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Old July 27, 2001, 11:21 PM   #11
Coronach
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Ok...

If you can run, run.

If you can't run, try to minimize your exposure to the threat. Attack if you must, but look to get away at the first possible opportunity. RUN LIKE HELL when you get the chance.

If you truly must stand your ground, concentrate on the knife. GET THE KNIFE. Don't try to duke it out with him unless you can get an improvised weapon or are REALLY sure of your ability to take him out fast. GET THE KNIFE. Be prepared to get cut. You will bleed. Get the knife. Be advised that while knives are very good killers, they have a (relatively) lousy stopping potential. As in, you probably won't be incapacitated quickly, but you my bleed out en route to the hospital. So GET THE KNIFE. If you are sticking around at this point, you are protecting something worth dying for...so don't worry about whether you die later, you're alive now. GET THE KNIFE.

Oh, and, carry a gun.

Mike
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