It's not for me to say what belongs in ninpo teaching and what doesn't, and I don't really think that Ralph is saying that what he's teaching is or isn't a part of ninpo, just that he made it available.
However, if her offering ikebana or cha no yu or calligraphy or some other aspect of Japanese cuiltuire you wouldn't have any objection to that, any more than you might to his teaching how to hollow out an egg to fill it with metsubushi. Yet some of you might get a little puzzled at his teaching how to use pepper spray, even though it's something a woman in the Dallas metro area might need.
As for myself, I WAS a Boy Scout- and we shot rifles and shotguns.
I live in a wooded area where our primary threats are forest fires and the place where I work. We not only have a bug-out bag, but at home we have a generator, a hand pump for the well, and ample supplies.It's just common sense, and a good service on Ralph's part, in terms of educating a mind-set.
Aaron J. Cuffee
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
- H.L. Mencken