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zackly. I think Jolie is a fan of firearms and whatnot if I recall correctly. Rare in Hollywood and one of three or four reasons for people to like her, I reckon.
I would agree that there are more effective tools:
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Originally Posted by jtur88
I do, howver, have certain misgivings about the idea that a kiife should be thought of as a weapon. I would think it very unlikely that a knife would ever be useful, even in skilled hands, by an innocent person to fend off an attacker in self defense. Pretty close to last on the list of weapons of choice.
Still , a blade in trained hands can be very effective. The old big black flashlights were better than begging for mercy , too.
For one thing , they never run out of ammo.
And the child is still quite young , there is time for more effective tools later.
What counts is the sense of responsibility and understanding the concept of ethical self defense , along with safety.
Why would he need a knife when he has hulking bodyguards around him (and the whole family) all the time.
It is a good skill to have, maybe so he doesn't have to be dependent on bodyguards the rest of his life? She should also get him into a martial arts class.
Do you have convincing and compelling evidence that the child is being raised in an environment that is so unwholesome or dangerous that he ought to be removed from his mother under a court order for his own protection? If you do not, then disregard this thread and move on to something else. You are invading the privacy of an innocent child.
hm. my son is seven. if i bought him a knife, which i am not saying i will or won't, it would be the pocket knife variety. For boy's stuff, not defending himself.
I am surprised she is willing to have this stuff around if she used to cut herself. seems odd.
You don't need a special knife to cut yourself....
if that's the logic (don't have it around because you had an issue WAY back) then how would she chop lettuce or a tomato or anything else? Or have her cook do it?
Knives are not necessarily the same for cutters like alcohol is to the alcoholic..
When I was seven years old, I had a jack-knife, and it was in my pocket all the time, along with other miscellaneous boy-pocket things, and I never went to school without it. All boys had a jackknife, and we played games with them during recess, and nobody ever got hurt..
You do that today in NJ and all hell breaks loose. Sad.
You're not kidding. Remember the second graders who were suspended for playing cops & robbers with their fingers as guns?
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