A question of self-defence - Fire extinguishers & self defence

[Petro]

At 11:35 PM -0700 7/26/01, jamesd at echeque.com wrote:
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>On 24 Jul 2001, at 1:20, Petro wrote:
>> And what is the primary responsibility of a soldier? Well, in
>> Basic Training I was informed that my basic task was to seek
>> out the enemy and destroy him.
>>
>> Whch is why using Soldiers in peace keeping missions is a 
>> really, really boneheaded move.
>
>But not however as bone headed as throwing a fire extinguisher at a soldier, missing, then picking up the fire extinguisher to have another go just after one guy has whacked the soldier with a two by four, and another has whacked him with a four inch steel pipe.

	You'll find no disagreement from me on that.