Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Top Ten Ways to Deal with Potential Rapist/Attacker
Happy belated New Year to each and every Expendable.
If approached by a would be attacker, I will use my powers of mind control to stop him. If plan A fails, then I sincerely hope that my mental synapses fire quickly enough for me to successfully pull off #10.
Whatever you do this new year, don’t get a flu shot...Aside from the mercury and other toxins you’ll be absorbing you’ll only make those around you sick! I’m quite convinced of it.
I hope this year is somehow better than the last. (I thought all this mess was the flaming sword of god?!?! .... Who knew??)
Much love to you all, and if the year seems to have started with plenty of global bad news, don’t worry, captcha says: This is just a “test” of the emergency broadcast system.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/02 at 08:14 AMGood morning Mickey and other Expendables. Here I am back at my desk. Grrrrr.
I guess I would go with number 10.
BTW, I have started a blog. I feel like I haven’t found my voice yet, but I am just trying to get the ball rolling, so to speak. It will come together in time. Feel free to stop by and leave a comment.
http://burning-all-illusion.blogspot.com
I plan on addressing the issue of absolutist pacifism in American Buddhism very soon too.Posted by Brian on from Belly of the Beast 01/02 at 08:36 AMGood morning, Mickey. I could not hear you last night but I know that some of my pals in VFP did. You have gotten rave reviews.
Amelopsis...Yes, I have never gotten a flu shot and I never get the flu. I can’t even remember the last time that I had a simple cold.
About reacting to an attack, I already know that most here disagree with me, but I’ll say it again. If the attacker is big enough, there is not much that the victim can do. I have attended some of those self-defense type of classes. I think that they sometimes give false hope and also give the message of blaming the victim. Sort of like saying, if you weren’t successful in overcoming the attacker, it’s your own fault. I don’t believe that one ant can overpower an elephant either, but that’s just what I think.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/02 at 08:48 AMHi, Brian. We were symultyping. I visited your site. Congratulations, it is looking good!
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/02 at 08:53 AMHere’s some old news that’s new to me. Even trying to keep informed on this issue, I was unaware of an ongoing hunger strike. http://tinyurl.com/y2v5qj
Nice blog, Brian; another regular stop to make
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/02 at 09:03 AMMy friend Bob just said…
“Socialism doesn’t mean you can’t have more than your neighbor. It just means you can’t have it all.”Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/02 at 09:03 AMSomebody at the Washington Post just woke up after a 40 year nap....
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/02 at 09:33 AMHello all!
Empress, it’s good to see you around.
It’s a busy day around and about. I’m applying for a new job, one with medical and dental benefits, and I need to figure out the application.
See y’all soon...see post #17 from last night for other greetings.
Posted by Mudge on from Austin, Texas 01/02 at 11:53 AMHello Expendables. It’s windy but still unseasonably warm here.
Welcome home, Mudge. Very happy to see you. Hi Empress, RMJ, and Brian.
Brian: I just added your blog URL to my links column.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/02 at 12:29 PMGood Day, Expendables, and it’s a verdant Jan 2 in eastern MA. I’m sure it’s nothing.
Re: rapist attacker: this question reminded me of the scene in “Bulworth” when he was entering the after hours club. The three young women he was with were armed to the teeth - saps, knuckles, blades, pistols. I don’t think they were overly concerned about being assaulted. [Oops! I just offended the Respectable Left (tm)...] Then again, as someone with a black belt once told me, “Give me [an attacker’s] wrist any day of the week.”
Re: Gerald Ford the healer: that little thing in East Timor didn’t make it into Cockburn’s eulogy, only “the largest military adventure available for display [during his admin] was the foolish U.S. response to the capture of the U.S. container ship Mayaguez.” MZ, on the job yet again!
Don’t forget, childrens, that the capture...er, trial...er, death by hanging, of Saddam Hussein will definitely smooth things over in Iraq.
If we hanged our own war criminals, we’d need a small fleet of buses to make stops all over DC. The good news is that the Pentagon bid on the job for $1.22 billion.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Posted by Zenprole on from Urth 01/02 at 12:35 PMMudge, say hello to Zenprole...our newest Expendable.
