When I hear of people like UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon, attacking Israel for using disproportionate force against their palestinian attackers, it really burns me up.   

As a martial artist, I find it completely irresponsible of people, without any combat experience, judging what should be considered appropriate force or not.   

There was an infamous incident in my community where a man walking home at night was attacked by three teenagers.  He was thrown to the ground where the attackers proceeded to beat him where he lay.  The victim happened to have a gun, which he wisely opted to use, and shot his attackers. The attackers did not die but were in serious condition and some are maimed to this day. The victim is in jail, and if I am not mistaken, serving out a four year sentence. The judge ruled that the victim used disproportionate force, more then what was necessary to defend himself.   

Really?   

And just what are your credentials to form such an opinion Mr. Law man?   

As a martial artist I am aware that if those boys accidentally did something right, and stomped on the temple or neck, in the right way, they could have easily killed their victim.   

Are we suggesting he play the odds that they would not hit him where and how it could be lethal. Well, to do that he would have to know how many stomps the three attackers were planning to execute before he could make a guestimate with his life.   

Perhaps he should have asked them.   

“Excuse me, I know your busy and all, but if you could stop stepping on my face for just one moment and tell me how many times you plan to stomp on my head, I’d really appreciate it. Just throw out a round number.”   

How could this judge tell what kind of force a situation would require, when the closest they ever got to combat was probably watching the protagonist get slapped in the face by his would be girlfriend in some chick flick.   

I believe, that just how you would need an expert witness to assess if a defendant was temporarily insane or suffering from some sort of medical condition, which would explain the defendant’s actions… You need an expert in combat to asses what kind of force a self-defense situation would call for, and if the defender was acting properly in their choice of action. 

What the “disproportionate force” rhetoric is basically saying, is that if your attacker is incompetent, then you have to defend yourself incompetently as well or teach him how to attack better. Just so long that evil has a fair shot.

I wonder what our moral overlords at the UN would have said to the ever heroic and unforgettable response to bully’ism… “That’s not a knife…now that’s a knife!”

“Uh, excuse me, Mr. Crocodile. That knife is not regulation size. You’re gonna have to find something a little smaller if you want to save your little heroin over there.”

Enough with the artificial morality of equal force.

THIS ISN’T A SPORT HERE PEOPLE… IT’S LIFE AND DEATH!   

In most cases I would say, you can’t judge a fight if your not a fighter.    

However, in Israel’s current battle with the palestinians, even someone with a PhD in stupidity could see that Israel is more than justified in its response to the evil terror unleashed upon her.    

Perhaps Secretary Moon is simply disappointed that many of the palestinian rockets just aren’t killing Jews.    

Maybe if we all color coordinate and form a bull’s-eye in one of those fields where these rockets often, miraculously fall, he would feel we were giving the palestinians more of a fighting chance.    

We could make a day out of it…bring some hot dogs…sing some peace songs.      

The truth is, Israel has been using disproportionate force. If they really wanted to be proportionate they would have to fire indiscriminately at palestinian civilians instead of pinpointing combatants. Not only that, but Israel would have to keep this up for eight years with the palestinians holding back, to let Israel catch up.    

If Israel is guilty of anything, it’s of being criminally negligent in the defense of its own citizens by waiting eight years to do something.    

The next time the UN Secretary General opens his mouth to support murderers and condemn the innocent…   

 I’d like to see somebody Ban-Ki his moon with disproportionate force.