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nail polish vs defensive driving
Date: 2015-01-14 01:26 am (UTC)The nail polish seems like sort of the same thing, or perhaps along the lines of locking car doors, using The Claw, parking under a street light to reduce the likelihood of a breakin etc.
In my mind, the nail polish is along the lines of The Claw: worrisome more because I suspect it would fail me, more than because hey, I shouldn't have to worry about being roofied/my car being stolen.
I cannot help but think of my thwarted purse snatcher. I know I was where I should not be (3 a.m. in De Wallen in January, taking a young Aussie man around to see the "sights", because he felt weird going by himself), and I felt good that my training enabled me to retain my purse when someone attempted to take it when the Aussie foolishly stopped to take a closer look at some ... one. (Attacker apologized! The Aussie when pressed started moving again but it took him a few dozen yards to process what had just happened, at which point he sort of freaked out. I think he was having a lot of trouble because he kept getting distracted by the other guys walking past us or behind us muttering what kind of drugs they had on offer.) I wouldn't suggest that everyone else should have bothered taking martial arts, and I would for sure suggest that anyone taking a similar walk keep moving or maybe just go to bed like a normal person would.
I don't feel at all bad that I have these thoughts.