How tall are you?

[Nick]

Ok, I'm really bored, so I'm attempting to find the average height of a FreeWebSpace.net forum member...

So how tall are you?





**In inches please, if you need to switch from metric to standard click here (http://www.allmath.com/metric.asp) for a conversion tool.**

[Bruce]

Let's see... 6' 4" so that would be... 76".

[Nick]

76" for me too

[sagethefreak]

short. last i measured was about 5'9" maybe 5'10" now..

[neG.oNe]

5' 8"

[Archbob]

71 or 5'11"

[DJsexie]

Very short. :(I am 5' 6"(165?cm)

[Daniel]

6' 3"

[Canuckkev]

190 cm. :D




6' 1" 3/4 . Okay, maybe 6' 2" by now.

[DJsexie]

well, guess I am the shortest one on this forum...:(

[Canuckkev]

That's okay...chicks are sposed to be shorter. No one wants to go out with an Amazon!!:biggrin2:

[syd]

5'2 :D My boyfriend is 6'4, people laugh at us :(

[Gayowulf]

People are getting bigger and bigger. Back in the day 6'4 would be considered huge at age 16. I have a friend who was 6'1 when he was 12. he is 6'11 now, and hes 16. its really wierd.

[trenzterra]

I'm only 10, i'm ummm 1.50metres.

My country uses metres and centimetres, not inches and foot.

[Blank Verse]

I'm 6 foot even...a nice round number

[anhedonia]

I'm 5'9! :(

I hate being tall...The only good thing is I have long legs - but maybe that's not a good thing! :confused:

[Toefur]

I'm 5'11 and a bit.

[Toefur]

Originally posted by trenzterra


My country uses metres and centimetres, not inches and foot.

All civilised countries do. :D

[LeX]

I'm still growing... (hopefully) 5"4' :mad:

[Toefur]

Originally posted by LeX
I'm still growing... (hopefully) 5"4' :mad:

Wont it suck if you've done all the growing you'll do in this life :p

[LeX]

That's the one thing I worry about most.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Gayowulf
People are getting bigger and bigger. Back in the day 6'4 would be considered huge at age 16. I have a friend who was 6'1 when he was 12. he is 6'11 now, and hes 16. its really wierd.

Now that is too tall...

I am 17, and only 6' 1", well for me that is tall...

[NC_TOM]

I'm 5 feet 11.75 inches tall. I'm 16, but I haven't grown at all in the last 6 months. :p It's like I got close to being 6 feet tall and now my body is messing around and taking its time getting there.

[Tater]

I'm 18.2 hands high. :cool2:

Peace...

[kamejoko]

20 yo. Asian. 168 cm (don't know how much it is in feet and inches)

[sagethefreak]

Originally posted by LeX
I'm still growing... (hopefully) 5"4' :mad:

how old are you lex?

[bigperm]

6'3"

With my hair as big as it is now, it's more like 6'5".

[Nick]

Ok, I have come to a conclusion using 18 different heights gathered from this thread (Tater's excluded cause I don't know what the heck a 'hand' is :p). So, the average height of a FreeWebSpace.net Forum member is:

Aproximately: 69.94 inches which comes out to 5 feet 9.94 inches and for you metric people, that would be 177.65 centimeters or 1.77 meters.

[murat]

iam 173 centimeters (5,676 feet) but iam 13 and i think when iam 180 cm 5,906feets i will can dunk :D

[Nick]

You're five thousand feet tall :confused:

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Nick
You're five thousand feet tall :confused:
ROTFLMAO

I think that may raise the average a bit. :D

[neG.oNe]

Originally posted by Phrozen

ROTFLMAO

I think that may raise the average a bit. :D
ROTFLMAO yah just a bit

[Tater]

Originally posted by Nick
Ok, I have come to a conclusion using 18 different heights gathered from this thread (Tater's excluded cause I don't know what the heck a 'hand' is :p). So, the average height of a FreeWebSpace.net Forum member is:

Aproximately: 69.94 inches which comes out to 5 feet 9.94 inches and for you metric people, that would be 177.65 centimeters or 1.77 meters.

A hand is 4 inches. :p

[Hoth]

5'8". Normal, in comparison to all the giants around here.

Say, did you realize intelligence in animals can be estimated by comparing brain size to body size? So unless you all have huge hat sizes also... :p

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Hoth
5'8". Normal, in comparison to all the giants around here. Oh c'mon. I'm not a giant. I was 5'8" at one time too, I happened to be 12 years old at the time, but that's not the point.

People, for the most part, are just becoming taller now.

