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Originally Posted by Garland
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When I train knife, I take it VERY seriously, and I try to consider the consequences of my actions and the effects of the knife (not only physically, but psychologically for myself, and also for the grief and gravity of the action upon the other person's family and friends). Joking around with a training knife seems sick to me.
I think it should be necessary in teaching the knife to step in when students do that and tell the people- "you are dead, you just bled out. you will never see your family again, you will never hold your child, everything is over for you." and conversely, "you just took another human being's life away. (reiterate the consequences) You will have to live every day with the consequences of this decision, especially if you end up going to prison for it." Make sure to elaborate that these things, these constructs such as death, killing, prison, and forever have little meaning until they are felt first hand.
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Not many people have a realistic understanding of the kind of trauma that can be inflicted with a blade. It is VERY important to understand the irreversible moral and ethical (and legal) consequinces of using any deadly weapon.
Not only that but the sanguinary mess that goes so often without saying.
Blood
pressure will have a new and graphic meaning if you ever slice a living "target"...
Makes me nauseated just thinking about it.
We live in a sick world but I'd rather have blood on my hands than be caught unarmed in a moment of need.