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...and then he did the poop.

Did the deputies put on a bored "Are you kidding me?" look before taking him out?

They pulled guns instead of tasers? Hmmph.

/also, I don't get the headline.

/obligatory
//apparently there are Legos and action figures of the swordsman

I hate to sound like a liberal pussy, but isn't this what non-lethal weapons like that shotgun that shoots the rubber balls for?

Clearly he did not have a thousand years of power.

the man's father reported that his adult son was under the influence of drugs and armed with a machete

Where are you Marijuana decriminalization apologists now?

Studies show you can turn in to a machete-wielding maniac after your first toke.

Son of Thunder: Clearly he did not have a thousand years of power.

He chose unwisely.

Hey, they worked in Signs.

Crown_of_Shoes: Studies show you can turn in to a machete-wielding maniac after your first toke.



/smokin hot

Well it should have been a better shot and got him in the head.

Norad: Well it should have been a better shot and got him in the head.

Actually, he caught two in the chest, not the leg.

/Then there was the ever-present football player rapist...

Theological Farker: They pulled guns instead of tasers? Hmmph.

/also, I don't get the headline.

CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

I wish I hadn't seen the last Indian Jones movie.

Indy and Marion looked puffy and melted and that Simon kid was completely miscast.

Dont get me started on the vine swinging and the crystal aliens.

Oh, and the bomb proof fridge made me want to puke.

Spielberg and Lucas both need to get off of the antidepressants or something.

Digitalstrange: Theological Farker: They pulled guns instead of tasers? Hmmph.

/also, I don't get the headline.

CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Yeah, the pic cleared it up. Had COMPLETELY forgotten that sequence.

/time to go rent Raiders.

Man wielding machete and baseball bat still had yet to see Indiana Jones apparently

Wouldn't that have been Raiders of the Lost Ark?

amazing_live_seamonkeys: Indian Jones

That goes for Indiana Jones too.

They couldn't have shot him in the kneecap or something? Tasers, maybe? I wasn't there, but from my perspective, there were alternatives to deadly force.

Digitalstrange: CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Today's Useless Fact: That scene was improv. Originally, there was supposed to be an involved fight scene between Sword Boy and Indy. At the time of the filming, Harrison Ford had dysentery and was f'n miserable in the 100+ degree heat. On that particular take, he said F it, pulled the stage revolver and "shot" him. Sword Boy took his cue, Spielberg damn near wet his pants laughing, and the rest is history.

Digitalstrange: Theological Farker: They pulled guns instead of tasers? Hmmph.

/also, I don't get the headline.

CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Raiders of the who now? I don't get you kids today.

Xlr8urfark: I hate to sound like a liberal pussy, but isn't this what non-lethal weapons like that shotgun that shoots the rubber balls for?

Things that stop people with pain don't always work to well when people are on drugs. Non-lethal weapons are nice when they can be used without endangering anyone else; but when a failure to stop includes the risk of someone being hacked up with a machete, real bullets are the way to go.

Occam's Chainsaw: Digitalstrange: CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Today's Useless Fact: That scene was improv. Originally, there was supposed to be an involved fight scene between Sword Boy and Indy. At the time of the filming, Harrison Ford had dysentery and was f'n miserable in the 100+ degree heat. On that particular take, he said F it, pulled the stage revolver and "shot" him. Sword Boy took his cue, Spielberg damn near wet his pants laughing, and the rest is history.

No farking way. Citation? Cuz if so, that's just farkin awesome.

perfect time to use a taser and everybody left them at home.

Theological Farker: Crown_of_Shoes: Studies show you can turn in to a machete-wielding maniac after your first toke.
(TROLLCALL)
/smokin hot

Yeah... might want to check the ol' sarcasm meter again. He's got MST3K images in his profile after all.

JesseL: Things that stop people with pain don't always work to well when people are on drugs.

While I've never been hit by one, my understanding is the taser pretty much temporarily paralyzes you.

/also, why not one cop hit him with the taser, the second stadning by w/ his sidearm in case it doesn't work?
//armchair copping is fun!

thereadlines: Yeah... might want to check the ol' sarcasm meter again. He's got MST3K images in his profile after all.

Psssh. I hardly have time to RTFA. Now you want me to read PROFILES? That's just crazy talk.

amazing_live_seamonkeys: I wish I hadn't seen the last Indian Jones movie.

Indy and Marion looked puffy and melted and that Simon kid was completely miscast.

Dont get me started on the vine swinging and the crystal aliens.

Oh, and the bomb proof fridge made me want to puke.

Spielberg and Lucas both need to get off of the antidepressants or something.

I never saw it because I heard how bad it was. I just watched the fridge scene though. Good stuff, hehe. Link (new window)

This is what a headline should be. Not too obvious. Not too overt. Written with the assumption that our brains can fill in the blank. Nice job.

Theological Farker: No farking way. Citation? Cuz if so, that's just farkin awesome.

From teh wikis:

The fight scenes in the town were filmed in Kairouan; by then Ford was suffering from dysentery. He had enough, and did not want to shoot a fight scene between Indiana and a swordsman. He said to Spielberg "Why don't we just shoot the sucker?" Spielberg agreed, scrapped the rest of the fight scene, and filmed the gag of Indiana quickly shooting the swordsman.

Citation: "The Urban Legends of Indiana Jones". Official website. 2004-01-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20070612222640/http://www.indianajones.com/raiders/bt s/news/f20040113/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.

IIRC, I heard about it on a "making of" Indiana Jones program.

Did he have 1000 years of power?