[Agum]

5'7"... and I'm 18 so it's safe to assume I've done all the growing already... grr.

[whatevah]

man.... I leave the forum for a few months, and what happens? everybody turns into a giant!

okay.. time to lower the average (by about .20 inches).. I'm 5'9" .. taller than both of my parents, and most of my aunts and uncles..

my mom is 5'1" (!!) my dad is 5'7" or 5'8".. my brother is currently stuck at 5'3" .. he's 15. I'm 17 and 6.3 months old.. :)

I'm in the Civil Air Patrol (http://DelawareWing.org) (kinda sorta like JROTC), and some of the younger cadets are getting tall! one has been over 6'0 since he was 13, and another is 15 and 5'11 already... I'm feeling short, but I'm a 1st Lietenant, so I outrank most of them. hehe

[syd]

So does that mean I am infact the shortest? :D :confused: I like being short, makes me look like a cutie :)

[Coolin]

Originally posted by syd
So does that mean I am infact the shortest? :D :confused: I like being short, makes me look like a cutie :) How about midget? :confused: ;)

For me, I'm around 5feet 9-10 inches (I'm not even going to try and memorize the wierd " and ' symbols.)

[LeX]

Originally posted by sagethefreak
how old are you lex? 15. :( Looks hopeless doesn't it? :cry2::cry2:

kamejoko... I'm 3cm shorter than you! *sob* I must be one of the shortest person around huh? Hey, why don't I just go kill myself!?? ARRRGH~~~~~!!!!!

[murat]

Originally posted by Nick
You're five thousand feet tall :confused:

i dont know i used babylon translator
but iam 1,73 m

[sagethefreak]

Originally posted by LeX
15. :( Looks hopeless doesn't it? :cry2::cry2:

kamejoko... I'm 3cm shorter than you! *sob* I must be one of the shortest person around huh? Hey, why don't I just go kill myself!?? ARRRGH~~~~~!!!!!

:p dont worry, when i was like 14 i was your height, now im 15, and i've grown like crazy.
god its weird... i allways think everyone is alot older... but theres all these like 13-14 year olds on here. crazyness.:confused:

[Dusty]

5,676 feet
i dont know i used babylon translator
but iam 1,73 mIn America, we use a comma for a grouping symbol and a period to denote a decimal.

"5,676" means five-thousand six-hundred and seventy-six feet.

"5.676" means five and six-hundred seventy-six thousandths feet, which is what you meant. Of course, no American would ever say that. We would say 5'8".

"5'8"" is read five-foot eight.
I'm not even going to try and memorize the wierd " and ' symbols.It's very simple. An apostrophe means foot, a quotation mark means inch.

"5'9"" means five-foot nine (you don't say "nine inch", inch is just implied. Sometime "foot" is implied too, if someone says "five-nine", they mean 5'9").

"5"9'" is simply wrong, but I guess you could read it as five inches plus nine feet.

...unless you're talking about degrees, then a degree symbol means degree, a apostrophe means minute, and a quotation mark means second.

"1°2'5"" means one-degree, two minutes, and five seconds. But you weren't talking about that.

"Wierd" is misspelled, it should be "weird". Remember the rule:
I before E
Except after C
Or when sounded as "I"
Or "A" as weigh
Neither, weird, foreign, leisure
Seize, forfeit, and height
Are the common exceptions spelled right
But don't let the C-I-E-N words get you uptight!English is a fun language, isn't it? So is English Standard (inch, hand, link, foot, yard, fathom, rod, chain, furlong, statute mile, nautical mile, league). It makes absolutely no sense and that's the beauty of it! I think its sole intent is to confuse the foreigners. :D

[Nami]

0.o Wooow....^^;; I feel sooooooo short!!!!!! -_- LeX u aren't the shortest! ^^ I'm 16 and I'm around 5'2~3" *saaaaad*

0.0 Would that make me the shortest one here?:eek:

~Nami-chan

[stu]

a towering 5'8"... :biggrin2:

at least I'm taller than most chicks... and I'm taller than that puny midget, Lex.. so i'm cool with that...:classic2:

[megacool]

5'11

wow most of you guys are really tall

[whatevah]

Originally posted by megacool
wow most of you guys are really tall

correction....most of you who replied, are really tall. ;)

[neG.oNe]

Originally posted by stu
a towering 5'8"... :biggrin2:

at least I'm taller than most chicks... and I'm taller than that puny midget, Lex.. so i'm cool with that...:classic2: ROTFLMAO puny midget

[Coolin]

Redundant English :p

[Gayowulf]

Actually it is a redundant phrase. :)

[LeX]

Originally posted by stu
and I'm taller than that puny midget, Lex.. Ahem... :angry2:

[Jan]

Originally posted by LeX
I'm still growing... (hopefully) 5"4'

You are taller than me :)

156cms

[philipgreenwood]

I kid you not:

I have increased my height from 6ft 3ins to 6ft 4ins= AMAZING!

