Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes

In article <1173466095.280537.16590@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Will in New Haven <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Mar 9, 12:53 pm, "psychohist" <psychoh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> (1)  A former SEAL comes on an attempted mugging, using a knife, in
>> New York City.  He could easily kill the mugger, but instead foregoes
>> his best attack, instead roughing the mugger up a bit and scaring him
>> off.
>
>That might BE his best attack for purposes of winning the fight,
>although not for the purpose of killing the enemy.

I know very little about these things, but are you really saying a lethal
attack might not be as good a fight-winner as a "roughing up" attack?

I note that the setup of Con Air was a highly trained military man
(Nicholas
Cage) winding up killing a mugger more or less by reflex.
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