Theological Farker: Occam's Chainsaw: Digitalstrange: CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Today's Useless Fact: That scene was improv. Originally, there was supposed to be an involved fight scene between Sword Boy and Indy. At the time of the filming, Harrison Ford had dysentery and was f'n miserable in the 100+ degree heat. On that particular take, he said F it, pulled the stage revolver and "shot" him. Sword Boy took his cue, Spielberg damn near wet his pants laughing, and the rest is history.

No farking way. Citation? Cuz if so, that's just farkin awesome.

it was in the commentary when they said this. ford and a few other people decided to try it out and it stuck. you can even hear the crew laughing when it happens

Theological Farker: Occam's Chainsaw: Digitalstrange: CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Today's Useless Fact: That scene was improv. Originally, there was supposed to be an involved fight scene between Sword Boy and Indy. At the time of the filming, Harrison Ford had dysentery and was f'n miserable in the 100+ degree heat. On that particular take, he said F it, pulled the stage revolver and "shot" him. Sword Boy took his cue, Spielberg damn near wet his pants laughing, and the rest is history.

No farking way. Citation? Cuz if so, that's just farkin awesome.

I've read this on IMDB and other places, some of which also mention that the mini-scene was saved and used in Temple of Doom.

Theological Farker: Digitalstrange: Theological Farker: They pulled guns instead of tasers? Hmmph.

/also, I don't get the headline.

CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Yeah, the pic cleared it up. Had COMPLETELY forgotten that sequence.

/time to go rent Raiders.

Did you also forget the Death Star blowing up?

geetus: They couldn't have shot him in the kneecap or something?

You watch too many movies.

Theological Farker: Occam's Chainsaw: Digitalstrange: CornfedIowans pic probably cleared it up but in case your still missing the joke in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - the first Indiana Jones film, an arab with amazing sword skill jumps out at Indy swinging a deadly cutlas and looking very fierce. Indy casually pulls his gun and shoots him.

Today's Useless Fact: That scene was improv. Originally, there was supposed to be an involved fight scene between Sword Boy and Indy. At the time of the filming, Harrison Ford had dysentery and was f'n miserable in the 100+ degree heat. On that particular take, he said F it, pulled the stage revolver and "shot" him. Sword Boy took his cue, Spielberg damn near wet his pants laughing, and the rest is history.

No farking way. Citation? Cuz if so, that's just farkin awesome.



IMDB has it that way.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/trivia

Fano: Did you also forget the Death Star blowing up?

THEY BLEW UP THE DEATH STAR?

/snark.

Theological Farker: Psssh. I hardly have time to RTFA. Now you want me to read PROFILES? That's just crazy talk.

I expect you to manage your staff more appropriately. For example, I've got Marcy checking out your profile, Jim's on an earlier pot thread, and the Chinese kid (Wu? Yu? I never know) is on the next photoshop troll. It's push push push, all the way, all the time, right on down the line!

Fano: Did you also forget the Death Star blowing up?

Come on, dude, spoiler alert!

frostus: Fano: Did you also forget the Death Star blowing up?

Come on, dude, spoiler alert!


You're all clear kid, now lets blow this thing and go home.

1. Not every law enforcement agency has tasers.

2. To employ one, you have to get within 15 feet of the subject (preferably less than 10) to fire the electrodes.

3. How many of you internet tough guys are going to get within 10 feet of an irrational, crazed person who is wildly swinging what is essentially a GIANT KNIFE to attempt to use a less-lethal weapon?

(Regardless of what you see on TV, most law enforcement agencies do NOT have "rubber bullets" or projectile nets, either)

The article said that two deputies approached the guy, he charged them (which equals "their lives were placed in immediate jeopardy") and the proper response was that level of force.

You can armchair quarterback/cop it all you want, but if this guy were in your neighborhood going berserk with a machete and a baseball bat, I doubt you'd suggest that the police "just let him work out his issues."

geetus: They couldn't have shot him in the kneecap or something? Tasers, maybe? I wasn't there, but from my perspective, there were alternatives to deadly force.

On a coked-up machete-wielding pothead? Kill him for the betterment of society. And it reduces the likelihood of Hassan Chop Cop.

Timmy the Tumor: I doubt you'd suggest that the police "just let him work out his issues."

Well, maybe not, but they could have let him take a few swings to trim up my hedges on the way out.

Theological Farker: Timmy the Tumor: I doubt you'd suggest that the police "just let him work out his issues."

Well, maybe not, but they could have let him take a few swings to trim up my hedges on the way out.


But if he cuts them unevenly, ventilate the motherfarker!!!

ph0rk: blow this thing and go home.

Sounds like a date I had once.

MCO 5500.6f: Deadly force is that force which a person uses with the purpose of causing death or serious bodily harm, or which a reasonable and prudent person would consider likely to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily harm.

I think Mr. Machete had it coming.

TooCheapToTF: geetus: They couldn't have shot him in the kneecap or something? Tasers, maybe? I wasn't there, but from my perspective, there were alternatives to deadly force.

On a coked-up machete-wielding pothead? Kill him for the betterment of society. And it reduces the likelihood of Hassan Chop Cop.

Why do you think the father called the cops in the first place? Do you think he really expected any other outcome?

geetus: They couldn't have shot him in the kneecap or something? Tasers, maybe? I wasn't there, but from my perspective, there were alternatives to deadly force.

Deadly force is justified against deadly force.

frostus: ph0rk: blow this thing and go home.

Sounds like a date I had once.


-Look at the SIZE of that thing!
-Stay on target