Weapon Of Choice

As usual, during one of my extra paranoid nights at the Corona LRT station, I started to think about the scenarios that I could see myself in if things were to get out of hand. My instincts kind of kicked in and I started to think the best way to disarm and/or stop a guy from attacking you. I think what initally sparked this train of thought was when I saw this particular guy holding a snow shovel while waiting in the underground lrt station. It started to get me thinking and wondering exactly the purpose for having a snow shovel on the LRT. And while I was thinking this, it turned into a full-on interrogation. If he was supposedly using it for snow, how come there isn't any snow or water on the shovel at all? And if he had just bought it brand new, then shouldn't there be some kind of cardboard cover or at least white sticker on the shovel part that indicates what brand name the shovel is? Something's fishy.

My mind didn't need much more than that to start formulating crazy ideas. "Maybe he's gonna mug the LRT with a shovel! Is it possible to mug an entire LRT train with one single shovel?" "Or maybe he's gonna beat one specific person up with this shovel! That bastard...." So I started to think of the best ways to disarm a snow shovel if I were ever confronted by one. When I first looked at it, it seemed like a pretty deadly weapon considering it has a huge head and has the swing very much like a baseball bat. Then it started to occur to me that the shovel would easily turn into a horrible weapon if they didn't know how to use it properly. With the wide head for an end, it would be like trying to swing a giant fanning leaf at someone, the momentum would be completely lost in the swing. Then I got to thinking about baseball bats and how they were a common weapon used by people. If I was ever confronted with one, would I be able to defend myself.

With the kali seminar refreshing in my mind, I started to think about how easy it would be to read someone's movements if he suddenly stepped up and took a big swing. With that you could easily catch the bat and disarm the guy in no time, at least in comparison to a knife where you couldn't physically grab the knife. But a metal baseball bat on the other hand, a totally different story. I personally think the weight would be too much, as well the surface would be harder to grip. No way...

Suddenly the Claireview LRT sign lit up, and I found myself moving towards the train to board it. After all of the thinking though, the shovel guy got into a different car than I did, and I never figured out why he had it in the first place.



Moral to the Story: There are two actually...

1) Long periods in a downtown LRT station can do wonders to the mind.

2) If you don't update your own blog f, Dev's gonna blog more about stupid insignificant paranoias he's had.