Comments on: fed up http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/ An American in London Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137630 Caroline Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:43:46 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137630 Watch with headphones as the sound is amazing. I saw it a second time today -- wanted to catcn the intense performance by the lead actress a second time. . Watch with headphones as the sound is amazing. I saw it a second time today — wanted to catcn the intense performance by the lead actress a second time. .

]]> By: Anglofille http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137621 Anglofille Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:08:24 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137621 That looks very interesting. Doesn't seem as if it's playing in the cinema anymore. I hope it'll be out on DVD soon. That looks very interesting. Doesn’t seem as if it’s playing in the cinema anymore. I hope it’ll be out on DVD soon.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137613 Caroline Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:02:50 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137613 I have a movie recoomendation for you A.-- a raped woman's revenge story that takes place in the Transylvanian countryside. It is called Katalin Varga __ an amazing film in release in the UK. Saw it at the Romanian Film Festival in NY and cannot get it out of my mind. Would love to get your opinion of this really powerful movie. I have a movie recoomendation for you A.– a raped woman’s revenge story that takes place in the Transylvanian countryside. It is called Katalin Varga __ an amazing film in release in the UK. Saw it at the Romanian Film Festival in NY and cannot get it out of my mind. Would love to get your opinion of this really powerful movie.

]]> By: Anglofille http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137600 Anglofille Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:11:08 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137600 Well, thanks for all the advice, everyone! I am actually trying to move to a different neighborhood, which will help me feel safer, since there's nothing worse than being afraid to walk home after dark. I have a rape alarm now, but I will think about all these other options. Merci! Well, thanks for all the advice, everyone! I am actually trying to move to a different neighborhood, which will help me feel safer, since there’s nothing worse than being afraid to walk home after dark. I have a rape alarm now, but I will think about all these other options. Merci!

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137562 Dorothy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:36:21 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137562 A very, VERY, loud and unpleasant whistle is helpful too. You can easily carry it around your neck. If you use a pepper spray, don't wait too long until you fire it - you have to do it before the agressor actually touches you, otherwise he'll have robbed you of it and will use it on you instead. And don't refrain from using it on little boys just because they're children - if there are many of them and only one of you, they count as one or even two adults. That's what happened to me outside of Paris. It is also essential that you carry the spray in your hand u n l o c k e d - so that you only need to press the button if necessary. For you to unlock it while an agressor is already there, you would need to look down and concentrate on it for 2 or 3 seconds - which means that you wouldn't be focussed on the agressor while doing so, and which could be his crucial moment. A very, VERY, loud and unpleasant whistle is helpful too. You can easily carry it around your neck.
If you use a pepper spray, don’t wait too long until you fire it – you have to do it before the agressor actually touches you, otherwise he’ll have robbed you of it and will use it on you instead. And don’t refrain from using it on little boys just because they’re children – if there are many of them and only one of you, they count as one or even two adults. That’s what happened to me outside of Paris. It is also essential that you carry the spray in your hand u n l o c k e d – so that you only need to press the button if necessary. For you to unlock it while an agressor is already there, you would need to look down and concentrate on it for 2 or 3 seconds – which means that you wouldn’t be focussed on the agressor while doing so, and which could be his crucial moment.

]]> By: Jan http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137561 Jan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:15:01 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137561 Go for the pepper spray in the pocket. If searched, pull your foreigner card and say you had no idea sth like this is illegal. I'd also go for screaming RAPE. Should freak them out. Go for the pepper spray in the pocket. If searched, pull your foreigner card and say you had no idea sth like this is illegal.

I’d also go for screaming RAPE. Should freak them out.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137557 Caroline Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:55:21 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137557 How about a squirt gun full of bleach? Right in the eyes...smell will startle them too. How about a squirt gun full of bleach? Right in the eyes…smell will startle them too.

