Originally Posted by Ghost

Yeah but even so you are more likely to get hit by a car. Of course things do happen, but id be interested to see what the actual chances are.
I think they are still very slim. Again i would say you are most likely to end up being attacked by a drunk.
OF course if you enjoy training like this then you should.
I have no fear of some psycho trying to kill me because i know in all likelyness it wont ever happen. I also hope you dont have any fear of these things happening to you because it would surely impact negatively on your life.
Gyms should train realistically of course, im not saying they shouldnt. Im just saying people should go to these gyms if its something they really want to do.
Not because there is actually any real need to. More importantly there are better things for people to do, like things they are actually interested in. it happens that i am really interested in boxing, so i do boxing. i dont waste time doing BJJ cos im not that interested in it and im not scared of some BJJ trained expert that decideds he might want to have a fight with me, its just not that likely to happen.

The average person would do more to save their life by changing their diet, stopping smoking and learning to drive better than they will preparing for the next virginia tech situation. I mean really what do you think is going to happen to you?

I dont know what you do for a job, but if you do an everyday job, ie one that doesnt put you directly in contact with criminals, what sort of experience do your friends at work have etc. Where i work its people come in and talk about where they went at the weekend and what they did, not list the number of crazy criminals they had to fend off to protect their families.