Speaking of self defense through Kung Fu or nuke bombs

I saw a Kung Fu demonstration on television one evening recently. The commentator said, "a Kung Fu expert with his pair of feet fears nothing." Not even arthritis?

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"In Kung Fu you defend yourself with your feet ... You fight with your feet," the commentator said. Other people also use their feet for self-defense. When threatened, they run!

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The same Kung Fu commentator said: "A Kung Fu expert can fight a sword with his feet." Believe me, I know of a Kung Fu practitioner who landed in the hospital after stepping on a rusty thumb tack.

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Speaking of self-defense, the North Koreans now have a nuclear bomb - for self-defense kuno. They have yet to come up with a self-defense against the verbal attacks by nearly all other nations, including their best friend China, for their belligerence.

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Levity aside now, I would like to join the many people who're saluting Carcar policeman SPO1 Meliton Agadier, who showed heroism and civic consciousness in responding to a PUJ rob alarm despite the fact that he was off duty. Robbery in the PUJ was frustrated.

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City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was so impressed by Agadier's heroic act that he offered the policeman a reward of P20,000 and an invitation for him to join the city police force if he so wished. The cop was thankful for the mayor's cash reward "kay makatabang sa pagbayad sa mga utang." But he said he felt he could not get the amount so soon because "moagi pa kinig mga proseso ug nagkinahanglan pag mga rekisitos."

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Key business leaders in Manila have spoken: The reason - or one of the main reasons - why investors are shying away from the Philippines is the terrible bureaucratic red tape. It takes long for an application to open a business to be acted upon. Reminds me of a Hong Kong firm engaged in the import-export of heavy equipment. Its president told me he tried to set up his business in the Philippines but eventually decided to go to Thailand "because it takes too long for Philippine government agencies to act - favorably or unfavorably - on my application."