I was measured by a doctor who noticed the change when I went in to give up smoking.

I have been practising yoga and the 'Alexander Technique" which seem to have stretched my height/back; I never intended this to happen and was already hitting my head on low ceilings.

[Webdude]

Did you know that each time you have sex you lose 1/8th of an inch in height? I was once 6'4 but am now only 4'6 :whatthe:

[Dusty]

Did you know that each time you have sex you lose 1/8th of an inch in height? I was once 6'4 but am now only 4'6 So how's the life of a male prostitute treating you, Webdude? ;)

[Webdude]

Pretty good....these rich women around here pay me $5,000 an hour of their husband's money :D

[LastActionHero]

I'm 5'11" and I'm 19. Here in India the average height it 6'. I have noticed the average height in the US is around 6'4".

[DJsexie]

So, Nick, the starter of this thread..........Have you figured out the average height of a FWS member yet?:confused:

[Hoth]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
I'm 5'11" and I'm 19. Here in India the average height it 6'. I have noticed the average height in the US is around 6'4".

Actually, just taking the first site from a quick google search: "Averages for modern Americans are just over 5’ 9" for men, and about 5’ 3 ¾" for women."


The average height you get by asking people is more like 6'4", though. Either shorter people don't answer, or they add a few inches when asked.

[Webdude]

I am actually 5'8 :D

[Gayowulf]

I think those averages were from the last generation, i.e people who are now between 35-50 yeas old. Usually kids are a few inches taller than their parents.

[Epgs]

6'3 oh yeah

[Webdude]

and you know that height has to come from somewhere else. That's why women prefer men around 5'8 instead of 6'+ :D

"Dont want no, dont want no ...."
"Isnt that cute, and extra belly button ..."
"You better put your pants back on ..."
Quoted from: 20 Fingers

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Gayowulf
I think those averages were from the last generation, i.e people who are now between 35-50 yeas old. Usually kids are a few inches taller than their parents.
Or in my case 12-14 inches taller than my parents.

[Theo]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
I'm 5'11" and I'm 19. Here in India the average height it 6'. I have noticed the average height in the US is around 6'4".

Hah? Thats way out of reality. I am 5'9" and I know more than 20 indians and just 2 or 3 are taller than me. And I am talking about guys only now.

and 6'4" or over would be only 5% or less of American guys ... not the average.

[stu]

Originally posted by Webdude
and you know that height has to come from somewhere else. That's why women prefer men around 5'8 instead of 6'+ :D
dang.. no wonder the chicks love me ;)

[keith]

yeah, what's up with that? the girls always go after the guys who get their butts whooped the easiest.

6'3" by the way.

[Webdude]

Umm.... 5'8, 200pds, muscular, high pain tolerance, 3 blackbelts, and 4 years in a Naval branch..........I dont get my --- kicked..

[Theo]

Originally posted by Webdude
Umm.... 5'8, 200pds, muscular, high pain tolerance, 3 blackbelts, and 4 years in a Naval branch..........I dont get my --- kicked..

How much can you bench-press?

[Webdude]

Been a while since I bench pressed, so I dont know. I do in home excersizes in the morn when I get up and before I goto bed.

And I take it back that I dont get my butt kicked. I tried out boxing once and decided I wasnt too good at that..LOL. A fist punch can brusie or break bones, but those friggin gloves rattle your brain around in your head...so, I didnt do to well in that.. So yeah, if your a good boxer, you could kick my butt in that..LOL.

[DJsexie]

Originally posted by Webdude
Umm.... 5'8, 200pds, muscular, high pain tolerance, 3 blackbelts, and 4 years in a Naval branch..........I dont get my --- kicked..


ooooh.....my SEXY dude...........:o

so.....are ya still available....?:wink2:

[Webdude]

That depends on you :p (this is the internet, please double check to make sure you are female :D )

[DJsexie]

Originally posted by Webdude
That depends on you :p (this is the internet, please double check to make sure you are female :D )

double check?!?!

