"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
Now you are really getting amusing, Mooron. Do you honestly expect me to
believe that you would be intimidated by someone wielding a broken 2oz.
airline booze bottle?

Bwaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Try reading for comprehension and pay attention to the "half litre" part
Max. There are no 2 oz bottles of wine.

Okay, now tell me--which airline carries wine bottles that size?????

All airlines that serve wine have 1/2 litre bottles..... none have 2 oz
bottles.

You need to pick your fighting companions more carefully, then. I'll
fight the bottle-wielder any day over one with a knife. A knife can
inflict permanent and/or fatal damage. I'm unaware of much concern over
the deaths caused by broken wine bottles. If they were really as lethal
as you seem to imply, the liberals would be screaming for banning glass
wine and liquor bottles.

Now you are sounding like Bobsprit on sailing..... you have no idea of
the damage a broken bottle will inflict Max... I do! I assure you the
damage is a lot worse than a pen knife or even a standard pocket knife. A
broken bottle can inflict fatal wounds much more readily than a small
blade. Liberals drink wine.... why they haven't insisted on plastic
bottles probably follows the logic of retinal scans and confiscation of
nail clippers from old ladies with walkers.

Damn right. It's sure as hell time we outlawed those damned half-liter wine
bottles before we find ourselves having to step over the dead in the
streets. Oh yeah, I know the neocons are going to say "wine bottles don't
kill people--winos kill people."


... and Max... I don't pick fighting companions.

They pick you? Hell, I took you for the last one to get picked for any
"sport."



The al Qaeda hijackers on 9/11 carried box cutters rather than Swiss Army
knives. They do lock in the open position, but they don't have much
ability to penetrate. I'd take the Swiss Army knife as my personal
weapon over the bottle (snicker) or the box cutter any day. Then again I
know how to fight with a knife, locked blade or no. Give me a tanto and
you'll not defeat me with anything short of a gun.

Oh cripes.... here we go... another American Suburban Superman... you are
now not only grasping straws... but talking through your hat. You have
never been in a knife fight...

Good thing for any conceivable opponent.

and obviously never faced an opponent wielding a broken bottle.

Actually I have.

I have scars from encounters like that Max. The broken bottle was by far
much worse than the knife..... it's the reason I no longer carry a blade
to the bar.

Good point. Why carry a blade when you can just break a bottle. I see.

Seriously, however, we aren't talking about scars, rather your life.

Tantos.... are decorative knives. They have no use in real life.

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahaha.

They were designed for urban cowboys such as yourself who fancy themselves
a closet Chuck Norris... but have no real life experience with such
situations.

Your cluelessness is uncanny, Mooron. Proficient in the use of the daito
(you probably call this a katana), the wakizashi, and the tanto, I can
assure you that you are mistaken. I studied with two of the four top
swordsmen in the US for 5 years while attending college--a form of
recreation and a self-imposed method of keeping myself out of trouble.
While most people regard the tanto as the instrument of hara-kiri, it is
among the best defensive weapons in existence, mostly due to its diminutive
length and light weight. It's no daito, but it is lethal. The Samurai used
them for more than just committing sepuchu, or for decoration. Used
properly, only a gun-weilding opponent can defeat a combatant with a tanto.
For the untrained, it's no more valuable than a common jackknife.

Having owned a "Tanto Blade" because I collect knives as a hobby, I know
for a fact that piercing damage and slashing damage is no better than a
common hunting knife of Bowie design.

So, I suppose you also believe that the daito has no greater effectiveness
than a broadsword??? The tanto is not a point-penetrating blade. You
really know nothing about it, do ya?

They offer no more advantage in combat than a common good blade.

Why do you think the blade is thin, narrow, very hard, and slightly curved?
Do you think that's an aesthetic affectation? You really know nothing about
the Samurai weapons, do ya?

Finally... you would do exactly what everyone does when faced with an
attack from someone wielding a broken bottle at a bar fight... fend off
and look for an escape route.

Yes, I would, primarily because I have absolutely no desire to kill anyone,
or even engage in a fight, if it can be avoided in any way. That is
precisely how I was trained. Cornered, however, I'd have no choice but to
fight. And I'd likely dispatch the bottle-wielder without incuring so much
as a scratch. That, too, is how I was trained. You, OTOH, might do well to
urinate in your pants--tends to put off would-be bottle-wielding attackers
somewhat.

...and Max.... you do not in any way conceivable ..."know how to fight". I
can tell that in a minute. You are a blowhard with no experience in
violence. I'm basing that on years of martial arts training and actual
street fighting experience. You talk the talk but can't walk the walk.
There may be some on this group who have had experience with such
matters... but neither you nor Bobsprit ever have... that's for certain.
It's not your "movie of the week on Spike channel" ... real fights are
very quick, usually dealing a majority of the damage within the first few
seconds of engagement and rarely go beyond 2 or 3 minutes. Fancy "Kung Fu"
moves are useless..... there is no choreography in a bar fight.

Believe what you will. Being ignorant is no crime, even in Canada.

Max