You just don't get it though. It's not about weapons, it's about inequality. No amount of martial arts training is going to allow a crippled elderly individual to fight off a 20-year-old criminal bent on robbery and murder. Nor will the best martial arts fighter in the world stand a chance against a gang of half a dozen attackers.

Not everyone lives in Hong Kong or Shangri-La. The rest of us have to consider the very real fact that there are plenty of people out there who want to do others harm.

On the other hand, I had to get a wire transfer of a decently large sum from overseas a few years back, and it was quite an interesting conversation at the bank. "That sounds an awful lot like one of those scam things" "No. No it's not." "Are you sure it's-" "Yes I'm sure, thank you, just give me the damn information please."