SouthernBoy
Regular Member
Sorry, but the OP is responsible for providing us with all the variables that exist in their scenario. The OP has done that for us, giving us you draw your pistol and fire to stop further attack. (That last one is not a variable. It is the action opencarrypalmtrees took after analyzing the twelve, count them, twelve variables in his scenario.)
Twelve, count them, twelve specific variables. They form what the attorneys out there like to call "the four corners" of the situation - it's what we have and all that we have. If we change any of the variables we have a new scenario and therefore a new set of responses.
I know you, SouthernBoy, are trying to get at this notion of "four corners" and how everything changes if even one variable changes, but in keeping with being one of the resident pedants it actually IS my job to point out that all we can work with are the twelve, count them, twelve variables opencarrypalmtrees has provided us with. We do him a disservice if we attempt to change his scenario out from underneath him, as well as run the very high risk of confusing him.
But more than anything, what we seem to have before us is someone with a history of posting "What If" scenarios and then telling us the following BS: Why do I call BS ? Because opencarrypalmtrees says that the scenarios he posts "need an expert opinion" but comes here asking us non-experts for our opinions.(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert for a basic explanation of what an "expert" is, and pay special attention to [emphasis added] At best we have knowledge beyond that of the average person, due mostly to experience, but that's where we end (unless and until one of the attorneys shows up and tells us they are gving us their considered professional opinion - and I've yet to see any of them do that!).
In closing, let me say "Thank You" to opencarrypalmtrees for exposing himself so clearly for what he is so early in his stay here.
stay safe.
I understand and appreciate your post here. I do not know the gent's history on the site and was just trying to point out to folks that scenarios, while very good tools to use to try to envision situations and what we might want or need to do, are raft with missing variables. I'm sure we all know that no two situations are going to be the same. For example, I have osteoarthritis in both of my knees and while I can get around and am mobile, I can no longer run or fight as I was once capable of doing. This creates a "variable" in the OP's scenario that would likely not be present by a much younger man.
But I do understand what you are saying in your above quoted post so I'll just sit back and listen for a bit.