"Capt. Rob" wrote
My good friend is a retired detective and in 22 years he never pulled
his gun. Instead in learned marshall arts and how to handle himself.

I love it. You are a ntural comedian! In 22 years behind a desk your friend
never "pulled a gun". Did he even own one? And "marshall" arts? an even
bigger joke. Martial arts are sports with rules - rules street fighters ignore.
We used to go to the Karate dojos and slap the instructors around when I was in
high school. Then I took a couple semesters of Judo in college and learned
why - jeeze, we might as well have picked on basketball players.

I don't need a weapon and if you ever learn to handle yourself, niether
would you.

We had a shop teacher in hi school who thot that. Fact is he could whip any
five of us kids. So we brought six and sent him to the ER in a coma just to
teach him a lesson you obviously never learned.

Oh, I guess being a kid excluded exposure to the arts!

It isn't necessary, or even desirable to be "exposed" by sitting in the middle
of some crowded theater smelling the farts and perfume. There are literally
1000s of artists who are as good as any you'll find on stage who never "got
noticed". Each of my many friends have paintings (some original, some copies)
in their homes and most create their own music. Their kids learn to appreciate
art by participating in it rather than being simple spectators. Would you
believe there is an art to stomping somebody's head without killing him?