Not much. Tae kwon do. Was taught about pressure points and how to immobilise somebody, and of course the places to avoid if you don't want to kill somebody. Also ex-servicemen are a well of information for that sort of stuff.Wilfy said:I had actually meant a Google search before hiring him (I heard some employers do that now) but you're right, a conviction would make a huge deal of difference.Thyunda said:Nah, a conviction makes a world of difference. Let's say the kid got hired, and later on he was found to have a conviction. He'd be out on his arse. If his manager did a Google search and found this story, but no criminal conviction, then it'd be illegal for him to fire him. A criminal conviction makes all the difference.Wilfy said:-snip-
Also, I think you need to consider the fact the bully could have been holding on to him. You can imagine you have to get pretty close to somebody with a blade like that, well within arms reach, and maybe he simply couldn't get away. Maybe he was afraid of turning his back again and receiving another blow to a delicate part of the body.
But maybe it's because he's a fifteen year old kid with no combat training. If it were me in the situation, as I am now, with intent to kill, I'd have gone for the throat or jerked the knife up between the ribs. It would not take me twelve stabs. This kid, though? He's not had the same training as me. Hell, he might not have even had videogame logic to go off. Maybe he thought a three inch blade couldn't kill anybody. Either way, I can't find any reason to punish him.
The community already learned something from this. Bullying never ends well.
And you have in fact managed to sway me in the boy's favour here. I don't really know enough about the situation to judge.
And I have to ask if you don't mind, what training do you have?
If I punch somebody in the body, for some reason my fist strikes them beneath the sternum each and every time. I don't do it on purpose. I think I've practiced it so often it's become muscle-memory, and I physically can't punch anywhere else on short notice. But don't worry, I've never actually put my knowledge into practice. Wouldn't hit anybody in the throat, that's just unsporting.
IF the kid had martial arts training, you can bet I'd be on the other side of the fence. We're taught how to avoid killing somebody, rather than how to kill someone, and are constantly reminded that there IS a limit. If the kid knew this stuff, then he'd have been able to stab him in pressure points and leave him bleeding but not fatally so, and twelve stabs WOULD have been excessive.