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Quartus · June 23, 2001, 11:23 AM

Help me here, I'm ignorant!

What is a mall ninja? I thought it was those clowns who can be seen walking around malls trying to 'let on' (by their T-shirts, gestures, etc.) that they are reeeely bad dudes, highly skilled in the mysterious martial arts.

In another context (here on TFL) it seems to refer to mall security "rent-a-cops".

The way Freeman just used it doens't seem to fit either.

BTW, Freeman, would you shoot through the door with your 106?

As for shooting through the door, I wouldn't categorically say that I would never do that. But I'd have to be awfully sure of who was on the other side first. Sure enough to risk the life of one of my family. Sure enough to risk going to jail and leaving them to fend for themselves.

Because no less than that is at stake.

June 23, 2001, 11:23 AM	#11
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Help me here, I'm ignorant! What is a mall ninja? I thought it was those clowns who can be seen walking around malls trying to 'let on' (by their T-shirts, gestures, etc.) that they are reeeely bad dudes, highly skilled in the mysterious martial arts. In another context (here on TFL) it seems to refer to mall security "rent-a-cops". The way Freeman just used it doens't seem to fit either. BTW, Freeman, would you shoot through the door with your 106? As for shooting through the door, I wouldn't categorically say that I would never do that. But I'd have to be awfully sure of who was on the other side first. Sure enough to risk the life of one of my family. Sure enough to risk going to jail and leaving them to fend for themselves. Because no less than that is at stake. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.