Hey, my sexy dude, would I get all flirty over you if I am not a female?:o

[Webdude]

Hey....you might. I stopped going to a club that was next to a gay club simply because the gays next door tried to hit up on me too much. I had to walk past it from the lot to the club (and hated it). Can you imagine.....get whistled at, turn around and it's a drag queen :nervous:

[Gayowulf]

Originally posted by Webdude
Umm.... 5'8, 200pds, muscular, high pain tolerance, 3 blackbelts, and 4 years in a Naval branch..........I dont get my --- kicked..

Blackbelts in what?

[Webdude]

Tae Kwon Do. My parents had put me in it way back when. I was always short tempered and always getting into fights. So they put me in that so I'd learn to control myself. Back then I guess I felt I had something to prove, and now know I dont have to prove myself to anyone but me. Tae kwon do is a soft art. When I get in a fight, I dont hurt the other person...I let them wear themselves out. I'm better described as a passifist who knows how to defend himself extremely well :-) That's the reason I have so much patience now....being a hostmaster, you gotta have a lot of that..

So dont think just because I have a few cheap fabric belts, that I go around being a ------. I will attempt to avoid a fight if at all possible..

I thought we were talking about height? I simply pointed out the fact that not all short people get their butts whooped all the time..LOL (though it'd be nicer to be taller :confused2 )

[Gayowulf]

I pack a fair bit of height, and people always are surprised that I dont play basketball. I think thats funny.

Patience is a good thing. I have patience, and a few fabric belts too :D

[Webdude]

Hey when some short person asks if you play basketball, you could reply "No. Do you play miniature golf?" hehe

[philipgreenwood]

Well, I agree with a recent post that says people will lie about their height.

I am 6ft 4ins and weigh 92-94 kilos but wherever I go, there is a lack of people the same height as me.

If everyone who has posted is 6ft 4 on this web site, it would explain why I never see people the same height as me (because you are all at home on the Internet!!!).

Why bother lying, what will it achieve: if you have exagerated your height to impress, you are only lying to yourself.

I am not impressed by the shorties pretending!!!

Grow some inches.

"On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog" (or short).

[philipgreenwood]

I recently sulked about the responses to the height question.

There are a few people the same height as me (6ft 4ins) as I said recently but the web has no physical influence.

In a pub, many will avoid confrontation with me due to my build and height (and varying moods) but in a chat room...everyone is up for it.

2ft tall midgets having a go at 9ft titans = it shows how virtual the web really is.

The people who do this ('flame' or cause agro) in real pubs will usually get flattened by the blokes my height. It is annoying when 12 year old kids pose as older and abuse everyone coz they think it is cool....they are lil' bastards!!!

I prefer chatting in real situations because my level of anger with chat room terds just ends up pissing me off (and I can just sit back and do nothing)!

Who else has been denied their physical presence in situations such as this?

[Jan]

Totally agree, at 5'2 i would get a sore neck trying to converse with a 6'4 dude! :eek:

<edit>whoops that was a reply to philipgreenwood's first post</edit>

[Nick]

Originally posted by Webdude
Umm.... 5'8, 200pds, muscular, high pain tolerance, 3 blackbelts, and 4 years in a Naval branch..........I dont get my --- kicked..

Well ----. If you have to do that to run a Worldzone, running a webhost isn't for me :p .

[Nick]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
Well, I agree with a recent post that says people will lie about their height.

I am 6ft 4ins and weigh 92-94 kilos but wherever I go, there is a lack of people the same height as me.

If everyone who has posted is 6ft 4 on this web site, it would explain why I never see people the same height as me (because you are all at home on the Internet!!!).

Why bother lying, what will it achieve: if you have exagerated your height to impress, you are only lying to yourself.

I am not impressed by the shorties pretending!!!

Grow some inches.

"On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog" (or short).

Uh, I'm 16 years old 6'4". I'm not lying, I've always been tall. How do we know you're not a 12 year old kid pretending you're 6'4" and that you go to pubs all the time and no one messes with you?

[Webdude]

hehe....sitting behind a computer all day gets ya out of shape. Even with my daily exersizes..... So if you plan on running a webhost, be prepared to either work out each day, or go out of shape..

Back when I was 16, I had a friend the same age that was 6'8. He was a friggin giant.. We were in the school hallway one day and I was walking behind him, he does a quick u-turn, didnt see me and knocked me flat on my ---. Of course at the time I didnt think it was very funny and threatened to stand on a chair and kick him in the nuts if he did it again...

[neG.oNe]

Originally posted by Webdude
hehe....sitting behind a computer all day gets ya out of shape. Even with my daily exersizes..... So if you plan on running a webhost, be prepared to either work out each day, or go out of shape..

