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Ron Kosakowski
Practical Self Defense Training Center
847 Hamilton Ave. (RT 69)
Waterbury, CT 06706
203-596-9073
info@psdtc.com
http://www.psdtc.com
http://www.traditionalfilipinoweapons.com

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I would grab whatever weapon was at hand at go after the nut. Neutralize the sword as quickly as possible. Of course the 357, 40, Mossberg or Benelli could come in handy, but there may not be time to get them out without everyone being killed first. I hate the idea of someone doing something like this and no one helping.. Whatever you did to this guy he for sure had it coming though....

When your not training, someone else is training to kick your ass...

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Ron Kosakowski
Practical Self Defense Training Center
847 Hamilton Ave. (RT 69)
Waterbury, CT 06706
203-596-9073
info@psdtc.com
http://www.psdtc.com
http://www.traditionalfilipinoweapons.com

if i dont like him i would crush his head like a grape

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While the neighbors looked on?
How can you NOT do something -

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While the neighbors looked on?
How can you NOT do something -

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Its actually a growing issue in America. There have been lots of news stories on this issue. Where people are interviewed after the event and asked why they didnt respond. Most say that they new it was the right thing to do and that they wanted to, but they were afraid of getting involved or of the confrontation etc.

But, it goes further than this. One news video showed people sitting in a doctors office and actors in the other room pretend she is being raped or hit by someone in that room.

In most cases the video shows the people being concerned about what they are hearing. But, as they look around and see nobody else taking action, they themselves dont take action. Only one of the guys actually got up and tried to enter the doctors office to help.

Its a social norm thing going on. Look at how many people stop to help another person who gets a flat tire or whose car breaks down. Or stops to give a hitchhiker a ride.

The world is changing fast and people are becoming too self-reliant and self-centered and it just gets to a story like this where a guy is trying to kill his young son and everyone just stands there in fright and watches instead of helping.

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how many times a guy beats up a girlfriend you step in to stop him and the bitch is now jumping on your back clawing at your eyes , the police come and arrest you because they both say you attacked them

like i said beofre if i like the guy i go back inside , if i dont like the prick iam going to use this for an excuse to cut his head off

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Johnny's got a point on the "Lawsuit" issue-

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True, but i think the bigger issue that is being noted in society is not "Good Samaritan Actions" (which are recognized under courts and some protection rights are granted, like when giving a person CPR and breaking their sternum in the process would be protected from lawsuit).

The bigger issue is that we as a society have moved forward toward anti-social behavior.

50 years ago, nearly every home had a porch and it was common for people to sit on their porch and talk with neighbors who walked by. 50 years ago there were town dances, people went to church, people knew just about everyone in their neighborhood and in smaller towns they knew everyone in their town. It was acceptable to ask to borrow sugar or milk or eggs or whatever from neighbors.

Today, not many new homes have porches and some that do have porches really are more like stairs and not a porch. People rarely know their neighbors, they dont participate in community politics or events, they dont walk anywhere and instead stay in their car which is just a bubble that seperates them from society. Kids today even spend most of their time listneing to IPODs as they walk in stores, which presents further anti-social behavior and makes starting a conversation harder or intrusive.

To observe this trend, just visit your local fitness gym and people watch. You will see people who wear headphones rarely talk to anyone. You will see people in general arent talking to anyone. Not because they are focused on their training, but because we are losing our people skills.

Just look at this forum. People these days are more used to emails, IM's and Forum Postings then they are at talking on the phone or in person. Companies have been implemented internal IM's because people like IM'ng instead of calling someone.

Society is drastically changing!

Well unless you move to Tennessee, which is now the hottest growing economy due to people wanting to return to grassroots, the old days. They want a slower pace in life, they want a large house with lots of property and friendly people.

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When Saturday mornings meant cartoons, and everyone would beg their parents to let friends sleep over on Friday so we could all stay up late and wake up early in the morning to watch those cartoons... In other words, when waking up in the morning was actually cool...

Or how about bingo nights, when everybody from the school area would gather for family-oriented bingo games, and everyone would get to know each other.

Not to mention how nice people used to be, on days like Halloween where every house on the block except for one or two would have their candy ready, and their game faces on for when the kids trick or treated.

Now... instead of being frowned upon, being anti-social is actually being rewarded. It's almost like that damn "negative attention" my mother always used to talk about. People see how being alone, and by themselves can benefit them, and they become self-centered. After a long enough period of being so anti-social, it catches on to other people. I mean, I remember seeing some weird kids growing up, that maybe had a funky hair style, and were classified in that whole "Rocker/Punk" group... But now we have everything from Goths to Emo's who want nothing more than to hate the world, be anti-social, and to be depressed. And of course, most of the time, their projected depression makes other people depressed.

What do these people get out of it? The satisfaction of attention. By "hating the world," and wrapping up in a ball on a train or bus, as opposed to being the friendly person who makes room for other people, they're getting negative attention from people. And what's worse, is that negative attention is easier to get than regular attention... So after a while, when people only see things as a win-for-themselves situation, they're going to take them. In essence, society is projecting the anti-social behavior as one that's not only more rewarding, but more pleasing than one of being a good samaritan.

It's no wonder why people are so afraid to do things out of fear of being sued. Why should it even matter? If you're to tell me that possibly saving somebody's life isn't worth the price you pay of being sued (if it even came to that) then it's just proving the progessive downward plunge society is falling into.

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Its actually a growing issue in America. There have been lots of news stories on this issue. Where people are interviewed after the event and asked why they didnt respond. Most say that they new it was the right thing to do and that they wanted to, but they were afraid of getting involved or of the confrontation etc.

But, it goes further than this. One news video showed people sitting in a doctors office and actors in the other room pretend she is being raped or hit by someone in that room.

In most cases the video shows the people being concerned about what they are hearing. But, as they look around and see nobody else taking action, they themselves dont take action. Only one of the guys actually got up and tried to enter the doctors office to help.

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Its actually a growing issue in America. There have been lots of news stories on this issue. Where people are interviewed after the event and asked why they didnt respond. Most say that they new it was the right thing to do and that they wanted to, but they were afraid of getting involved or of the confrontation etc.

But, it goes further than this. One news video showed people sitting in a doctors office and actors in the other room pretend she is being raped or hit by someone in that room.

In most cases the video shows the people being concerned about what they are hearing. But, as they look around and see nobody else taking action, they themselves dont take action. Only one of the guys actually got up and tried to enter the doctors office to help.

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This is actually a well studied area in psychology, its called "bystander effect" and more recently "diffusion of responsibility." There is a well known case from 1964 referred to as the Kitty Genovese incident. A young woman was attacked and killed in an area of her apartment complex. Many people watched her get killed and NO ONE called the police until it was too late. In the bystander effect, as the number of people who witness a traumatic event increases, the likelihood that someone will call for help decreases (makes you rethink the whole safety in numbers doesn't it?) That's because it is assumed someone else will help out (the diffusion of responsibility) not necessarily due to callousness. This is more complex than I am making it out to be obviously since there are other factors involved such as whether bystanders are strangers or not.
And yes, nowadays you need to be wary, unfortunately you do hear of someone helping out and getting hurt, killed, or taken advantage of, it has made me think twice about helping people (depends on the circumstance).

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