Ever try to hit someone in the throat when they have your arms pinned and are laying on top of you? That’s why groin kicks were suggested. Even if they have a high threshold for pain, the kinetic force can move them just enough to free you to do something else.

Seconding the self defense classes for all. I am surprised that groin kicks were recommended to you though. I once kicked my instructor unintentionally and *I* was the one who yelped while he just looked at me . Then he said “and that’s why you aim for the throat. Some people, like me, have high thresholds for pain…

I once had a disagreement with an old boyfriend about this. He said he was worried about me walking to my car at night. I said that I kept my wits about me, walked confidently, and was prepared to stick my key into an attacker’s eye.

Those are my thoughts: She took every opportunity to save herself. I can’t imagine what I would do in that situation but her actions are pretty impressive and I am glad good trumped bad in a spectacular way.

Well, now. I know what you mean, but “yield to his advance” is a pretty martial metaphor. Armies advance. Duelists advance. The military concepts of attack and defense are the source from which the courtship connotation of the phrase was derived.

second graders don’t rape people Unidentified Neighbor.

Champ. It pisses me off how people fall back on disorders as if that absolves others of all wrongdoing.

...he’s only reading at a second grade level.”

A few years ago a teen-aged girl in my area successfully fought off an old drunk who grabbed and tried to abduct her. Oprah Winfrey interviewed the young lady, who gave this piece of advice to anyone attacked: “Fight back. Keep fighting. And go down fighting.” This amazing lady did just that; she’s an inspiration!

his problem was “not having a tongue”

I adore how the Post article concludes:

“I don’t believe that he is responsible for his actions,” an unidentified neighbor told the TV station. “He has a brain disorder that causes him to act on impulse and do things… he’s only reading at a second grade level.”

The brain may not work, but somehow the penis and fists always do.

Asshole jerk. UGH.

Okay FUCK Dick Bacon FUCK Dick Manly

There was a New Hampshire state rep awhile back by the name of Richard Swett. So he just went by Rick, right? Maybe stay with “Richard” and hope people don’t put the pieces together? Nah, this guy apparently gave no fucks and went right ahead and campaigned as Dick Swett. A classmate volunteered for his reelection…

I think I can top that...Dick Manly.

“Dick Bacon” sounds like a potentially untapped gourmet niche market.

My best friends dad has a friend named Richard. I thought I was really clever by making up the nickname “Bitchard” for him until I learned his last name. the guy's name is for real Dick Bacon

I like how the first review calls the owner a “dick” and the owner’s name is actually Richard.