Don't mess with the blind
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A blind judo expert astounded a mugger by pinning him to the ground after he tried to steal his cigarettes, police said on Monday.
The assailant, a 17-year-old man of Asian origin, spotted the 33-year-old, who police identified only as Emil E., at a train station in the southwestern town of Giessen and thought he would be easy prey, police spokesman Rolf Wellershausen said.
But what the attacker did not know, the spokesman said, was that his victim was a world-class blind judo wrestler.
The 17-year-old threatened the blind man, then punched him in the face, at which point the martial artist flipped him and held him down until police arrived.
Epic win on the part of Emil.
Dinaverg
11-09-2007, 15:58
Epic win. *agrees*
Ferrous Oxide
11-09-2007, 16:00
Asian... now... would that be code for... ?
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2007, 16:01
:eek:
http://www.sequart.com/daredevil/daredevilV2n01.jpg
Cabra West
11-09-2007, 16:01
Asian... now... would that be code for... ?
As it happened in Germany, probably Turkish. I don't know.
But I think this thread is worthless without pics.
Dinaverg
11-09-2007, 16:05
:eek:
http://www.sequart.com/daredevil/daredevilV2n01.jpg
Now, see, I don't get that. He got teh blind so he got super senses that effectively allow him to see, right?
Ferrous Oxide
11-09-2007, 16:06
As it happened in Germany, probably Turkish. I don't know.
NS Rule #171: All topics lead to Islam/Arabs/Muslims/Middle Easterners/etc.
This is why you don't underestimate people, especially those with disabilities.
Edit: Whoa, time warp! Kind of makes you question your own existence within time...
The_pantless_hero
11-09-2007, 16:07
NS Rule #171: All topics lead to Islam/Arabs/Muslims/Middle Easterners/etc.
No, no, no. It is called the Remote Observer Corollary of NS Debate.
Nouvelle Wallonochie
11-09-2007, 16:08
I used to live about 20 mins away from Giessen! Or Gieben as we'd call it to annoy our German friends, due to the large B looking thing the Germans use for double a double "s".
Cabra West
11-09-2007, 16:08
NS Rule #171: All topics lead to Islam/Arabs/Muslims/Middle Easterners/etc.
Heh, not my fault. I'm just speculating... but there isn't any significant Asian minority in Germany apart from the Turkish, sorry.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2007, 16:09
Now, see, I don't get that. He got teh blind so he got super senses that effectively allow him to see, right?
'See' in the traditional sense? No. But his senses of hearing and touch create a 'radar sense' effect that allows him to 'see' in all directions at once. But that isn't without it's lmtations. For instance, he can't 'see' through a window very well. *nod*
Call to power
11-09-2007, 16:11
I know a guy who got beaten up a blind guy apparently those canes hurt like being hit with a long stick made of hard plastic material
I now know to cross the road when you see a blind guy with a cane (to avoid being struck and knocking them over) and to never say anything as they will know your position
:eek:
http://www.sequart.com/daredevil/daredevilV2n01.jpg
That must be why the police woun't tell us his full name! They're protecting his secret identity!
Dinaverg
11-09-2007, 16:28
'See' in the traditional sense? No. But his senses of hearing and touch create a 'radar sense' effect that allows him to 'see' in all directions at once. But that isn't without it's lmtations. For instance, he can't 'see' through a window very well. *nod*
Ehhhhh. Still. Maybe a super hero with glaucoma or something, but blind hero? not so much, I think...
Evil Turnips
11-09-2007, 17:03
I can empathesise, I'm blind myself.
By the time you work out whats wrong with that it wont matter.
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Epic win on the part of Emil.
now that I would like to see on YouTube!
Epic Pwnage!