What's the deal with the psuedo-superiority attitude knife people have towards people

Phil - You ask the guy a question. He asks you why your question matters to you. You say it doesn't matter. Waste of time anyone?

Take the higher ground, or don't reply in haste.
 
J_Curd said:
Phil - You ask the guy a question. He asks you why your question matters to you. You say it doesn't matter. Waste of time anyone?

Take the higher ground, or don't reply in haste.
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Yet I have not insulted him personally, as he has insulted me. If you're going to start lecturing people on the "higher ground," evaluate the situation more fairly.
 
I dunno but where this thread is going.
But I do know that I wouldn't carry a knife for "protection".
And even if I do happen to carry a knife into town, it would probably be an SAK or any multitool type for added utility.
I would like to think that I am nothing more than an overgrown boyscout; with a keeness for sorting out certain task which might require knives and such on my own accord.
What other folks would think about me personally carrying a knife wouldn't bother me none (not unless my carrying should on some unlucky day become some security enforcer's matter of concern for public safety).
 
Homer49 said:
You need to think broader than just focusing on the subject of a knife when thinking of the "wild west" reference. Most of us don't live in a society where we need to defend ourselves at every corner or are faced with an obstacle in our daily lives frequently enought that it requires us to carry anything more than maybe a SAK.

For the most part, those who choose to carry a knife might find it useful for some minuscule task they face once in a while. Those who don't choose to carry will survive. It's not a big deal either way. Only those who can't let go of their over-obsessive fetish for knives can't cope with that fact.
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Fella, you are posting to the wrong folks. If we did not have a thing for knives, we would be on a different forum.

You would have better luck trying to sell ice cubes to eskimos.
 
Homer49 said:
What do you care what I think?
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UUmmmm maybe because you directly bashed him? I can't speak for others but When I look down on Sheeple I look down on the fact that they don't take responsibility for their own lives. They expect someone else to do it for them. They petition for laws and grants to get what they need rather than going out and earning it, and they burden us with their child like fears in the form of legislation and higher taxes to pay for their programs placed to stifle our abilities to care for our selves in a free country.
 
Sharp Phil said:
If you're going to start lecturing people on the "higher ground," evaluate the situation more fairly.
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I read the whole thread. You want to feel attacked, TAKE the higher ground. A true practitioner of martial arts practices pacifism when the opportunity presents itself right?

Be it a physical or emotional battle, the rules remain unchanged.

You are breaking logical recourse by asking a question, then telling the guy that his answer doesn't matter to you either way.

Thats pointless. Dont get baited. If they drag you to your level, they will beat you with experience.
 
Im not lecturing you Phil. Im giving you advice. If you view it as lecturing, obviously you cant see the forest for the trees, so I wont bother trying to prevent you from making a complete ass out of yourself.

Criticism is not crucification. Advice isn't lecturing. If you arent willing to respect feedback, then dont expect anyone to respect yours.
 
I've taken plenty of martial arts training in many styles. The one thing Ive learned, is that it's easy to win fights that never happen :D

Also, even in fights where you prevail, no one ever wins.
 
J_Curd said:
I've taken plenty of martial arts training in many styles. The one thing Ive learned, is that it's easy to win fights that never happen :D

Also, even in fights where you prevail, no one ever wins.
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Where is the violence?
 
I think the answer is for more people to carry chainsaws and use them to open the mail. After about five years of that we can start going back to pocket knives, and everyone will think it's perfectly normal.
 
Homer49 said:
I don't know, some of the responses here seem like the individual is trying to compensate for something. Whether it be an insecurity or just a way to cope with feelings of inadequacy, I think some people who take hobbies like knife-collecting or any other types of hobby need to maybe take a breather sometimes.

I have a lot of interests and hobbies. Some of them include movies, bodybuilding, martial arts, comic books, etc. And just like the bladeforums, I find a lot of the same type of "superiority-complex" in those type of forums as well. Those people also look down on individuals who don't share the same views or spend as much time as they do concerning the subject matter they're passionate about.

I guess with a lot of things, some people just feel the need to look down on others to make themselves feel more better since they're unhappy about whatever accomplishments or lack thereof they have in their real lives.

It's sad really.
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Then there are those folks who sign up for an online forum anonymously, reveal nothing about their personal life, but ridicule, insult, badger, and generally wax poetic about their personal superiority over a group of people they don't know anything about--in this case, people interested in knives--make wild generalizations, and dispense what to them counts as advice for whatever petty amusement they can gain from it.

I guess these people just feel the need to look down on others in order to make themselves feel better since they're unhappy about the lack of accomplishments in their real lives.

You're right--it really is sad.
 
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enderwiggin said:
then there are those folks who sign up for an online forum in anonymity, reveal nothing about their personal life, but ridicule, insult, badger, and generally wax poetic about their personal superiority over a group of people they don't know anything about--in this case, people interested in knives--make wild generalizations, and dispense what to them counts as advice for whatever petty amusement they can gain from it.

I guess these people just feel the need to look down on others in order to make themselves feel better since they're unhappy about the lack of accomplishments in their real lives.

You're right--it really is sad.
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bbbwwwaaaahhhhhaaaa! Great!
 
the FACT that some people feel threatened by an inanimate object is truly sickening. it does not take a knife to be capable of murder. The "real" problem with people is the terrifying thought that they would hand over OUR rights in the name of fear... unreasonable, learned, fear. "Need" is not the point. Need is not what our country was founded with. Cars kill more people at the hands of humans than anything else... too bad knives don't create billionaires.
 
The fact that a thread started by a banned troll still has everyone reacting and getting all up in arms is still feeding that troll, banned or not.

Come on people...this is ridiculous. Find a better thread to occupy your time.
 
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