Well, white wing, welcome to the High Road.
I must admit, I don't feel that you're being very forthcoming with your reasons for your stances, but I hope you'll enlighten us soon.
Let me tell you about myself. I am 19, and I am a senior in college (or will be, when I return). I have a headache all the time -- I literally mean 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On top of that, I frequently get debilitating migraines. This makes it quite difficult and inordinately painful to exercise, since heartrate has a lot to do with how much your head throbs.
I'm in fair shape, but even having "practical experience" with some fighting, it is not something I want to do, ever. No matter what movies you watch, taking a punch is never fun, and never feels good. Using your bare hands for defense of bodily integrity takes enormous amounts of energy and some of the repercussions will be permanent, even if it's "just a scar," etc. So, this makes "unarmed" defense close to the end of my list of resorts. You can definitely discount fighting more than one person your size.
I don't know if you've ever been physically injured to a point that caused a lot of pain or a lot of recuperation time, but it is not what one would equate with "enjoyable quiet time." What if you were in a position that you were
positive that you would recieve considerable physical damage, or maybe end up crippled, or maybe end up dead? What (regardless of your gender) if someone insisted upon raping, torturing, or mutilating you? Are you aware that all of these acts are quite commonly followed by death?
Did you do anything to deserve such an action? No, you didn't. He violated the "social contract" when he decided to attack you. So if he is going to disobey his end of the promise, why should you obey? YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, DID NOTHING WRONG, AND SHOULD THEREFORE NOT BE THE ONE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES.
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So let's say that our hypothetical place, Utopia, bans all firearms. So, a criminal, who by definition does not obey laws, attacks you with/without a firearm; the difference doesn't matter. What do you do? Call 911? What do you do while the police assemble and travel? What if you're not alive when they arrive? What if you're permanently damaged?
What is the Utopian Government going to do for you? Can they restore your lifeforce? Can they remove your pain? Can they repair your wounded emotions?
Now, if there's one thing that I want you to think about, it's this: Good has a MORAL OBLIGATION to fight Evil. If you lay there and let evil attack you, evil has won. If you call the police, but die before they arrive -- regardless of whether the perp is caught and tried -- evil has still won. If you greet your violent attacker with 00 Buckshot to the face, good has won, and the world has become a better place.
That's what it's all about: Good vs. Evil.
Again, welcome to the High Road.
Wes