Re: Trekkies at Pennsic...

In rec.org.sca on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:13:13 -0700
Robert Uhl <eadmund42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ewan Andor Graham <admin.westernesse@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> There isn't a decision to make. If you pull a blade, or if you draw a
>> gun, you have already committed to a course of action and declared
>> your intent and willingness to take a life.
>
> Agreed. 'Never point a gun (or a sword) at something you don't want
> dead,' and all that. My point was that one needn't necessarily kill
> someone to stop an attack, that's all, particularly in the discussed
> case. If someone advances on one _after_ one has drawn a weapon, I
> think it's probably pretty clear that said someone is either attacking
> or is mentally disturbed or both...

Or didn't see it. Or is drunk. Or many other things.

If you draw it understand the consequences. All of them.

The ones right after you pull it, the ones a day after, a year after.

Pulling a weapon might be the best thing at the time, but I don't
think it's the best think most times. And it is almost never the only
option.

It is an option with a hell of a lot more consequences than other
ones... And knowing what they are well before you make that decision
is a good idea. Such as how the local jurisdiction views such things.

Knowing what to do once you have - what is the line between self
defence and fighting for example - is also sensible.

Silfren
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