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You are certainly right about that. My comment was about the idea that Amir "..couldn't imagine" acting the way Mr. Sheppard did. I think that comes from training.

Mr. Sheppard said he was...

I would think it isn't so much culture, but rather the training in your neck of the woods that makes the difference. From previous posts, I understand you did your IDF stint. Your friends probably...

I guess I'm making a distinction between the sound and fury of the public and real results on law enforcement. For example, there was a ton of public outcry concerning the Diallo shooting. The...

Leaving the statistics of acquiring skills aside, I'm not sure how the "public" figures into this. You have a series of "skilled" people making judgments about police work long before the public can...

I think the idea was just to show that the taser is not 100% effective and can be overcome. Perhaps this is something that is well-known to law enforcement, but it makes for an interesting...

Swordforum.com has a forum devoted to Historical European Swordsmanship that you could check out.

I pop in from time to time and I get the feeling that there are very sincere people trying to...

Here is the website of the Force Science Institute, which conducted the research for the article above:



There are some other interesting articles in the "Past Articles" section of their news...

Thanks for posting this, Kit.

As a simple civilian, I must say I'm not surprised at the findings. If everyday Joe's like me reacted in the same way as trained law enforcement, I would be...

The teacher (a proper one, anyway) needs to understand the pedagogy, but the student doesn't. He/She just needs to participate in it. Thinking too much about the actual pedagogy can distract the...

It's not hand-wringing at all. It is simply that this seemed like a total waste of time. It was obviously a big enough deal in terms of ambiguity that Richard posted here asking for some sort of an...

But you knew, first, that he didn't and second, that he was going to get hurt.

I certainly wasn't there, so I don't know the actual pressure to participate and whether or not it was a...

The only question I would have is if you did attack him "wrong."

What I mean is that you know full well the "gag," so to speak, and you know the guy is expecting a certain "attack." The guy...

In another thread like this awhile back, someone posted something like, "the stuff we learn is quite realistic..it's just that it isn't practical in the same way anymore."

The techniques you are...

As I recall, in a previous thread, you were stuck on this idea that the be-all-end-all of the study of Japanese swordsmanship is to cultivate the necessary skills to survive a duel. I'm pretty sure...

Adam,



Well, he did have an institutional meatball in his mouth at the time, so maybe I misunderstood him.

It was a throw away question to break the monotony between me complaing about my...

No, I am still in disagreement. The point about it being moot was made in reference to your example of the officer threatening to kill the family if/when he got up. In that case, the father would...

I don't think anyone is disputing this point.

The usual point of contention is how the officer ended up in that position in the first place. There is a recent case is Indiana involving a motel...

This would be an example, I think.

It may be "natural" that in the "state of war," Uwumarogie was killed. However, if this were the case, the whole point about the "apple falling far from the...

This is absolutley fine and dandy with me because the tree isn't sentient and has no responsibility to discharge.

I thought your position was that once a threshold of "bad behavior" was crossed,...

The problem with this is the "something" and the "consequences." Certain "somethings" bring with them reasonable "consequences."

As David said, the consequence of a student pushing me cannot...

I found this press release from the DuPage County States Attorney's Office concerning this case. It has a more detailed summary of events, so I thought you guys might like to see it:



Seems...

Sounds more like a failure as a robot. (Plus, what is more human than a father seeking answers in the death of his son?)



Again, in your view the situation was caused 100% by Uwumarogie. This...

How would you every qualify "authentically responsible" if not by appealing to some aspect of culture? What metric do you use?

Your view sounds awfully solipsistic to me.

Plus, I only used...

I guess I would say that at the point of trial, the "victimizer" becomes just another individual to be judged under our system. Defendants aren't victims to my mind. They are simply accorded the...

But I wonder if this isn't simply a function of the inherent conflict involved in policing a "free" society in an open and transparent way.

Certainly there is abuse, and I'm sure you've seen...