Don't Mess With The Geeks

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

1. Geeks take over the world.
2. Geeks over-incorporate technological machines in every aspect of life.
3. Geeks give said machines too much intellectual power.
4. Machines get as smurt as teh geekz.
5. Geeks die.
6. Machines take over.
7. ???
8. Profit.

Something like that(?)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDR2cwn ... L&index=8#
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Yep, you're right.

PS: If you get all these references, you need to get laid.

[Wilgrove]

I hope he isn't charged with anything, when you kill someone in self defense, then no charges should be filed.

What if you kill them with more force than what you were being attacked with?

If someone lunged at you with their hands does this mean it should be alright to shoot them?

If they are attempting to harm me, or kill me, then yea I should be able to shoot them in order to disable them.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

A kitchen knife is good for careful cutting as is its jobs, whereas a sword is meant to make big traumatizing wounds in people. Sort of the same reason bullets aren't sharpened to the same degree as arrows. Not to mention that very sharp edges are very hard to maintain on a weapon that is going to be used in battle, and greatly increase the likelihood of a notch or chip in the blade.

Some kinds of kitchen knives need to be pretty damn sharp.

[Aelosia]

Those metal practice swords are as sharp as a kitchen knife, and significatively sharper than common swords. I do own one myself.

Why would they make a practice sword sharper than the real deal? That seems like the exact opposite of what they should be doing.

A kitchen knife is good for careful cutting as is its jobs, whereas a sword is meant to make big traumatizing wounds in people. Sort of the same reason bullets aren't sharpened to the same degree as arrows. Not to mention that very sharp edges are very hard to maintain on a weapon that is going to be used in battle, and greatly increase the likelihood of a notch or chip in the blade.

Indeed. Japanese swords, even practice ones, are not exactly durable, and not exactly easy to maintain, and not exactly "blunty"

[Siththule]

I hope he isn't charged with anything, when you kill someone in self defense, then no charges should be filed.

What if you kill them with more force than what you were being attacked with?

If someone lunged at you with their hands does this mean it should be alright to shoot them?

If you believed that their bare hands could kill you then yes.
(That is actually the British law, of course it comes with several other hurdles and also the issue that you are probably not allowed to have a gun in the first place).

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Something similar happened in the UK a while ago. Burglar breaks into store, finds armed weeaboo, is killed/maimed.

They never found out who did it over in the UK though, even though the police put out word that they were 'interested in contacting the 'hero''. Smart fellow, there.

Regardless, does New York have castle-laws? I'm pretty sure that you don't need a liscence for edged weapons in the US, although it IS New York...

[Bitchkitten]

Lol. The student if it does go to trial would have a very good sound defense. The Burglar was in his place uninvited I bet, you can't blame some one for protecting his place. In, Texas you can shoot people from your property, in TN, you can shoot people who break-in, and in FL you can shoot to kill people on your property.

In Texas you can shoot just about anybody on your property. That includes the repo man. Happened a couple of times in Houston and both guys were aquitted.

[CIB EMPIRE]

A freaking Katana.

Someone has been playing Dynasty Warriors a tad too much me thinks....

A weapon is a weapon, be it a katana, a big knife, a gun, or a heavy bludgeoning object. I've got several swords at home myself and if some stranger in my home came at me, you can damn well bet I'd use one of those weapons!

... Granted, my most durable SRS BIZ blade happens to be a reverse-blade katana, which means less severed hands and more shattered bones.

Just goes to show ya; don't mess with somebody who's armed!

yesm thats right

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Lol. The student if it does go to trial would have a very good sound defense. The Burglar was in his place uninvited I bet, you can't blame some one for protecting his place. In, Texas you can shoot people from your property, in TN, you can shoot people who break-in, and in FL you can shoot to kill people on your property.

In Texas you can shoot just about anybody on your property. That includes the repo man. Happened a couple of times in Houston and both guys were aquitted.

I believe several states have 'castle' laws. They don't generally go as far as Texas', but I believe most of them say that if somebody is committing a criminal act on your property or threatening your life/health/family/whatever, you can do whatever you see fit to ensure that they stop threatening you.

How this applies to a student in New York I'm not sure...since the article isn't very clear about who owned the house and all that...

Seems like a lawyers wet dream. A really complicated case that'll probably drag on for a while.

[Rolling squid]

A kitchen knife is good for careful cutting as is its jobs, whereas a sword is meant to make big traumatizing wounds in people. Sort of the same reason bullets aren't sharpened to the same degree as arrows. Not to mention that very sharp edges are very hard to maintain on a weapon that is going to be used in battle, and greatly increase the likelihood of a notch or chip in the blade.

Some kinds of kitchen knives need to be pretty damn sharp.

Right, because they need to make precise cuts. A sword is not used to make careful cuts, it's used to make gaping wounds, and is therefore less sharp.

[Bitchkitten]

Lol. The student if it does go to trial would have a very good sound defense. The Burglar was in his place uninvited I bet, you can't blame some one for protecting his place. In, Texas you can shoot people from your property, in TN, you can shoot people who break-in, and in FL you can shoot to kill people on your property.

In Texas you can shoot just about anybody on your property. That includes the repo man. Happened a couple of times in Houston and both guys were aquitted.