]]> By: Lucette http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137556 Lucette Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:54:14 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137556 You are really missing the United States with its guns and tasers etc! Even hair spray in the eyes would help a bit - if you are desperate! Then again, if the perp gets the hairspray away from you and sprays you in the eyes, it hiders your ability to get away. They featured the Taser on Cougar's Corner (spoof of the Coach's Corner that you see during intermission at Hockey games). Seems that if you are a Cougar (older woman looking for younger men) and the man is unwilling, the taser can prove quite helpful: http://www.sketchcom.com/seasons/season15/080118.html Personally, I think that tasers could lead to date rape because it immobilizes a person for a few minutes. Also, you got to keep it away from the heart to avoid accidentally killing someone so it is better to get them in the back (which is easier to do if you are the attacker than the attacked). My son hated that scene in Robo cop and was pissed off that I was cheering. Dorothy, the gun and the taser/cell phone combo in the handbag / purse would be the same problem. As far as I know, criminals don't run gun factories so where do they get their guns from? B & Es? Purse snatchings. BTW beware of drive by purse snatchings where people in a stolen car drive by and the person riding shot gun sticks his body out of the window of the car and grabs a person's purse while they are putting the groceries in their car. You are really missing the United States with its guns and tasers etc! Even hair spray in the eyes would help a bit – if you are desperate! Then again, if the perp gets the hairspray away from you and sprays you in the eyes, it hiders your ability to get away.

They featured the Taser on Cougar’s Corner (spoof of the Coach’s Corner that you see during intermission at Hockey games). Seems that if you are a Cougar (older woman looking for younger men) and the man is unwilling, the taser can prove quite helpful:

http://www.sketchcom.com/seasons/season15/080118.html

Personally, I think that tasers could lead to date rape because it immobilizes a person for a few minutes. Also, you got to keep it away from the heart to avoid accidentally killing someone so it is better to get them in the back (which is easier to do if you are the attacker than the attacked).

My son hated that scene in Robo cop and was pissed off that I was cheering.

Dorothy, the gun and the taser/cell phone combo in the handbag / purse would be the same problem.

As far as I know, criminals don’t run gun factories so where do they get their guns from? B & Es? Purse snatchings.

BTW beware of drive by purse snatchings where people in a stolen car drive by and the person riding shot gun sticks his body out of the window of the car and grabs a person’s purse while they are putting the groceries in their car.

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137536 Dorothy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:20:26 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137536 A spray in a bag is of no use whatsoever. You can't ask the attacker "Oh, wait a minute, I just have to get my little spray out, and then I'll blow you apart with it, you'll see" ;) Also, the mere rumbling in a bag turns any attacker on already. I've got some pepper-spray experience from living in Parisian suburbs, and the only way they can come in useful is to hold them in your bare hand all the way til you're home! You don't see them from outside when they're in your hand, so if you should be stopped for handbag-checking, you can probably just quickly slip it into your jacket? Or do they search your clothes as well in Britain? A spray in a bag is of no use whatsoever. You can’t ask the attacker “Oh, wait a minute, I just have to get my little spray out, and then I’ll blow you apart with it, you’ll see” ;) Also, the mere rumbling in a bag turns any attacker on already. I’ve got some pepper-spray experience from living in Parisian suburbs, and the only way they can come in useful is to hold them in your bare hand all the way til you’re home! You don’t see them from outside when they’re in your hand, so if you should be stopped for handbag-checking, you can probably just quickly slip it into your jacket? Or do they search your clothes as well in Britain?

]]> By: Luke http://www.anglofille.com/2009/11/26/fed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-137531 Luke Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:21:34 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=4545#comment-137531 That really sucks. I just did a quick search on the tubes and pretty much everything is illegal. The only options you have beyond the decibel rape alarm you mentioned is some sort of functional knife that you can argue you genuinely needed for non-attacking purposes. Also, there is supposedly a non-lethal "goo-spray" that is concentrated ink that's meant to be able to ID the attacker running away or even after they've washed it off as it's supposed to be viewable under UV lights. At that point with those options (or lack thereof) I might just take the risk with hiding the spray on my person and not in the bag. That really sucks. I just did a quick search on the tubes and pretty much everything is illegal. The only options you have beyond the decibel rape alarm you mentioned is some sort of functional knife that you can argue you genuinely needed for non-attacking purposes. Also, there is supposedly a non-lethal “goo-spray” that is concentrated ink that’s meant to be able to ID the attacker running away or even after they’ve washed it off as it’s supposed to be viewable under UV lights. At that point with those options (or lack thereof) I might just take the risk with hiding the spray on my person and not in the bag.

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