[Noisebridge-discuss] Self Defense

[Sean Cusack]

To second Rachel's point...making weapons at noisebridge without any
training...what could possibly go wrong?!

In all seriousness though, I'm genuinely intrigued to know why you think
martial arts can only be practiced in secret, whereas hacking and anarchy
seem to be OK for public consumption. The initial e-mail suggested that
"showing off" was part of the problem, but I guess I'm not really sure how
you're differentiating that from just doing something in a public forum.

For the record, yesterday at Noisebridge, I showed off my liver's ability to
digest a couple beers. It was pretty cool.

Sean


On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:40 AM, rachel lyra hospodar
<rachelyra at gmail.com>wrote:

> Um, I disagree. I would way rather people used the space for self-defense
> sparring than for making weapons. Acourse, I ain't gonna tell knife junkies
> to take it outside unless I feel threatened by them... I don't think weapons
> are much good without any training on how to use them.
>
> I do think our members have been mugged and harassed on the street in
> recent memory, and I do think that talking about and teaching basic
> self-defense will both help in those situations and help people to carry
> themselves so they don't get messed with in the first place.
>
> I don't see any reason not to talk about it unless you are a spy or
> something.
>
> mediumreality.com
> On Apr 7, 2011 1:18 AM, "David Stainton" <dstainton415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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