Zenprole, say hello to Mudge...a prodigal Expendable, returned to the fold.
This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Then again, captcha sez: “nuclear”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/02 at 12:39 PMHappy New Year to all…
Hi Mudge!
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/02 at 12:56 PMAct like you are sexually attracted to him, grab his balls, rip them off, and ram them down his fucking throat.
Posted by Thomas McCullock on from Colorado Springs 01/02 at 01:43 PMI’d said the previously unknown Mr. McCullock has made an auspicious debut at the Cool Observer blog, wouldn’t you?
Hey JOS.
RMJ: I understand your point in #3 but if you fight, you have a chance. Some of the other options in the main post are essentially useless.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/02 at 02:17 PMUm, strewth, that’s quite a large festering pot of aggression in the main post today (coughs nervously) not sure I feel comfy stopping. However… I worked with a lady who carried a can of CS gas with her that her mother had bought her illegally. Sadly, that means she could risk getting jail time over here even if she didn’t use it but was caught with it, or if she acted out of the simplest self defence situation.
Hum. My advice? If possible, carry an aerosol to dowse an attacker’s eyes. Fly spray would be good. (after all, buying these things is legal and you were just on your way home when it happened, officer ...). You could research brands for range, accuracy etc. Do not for god’s sake try to light it, as it’s nice to survive an attack with both hands intact.
Two books to recommend - The Gift of Fear (excellent stuff about how not to be a victim) & Beauty Bites Back, which I haven’t read but is supposed to be excellent. Nobody should have to be a black belt to walk the streets safely.
One thing I found useful when growing up was to look confused and distracted when walking past groups of thugs. That may sound dim but a lot of attacks are based on ego, and if you look like your mind is elsewhere, well, where’s the hassle? I used that a number of times when younger, just walk past a gang looking preoccupied, muttering and looking at your watch in concern.
That may seem trite but it saved me from a kicking more than once.
A girl I knew warded off an attacker by scratching his face with her nails. I think a mixture of attacking (take the offensive) & making a lot of noise can be effective, but I guess fear is the key. I’ve been in one situation when my legs went to jelly (two kind gentlemen threatened me with a machete) and I don’t honestly know what to recommend there.
On a more peaceful note ... HAPPY 2007 EVERYBODY! Let’s think positive ... maybe this’ll be the year Dick Cheney clutches his chest for the last time. Heh heh heh.
Posted by Chris Wood on from Jersey at the mo 01/02 at 03:12 PMHoly crap everyone, I might adopt a third cat tonight or tomorrow. What should I do? If I get a third one, people might start calling me a crazy cat La-- oh, never mind.
Yeah, if anyone tries to rape and attack me, I’ll just suffocate them with this cloud of dander that follows me wherever I go.
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 01/02 at 05:27 PMJames, you’re lucky to have a team of loyal cats ready to defend your interests whenever necessary. Ah, cats. Where would home security be without them?
Posted by Chris Wood on from Jersey at the mo 01/02 at 05:37 PMHey there, Chris. Good to have back around on a regular basis. And Cat Lady, share the details of this potential feline addition. Have you consulted Frank and Roddy?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/02 at 06:06 PMMickey #14...I have no problem with fighting. The issue is whether it is better to fight or run or strategize when opposing someone who is much bigger and more powerful.
I like that old poem from my high school days.“He who fights and runs away,
Will live to fight on another day.”Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/02 at 06:43 PMI agree, RMJ but today’s post was, of course, meant as more of a metaphor than a specific strategy. If you really wanna get depressed, check out some of the comments is had provoked on other sites:
http://tinyurl.com/yznbuy
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/4367Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/02 at 07:39 PMThere’s a celebration of 6 years of G W Bush at The Onion (well, for comedians, he has been a gift!). Very very funny, I urge all you tired huddled Expendables to look it up and laugh at him. We need a bit of levity with folks like that. Or medicine.
Captcha says “national.” Now, if only the next word were “disgrace”!
Posted by Chris Wood on from Jersey at the mo 01/02 at 07:39 PM
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