I believe several states have 'castle' laws. They don't generally go as far as Texas', but I believe most of them say that if somebody is committing a criminal act on your property or threatening your life/health/family/whatever, you can do whatever you see fit to ensure that they stop threatening you.

How this applies to a student in New York I'm not sure...since the article isn't very clear about who owned the house and all that...

Seems like a lawyers wet dream. A really complicated case that'll probably drag on for a while.

Castle laws? That's a new one for me. We call them "Make my day" laws.

[Reploid Productions]

A weapon is a weapon, be it a katana, a big knife, a gun, or a heavy bludgeoning object. I've got several swords at home myself and if some stranger in my home came at me, you can damn well bet I'd use one of those weapons!

... Granted, my most durable SRS BIZ blade happens to be a reverse-blade katana, which means less severed hands and more shattered bones.

Just goes to show ya; don't mess with somebody who's armed!

A reverse-blade katana? Who are you, the Batosai?

I am a Rurouni Kenshin fan, as a matter of fact. The sword was a birthday gift from several of my friends, and is a hell of a lot better quality than any of my display swords.

On topic though, the article doesn't really give much information about the specifics of the attack; just that the burglar lunged. It seems to me that it would be difficult to justify lethal force if the attacker was armed only with his fists, unless maybe there was something that would have made Mr. Swordsman feel he or his friends' were in serious danger.

And according to a friend who lives in New York, there is a "weak" castle law stating that deadly force is justified in the prevention of burglary or arson. (Source here.)

[Lackadaisical2]

I love the part where the burglar laughed at the guy.

I think it was lunged at, not laughed at.

And more power to the guy who defended himself... If someone attacks you, there shouldn't be a case brought against you because you defended yourself. Although there ought to be some investigation to make sure it really was self defense.

EDIT:

From Reploid's source:

" 3. A person in possession or control of, or licensed or privileged to
be in, a dwelling or an occupied building, who reasonably believes that
another person is committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such
dwelling or building, may use deadly physical force upon such other
person when he or she reasonably believes such to be necessary to
prevent or terminate the commission or attempted commission of such
burglary."

not only was there sufficient reason to believe the guy was a burglar, but he attacked as well, so sounds like the student should be in the clear (also covers if the person is just renting the place). I guess you could argue that if he just attacked the guy out of no where, without warning then he wouldn't be covered by this law, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Right, because they need to make precise cuts. A sword is not used to make careful cuts, it's used to make gaping wounds, and is therefore less sharp.

Sorry, I misread your post.

[JuNii]

I wanted this article to be about me...

(I seriously do sleep with a sword at my bedside)

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you too?

double bladed rod and a short sword.

[Galloism]

I wanted this article to be about me...

(I seriously do sleep with a sword at my bedside)

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you too?

double bladed rod and a short sword.

I have Hadhafang by my bedside, and a black two-handed bastard sword in the closet.

[JuNii]

I wanted this article to be about me...

(I seriously do sleep with a sword at my bedside)

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you too?

double bladed rod and a short sword.

I have Hadhafang by my bedside, and a black two-handed bastard sword in the closet.

oh, we're counting weapons not at the bed?

[New Kereptica]

I've a heavy, glass bottle on my bedside table. Does that count as a weapon?

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

I guess no one's quite nerdy enough to get all my megaman references.

[New Kereptica]

I guess no one's quite nerdy enough to get all my megaman references.

I thought there was something beyond they fact that they were all Megaman references...

[Northwest Slobovia]

Those metal practice swords are as sharp as a kitchen knife, and significatively sharper than common swords. I do own one myself.

Why would they make a practice sword sharper than the real deal? That seems like the exact opposite of what they should be doing.

Japanese practice swords are sharper than european or arabic ones, got it?

I have never, ever wielded a true katana in my hands. Those are supposed to be pretty much sharper than practice ones.

They're pretty damn sharp; I guy I used to practice aikido with collected them, and he showed me what they could do (on an inanimate object). Yeah, the guy was tremendously wealthy -- he was an early investor in AOL...

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

I thought there was something beyond they fact that they were all Megaman references...

They all correspond to the points on the list of Rhodmhire's underpants gnome meme.

[New Kereptica]

I thought there was something beyond they fact that they were all Megaman references...

They all correspond to the points on the list of Rhodmhire's underpants gnome meme.

Nothing beyond that? ;-;

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Nothing beyond that? ;-;

Does one really need a good excuse to reference the blue bomber?

[Northwest Slobovia]

Those metal practice swords are as sharp as a kitchen knife, and significatively sharper than common swords. I do own one myself.

Why would they make a practice sword sharper than the real deal? That seems like the exact opposite of what they should be doing.

A kitchen knife is good for careful cutting as is its jobs, whereas a sword is meant to make big traumatizing wounds in people. Sort of the same reason bullets aren't sharpened to the same degree as arrows. Not to mention that very sharp edges are very hard to maintain on a weapon that is going to be used in battle, and greatly increase the likelihood of a notch or chip in the blade.

I don't think you know much about katanas. A katana is a big razor blade. I was allowed to handle one once: it's not like a cheap European sword, and so lopping limbs offa people with it (like in the OP) is not hard.