Rob, being trained to fight -- properly -- also involves being trained not to escalate force beyond what is necessary to resolve the situation. Firvulag did exactly right, by his account, by fighting just enough to protect himself and get the cops involved. BA's solution would, in the US at least, wind up with him in jail, at the very least, assuming that his knife-waving didn't cause the punks to simply kill him instead of trying for his wallet. This is even assuming that a Leatherman -- a Leatherman, for gods sake -- is useful as a combat knife. If you have to use a weapon in a fight, you'd be hard-pressed to choose a worse one, except possibly as a simple punch reinforcer. But more to the point, there was no need to resort to weapons.
I was raised by a police officer and my family, both blood and extended, are all military, police, or emergency response; in some cases, all three (my father-in-law being the prime example). Being "trained to fight", as all of them and I like to think myself are, is no excuse for getting into a dick-waving contest, as Jinx accurately puts it.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
I was raised by a police officer and my family, both blood and extended, are all military, police, or emergency response; in some cases, all three (my father-in-law being the prime example). Being "trained to fight", as all of them and I like to think myself are, is no excuse for getting into a dick-waving contest, as Jinx accurately puts it.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs