I tend to go by design and etymology, before I go through the cultural associations
But we do agree a knife is a weapon, right? Even though it probably wasn't designed to slice people, and that the huge majority of its usage today isn't as a weapon.
I don't call a thing a weapon unless it has no other use
This explains the question about krav and the magazine, I realise. They're all weapons to me, even if I haven't worked out how. Some things, like whips, came along with a significant history of having been used as such, so I don't even have to engage my imagination.
Once inside the optimum range of a bullwhip, I wouldn't think of it as much use except as a strangling device or a floppy club.
Much like a bazooka becomes a club at close range -- every weapon has their distance.
I'm not saying I'd pick it as a
good
weapon for a fight, but there are arts that do teach it.
Lambada: The Forbidden Dance
What are some dance movies from the 80s?
Lambada.
The forbidden dance.
Should have been the 80s. It's the only excuse.
Staying Alive. White Nights. Tap. Xanadu.
Lambada: The Forbidden Dance
Or, as
Spy
noted, the INSUFFICIENTLY Forbidden Dance.
Dirty Dancing?
I wouldn't call every knife a weapon, although any knife can be used as a weapon -- like a hammer, or a can of hairspray. I've used lots of knives for lots of things, but never as a weapon.
Lambada: The Forbidden Dance
Yes! My band is playing an (I hate the) 80s night this fall and we're trying to come up with a theme for the songs we're going to cover. I'm thinking all songs from dance movies would work pretty well.
I wouldn't call every knife a weapon
Neither would I. But I wouldn't expect to be challenged for saying knives are weapons.
lisah --
Lambada
is a 1990 movie.
Ah! That's what I love! A good Buffista debate on terminology.
However, the thing that popped out at me when I read the HB snippet was this:
"I think I'm really hoping to do another 'Catwoman,'" Berry told reporters
You think so? You aren't sure? I mean dang, if she can't tell if she actually hopes so, how is anyone else supposed to guess?
I just found out that she is diabetic. I did not know that.
But I wouldn't expect to be challenged for saying knives are weapons.
I'm notoriously sloppy and capricious about language, but I don't think a knife is a weapon in the same way a gun is a weapon. Knives have many non-weapon uses. (Ask me again next week, maybe I'll go the other way.)
