian traffic.  Invisibility is the ideal, while   
   also having personnel optimally positioned to deliver ordinance to the   
   target.  Having a sympathetic local population helps, of course, but   
   people who like a challenge travel to foreign countries and hold their   
   excercises in the cities.  It's great fun for all concerned.  One guy,   
   who said he did this with his dive buddies all over the world, swore   
   they had even been approached by a CIA recruiter who was impressed   
   with their subtlety and success at staying out of trouble.   
      
   > It was to do with a very large wasted steel knife.  I must admit I gave   
   > that knife a bagging, I didn't use the term "crowbar", but I came close.   
      
   Say, if I file down 1/2 of a crowbar and give it an edge does that   
   make it technically a knife?  Could I file a patent claim for such a   
   thing?   
      
   > Regardless the point in America is that a knife is pretty much useless,   
   > as you can carry guns.  And we're not talking pop-guns either.  Some of   
   > the street legal ordinance would be at home at a minor military action.   
      
   It bothers me sometimes to think of all the crazy right-wing   
   middle-American zealots running around with all that firepower and bad   
   head work in such close proximity.  Say guys, don't forget to engage   
   the safety on your pieces before you put them in your belts.   
      
   > We've never really had guns here in Australia, our population is small   
   > enough that we don't need them for protection.  We don't even need   
   > knives for protection.   
      
   Rumour has it there's some special surprise legislation in the works   
   for knife owners up here.  I can't imagine what it would be, but   
   chances are it won't affect noisy psychotic man-children much at all.   
      
   > Target shooters, farmers/hunters and collectors are the only people that   
   > want/need them.   
   >   
   > Knives, apart from utility knives are really just for collectors.   
   >   
   > It's a different country with a different social culture.   
      
   No doubt your former shooting population has diverted their interest   
   in firearms to more wholesome pursuits.  Is it still popular to tie an   
   abbo to the bonnet of your car and then go offroading through the   
   outback?  Or have they, too succumbed to the relentless march of   
   liberalism.   
      
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Steve   
      
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