Gradually degenerating into ignorance and complacency.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

In each person's life, there's a chance of bird poo

Today was my day. Sadly, bird poo would have been better than dealing with my last hour. Nightmare! I'm glad it's over.

outlining violence

Urban assault
Combative in favor of friend, family (why)
Interrogative -- generalized and standardized questions
Investigative -- witnesses, associates

1. Target
a. Selection
i. Previous altercations
1. w/ perp
a. act of vengeance
2. w/ other
a. victim initiated
3. w/ other perp initiated
a. relation to perp
i. family, friend
b. Injury site
i. Access -- availability
ii. Meaning
iii. Visual sensitivity, demonstration
c. Locale
i. Setting
ii. Witnesses [expected] as reporters, silent, corroborators
1. Potential
d. Family history of target
e. Dossier of perp
i. Demonstrated and suspected history valued @ 1 -- unsubstantiated single at .01 or .1 each duplicated event adds to value so three assaults could b e.03 / .3 or .6
2. weapon selection
a. manual -- youth generally resort to this based on weapon access and reactionary (immediacy) & personalization
i. dominance & control
ii. visualization -- sadism; leads to apathy and social violence -- sociopathology; herein definition between violence vs delusional psychopathology
b. environmental
i. access
ii. ease of use
iii. augmentation
1. strength (damage)
2. projectile (distance), multiple targets, frequency, stunning potential
iv. Types:
1. blunt (club)
a. swinging increases energy w/ body weight and speed
b. cheaper
c. generally requires less proficiency
d. reusable
2. Cord
a. Restraint -- control, dominance
b. Fatal and non-fatal
c. Whipping
d. Access
i. Cheap
ii. Concealable
iii. Can be inconspicuous
iv. Reusable
v. Disposable
3. sharp (short)
a. speed
b. concealable
c. generally slice & stab (versatility)
d. multi-purpose
i. explainable
e. damage
f. rare: hemoerotism -- sadism
g. more than 1 used simultaneously
4. sharp (long)
a. generally faster than blunt
b. more visible results
c. stab & slice