I'm pretty sure I'd be okay with kicking rapists in the nuts even if reproductive health wasn't under legislative attack.
Oh my, yes.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Jun 16, 2012 3:22:09 pm PDT #10021 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
erikaj - Jun 16, 2012 3:25:02 pm PDT #10022 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Typo Boy - Jun 16, 2012 3:27:09 pm PDT #10023 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Also if someone is trying violence against me, and I have no safe options for retreat - if I have gun I will totally use it. (I don't own a gun, and if I were going to get one I'd get permit and training and only carry it where it is legal. But I don't know why if someone uses violence against me, a gun is excluded for self-defense.)
aurelia - Jun 16, 2012 3:38:40 pm PDT #10024 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
But the seat of your persona isn't actually between your legs...
For this guy, it just might be.
I would have been so tempted to yell "MR. BEEBE! MATCHES!!" at him.
Heh. I watched Four Weddings and a Funeral a week or so ago, so I was more likely to go with, "It's Brigadoon!"
erikaj - Jun 16, 2012 3:43:39 pm PDT #10025 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
"You know, if you go to first grade, and bite someone every day for a week, some folks are gonna think of you as a biter." --Art Mullen
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2012 3:47:32 pm PDT #10026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
why if someone uses violence against me, a gun is excluded for self-defense
Because some things are more important than losing the fight, worse than dying. And among those things? Is pride. If you have to stoop to levels to save your life, then how can you live with yourself afterwards? So you might as well die at his hands.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2012 3:50:02 pm PDT #10027 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Really, ita, I don't know if you need to say anything except: "Well, if you come after me I will be taking several shots at your nuts if you leave that guard down. If that's a deterrent then that's the point."
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2012 4:01:19 pm PDT #10028 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The way Kelly pulled away the last nut shot cobwebs was thusly:
We're sparring, and she keeps nailing me in the groin. I'm trying to protect myself, but it's never really been an issue before, you know? "Why do you keep doing that?" I asked her. "Does it hurt?" she replied. I nod, she shrugs, and suddenly my groin kick defense got better and my groin kick itself...just...BAM! Reflex snap. All you have to see is that's open. Don't spend too much time paying attention to their sex or their gender.
Ginger - Jun 16, 2012 4:24:48 pm PDT #10029 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In my years of karate, I saw numerous nut shots, and as far as I could determine, the guys' masculinity survived the indignity. Kicks to the groin weren't encouraged, but that was mostly because the instructor thought the knee was a better target in a real-world situation. Novices are dangerous, though. The instructor's theory was that once a guy gets a good nut shot, he realizes it won't kill him and he can respond better the next time.
sarameg - Jun 16, 2012 4:34:22 pm PDT #10030 of 30001
So this afternoon, I swam, cleaned, got to snuggle a happy baby who dropped by for a visit AND just watched the fireworks at Ft. McHenry from the field at the bottom of my street. I'm calling a win.
THough I just remembered to eat dinner. Tomorrow: sails and planes.