[magician]

i used to live a very different life than I live now. and I will leave it at that. take my posts at face value.

--fr coyote

[basil_hayden]

This thread brought to you by.....

the Hallucinogenic Sect of the International Brotherhood of Cannibals

or IBC for short...

Desensitizing humans one body at a time!

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MacG', 'I')f you have no resources, only life a healthy body, then you risk your health and life by attacking somebody. A blow to your head delivered in a fraction of a second could end your life, or cripple you with the same net result distributed over longer time. Those who seek cooperation instead of violence will have better chances. Always been like that.

[MfromAmsterdam]

people who start threads like these and open it with the following question:

"I was just wondering if anyone here knows any techniques to desensitive yourself to violence and death. Soldiers fighting in active wars and such get to see first hand death and killing, aswell as being the killers themselves sometimes. All of these skills *may* be useful post "SHTF", has anyone here done any preparation regarding this?"

are simply not well. I could start a whole story but you are not worth it.

getting ready to kill people. that is what you are actually are saying you freak.

from now on I'll ignore you.

this thread is bad for peakoil.com I think.

the only people that get slaughtered here are cornucopians.

I hope.

Michel van Ree

[MfromAmsterdam]

and magician/ fr coyote: you were talking about drugs earlier with which you can reprogram your brains while spaceing out, weren't you?

being from amsterdam and liberal could you get me some? ;-

and send some to polestar.

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MfromAmsterdam', 'b')lah blah im religious and on pot

from now on I'll ignore you.

this thread is bad for peakoil.com I think.

the only people that get slaughtered here are cornucopians.

I hope.

Michel van Ree

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', 'I') was just wondering if anyone here knows any techniques to desensitive yourself to violence and death. Soldiers fighting in active wars and such get to see first hand death and killing, aswell as being the killers themselves sometimes. All of these skills *may* be useful post "SHTF", has anyone here done any preparation regarding this?

I have heard about some people preparing for gun battles by using paint guns on their properties with an "invading" force and a "defending" force. So that they get used to their properties and hopefully take advantage of it.

Personally I have started to view more death pictures and videos, mostly from internet sites like rotten or ogrish. Does anyone know if this method will work , at least somewhat?

[Battle_Scarred_Galactico]

Polestar, are you suggesting that you should take on whole armies by yourself ? Evidently you are opposed to co-operation so I guess thats' what you must be stating.

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Battle_Scarred_Galactico', 'P')olestar, are you suggesting that you should take on whole armies by yourself ? Evidently you are opposed to co-operation so I guess thats' what you must be stating.

[Battle_Scarred_Galactico]

Fair enough, that about covers my question.

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', 'A')ll I know is that *now* I have no place to call a home. So first thing when shit hits the fan I am going to acquire one. I might be killed or maimed in the process and I know this risk. I will most likely attack the easiest area I can, preferably with old people or children, the less able men the better. Though all possibilities must be trained for.

...

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', '
')All I know is that *now* I have no place to call a home. So first thing when shit hits the fan I am going to acquire one. I might be killed or maimed in the process and I know this risk.

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', 'Y')eah its very brave to go for old people or children. And I agree you need substantial training to cut the throat of a cute 4 year old girl or a nice 80 year old grandma. (Just a thought: spare granny, she makes nice apple pies )

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'I') don't think there is any might about it.. You're going to spend all this time and effort acquiring some mental feature, and all it is going to do is get you dead.

You could spend the same time and effort taking some classes at a tech school learning metalworking or something similarly useful. Then you could just ask nicely and some farmer'd be happy to let you set up shop on a corner.

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'N')ow if its just the aim in your life to wait for some cataclysm, and then spend your last week on Earth in some orgy of blood and rage, then I suppose we won't be able to talk you out of it. But to revel in some fantasy of being Unforgiven's Bill Munny is just, well, silly.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', '
')Well it's a bit dire to predict I will only last a week *BECAUSE* of my actions. You like to put me up on that pedestal as an "evil never wins" thing. If you think I will just put my life in jeopardy willy nilly you obvious haven't read a lot of my posts.

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'N')ot dire at all, and your last sentence proves it. You just don't understand the history of human evolution. Everyone's life is almost always in a state of jeopardy. When you boil it down to biology, we are medium weight predators; this means we are all offense and very low on the durability scale. A 60 inch, 80 lb, 12 year old girl with a sling shot can kill you dead where you stand. You survive on her's, and everyone elses' forebearance. Hollyweird might like to portray things a little differently, where the bad actor intimidates the town or village, but thats only because it makes for good drama and suspense. In reality, some pesky 10yr old is going to bean you in the back of the head with a rock and you'll drop like a bag of wet laundry. Your only prayer then will be that you die of a brain hemorage before they wake you up.

[rwwff]

I used the word intimidate, not fear. Fear is a natural and positive response, and causes 10 year olds to bean aggressive adults with rocks. Unlike in the movies, when the 10 year old beans you with the rock, you don't say "ow" and rub your head; you drop. Depending on the situation waking up again could be a good thing, or a bad thing.

As to knowledge of crimes, maybe out west, things are different. I'm just pulling maps of the terrain I know and understand, East Texas and Louisiana. In the land I know, your strategy can only result in your rapid demise. But like I said, we can't stop you from trying it, if thats how you want to end your life.

[parsifal]

You may be densisitsing yourself to the horrors that you may have to commit to survive.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('parsifal', 'Y')ou may be densisitsing yourself to the horrors that you may have to commit to survive.