Certainly if someone is going to take Karate or study some form of self-defense they would do it for themselves right? Sure, but you don't need to know that stuff. Nothing bad happens to you and you never place yourself in situations that would require you to protect yourself, right?
Ok, fair enough, but what about the other guy? Who? You know that other person you have committed to protect. "Hey Suzie, it's getting late, let me walk you out to your car". Why? What exactly are you going to do if there is someone out there? Not much actually. Exactly how are you supposed to defend someone else if you can't defend yourself? Well, there is safety in numbers. Exactly, that's why predators travel in packs.
I saw some good meaning folks working out, it wasn't really that late in the evening, but it gets dark pretty early now and part of their routine is running behind the building about 300 yards and then running back to the front. Beyond the obvious tactical disadvantages and environmental safety issues it presents, I watched people checking around the corner to see if people were on their way and wondered what would they do if. If they saw one of their classmates being attacked? Would they rush to the rescue and jump in the deep end without a life preserver? I wonder. Or just wait until it was over to tweet about they crazy sh*t that happened tonight. If you won't train for yourself, consider doing so for the others that you continue to offer to guard in the face of danger (family, friends or the weak and helpless whom you might feel the need to defend). Because guess what, your right YOLO. #houston
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