Getting a little bit bored of all these Young Turks clips making their way onto the sift. And this one is a prime example of why - 3 and half minutes of them talking utter bollocks.

I've got a katana next to my bed for just that purpose.

I've got no problem with the fact that this happened, it might have been legitimate self defense and we don't have all the facts yet. But I am getting pretty sick of these brainless twits acting like something really cool happened. My bet would be that they've never seen a lot of blood themselves, let alone inflicted the damage. There are smells, sights and sounds that they don't include in the movies for some reason. Living with it later isn't all that easy sometimes either.

Nothing good or cool happened here. Justified self defense maybe, but that kid is probably going to have nightmares over this, he'll be seeing it for years. Trained soldiers and cops don't tend to come home and tell war stories for a reason and this kid wasn't trained.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9264/img00068y.jpg

There's one of my two Katanas. And yes, I took this with my Blackberry right this second, and yes, that is a photo of Chewbacca signed by Peter Mayhew. What you don't see next to it is the photo of Darth Vader signed by David Prowse.

And, yes, I am a geek, so shut up already.

^ But do you keep them sharp?

>> ^demon_ix:
^ But do you keep them sharp?



I keep that one in the photo quite sharp, yes. The other one is not of a high enough standard for me to bother maintaining the blade's edge. Just a silly collector Katana.

The geek is strong in this one.

I bet you have a name for your katana too.

>> ^Raigen:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9264/img00068y.jpg
There's one of my two Katanas. And yes, I took this with my Blackberry right this second, and yes, that is a photo of Chewbacca signed by Peter Mayhew. What you don't see next to it is the photo of Darth Vader signed by David Prowse.
And, yes, I am a geek, so shut up already.

"that kid is probably going to have nightmares over this, he'll be seeing it for years."

People have different temperaments. Some are bothered; some aren't.

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