Back when I was 16, I had a friend the same age that was 6'8. He was a friggin giant.. We were in the school hallway one day and I was walking behind him, he does a quick u-turn, didnt see me and knocked me flat on my ---. Of course at the time I didnt think it was very funny and threatened to stand on a chair and kick him in the nuts if he did it again...
ROTFLMAO ROTFLMAO ROTFLMAO guerrila tactics! hit and run...do you honestly need a cheer to kick him in his genital areas :devious2:

[stu]

a head butt would do fine... :biggrin2:

[milkbar]

I'm 5'5" :D

[Epgs]

i am 6'3 200 lbs but i did have a friend when he was 14 he was 6'9 now he was and still is tall i think he is like 7'0 now that he is 16

[philipgreenwood]

If you would like confirmation of my present status, ask me any question about business, marketing, or the Internet.

I have just finished an MSc by research - so the bloke who thinks I am 12 can get lost.

Also, you can find out my details at any Library by asking for the electoral role (you have to be over 18 for this - so I guess that rules you out bogusBOY!!!).

As for the height and the pub bravado - come and meet me, then we'll see who is right.

[Theo]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
If you would like confirmation of my present status, ask me any question about business, marketing, or the Internet.

I have just finished an MSc by research - so the bloke who thinks I am 12 can get lost.

Also, you can find out my details at any Library by asking for the electoral role (you have to be over 18 for this - so I guess that rules you out bogusBOY!!!).

As for the height and the pub bravado - come and meet me, then we'll see who is right.

If you are an adult how comes and you sound so immature?
Maybe you have some kind of complex and your height is the only thing you have to give you confidence?

The caveman period is long over. We live the guns era and that renders any advandage you might have in a fight useless.
Fear the ones that are more crazy than you are, and not the stronger ones.

[Nick]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
If you would like confirmation of my present status, ask me any question about business, marketing, or the Internet.

I have just finished an MSc by research - so the bloke who thinks I am 12 can get lost.

Also, you can find out my details at any Library by asking for the electoral role (you have to be over 18 for this - so I guess that rules you out bogusBOY!!!).

As for the height and the pub bravado - come and meet me, then we'll see who is right.

You didn't get the point of that post did you? You were basically saying that your were 6'4" and everyone else who says they are are lying.



Originally posted by philipgreenwood
If everyone who has posted is 6ft 4 on this web site, it would explain why I never see people the same height as me (because you are all at home on the Internet!!!).

Why bother lying, what will it achieve: if you have exagerated your height to impress, you are only lying to yourself.

I am not impressed by the shorties pretending!!!

Grow some inches.

"On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog" (or short).

Judging by some of the words you used, I'm guessing you're from England or one of those places across the Atlantic, so how do you know how tall people are in America or Canada or any of the other home countries of the people who frequent here. Just because you're 6'4" and considered really tall in your country doesn't mean it's extremely tall in another country.

I was joking about the 12 year old thing, but from your reply, you might very well be 12.

[philipgreenwood]

O.K., if you suddenly try to argue that America has bigger everything I think you are clearly missing the point.

Humans come in fairly standard sizes (exc. pigmies) but the US does not produce average heights of over 6 feet tall (get a Bell curve understanding). If you want to believe yanks are all titans, feel free, but I do not.

My reply has been dumbed down becaue you are young and would not have a firm grasp of the ENGLISH language that you so often get wrong!

PS "we live the guns era": well, if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. In the UK we do not have guns. I would never want to see guns because all 16 yr old nerds with a problem with the height would probably shoot me!

You want guns? You deserve them!

[Theo]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
O.K., if you suddenly try to argue that America has bigger everything I think you are clearly missing the point.

Humans come in fairly standard sizes (exc. pigmies) but the US does not produce average heights of over 6 feet tall (get a Bell curve understanding). If you want to believe yanks are all titans, feel free, but I do not.

My reply has been dumbed down becaue you are young and would not have a firm grasp of the ENGLISH language that you so often get wrong!

PS "we live the guns era": well, if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. In the UK we do not have guns. I would never want to see guns because all 16 yr old nerds with a problem with the height would probably shoot me!

You want guns? You deserve them!

Maybe guns are not legal but if somebody wants to find one he might be able to. And what about hunting guns and other kind of weapons?Even knifes and broken bottles can do the job.
In a few words what I am saying is that you should not think that your height gives you any advantage in a fight, because all it takes is somebody thats crazier than you are to bring you down.

[murat]

how much " ' " are 173 cm ?

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by murat
how much " ' " are 173 cm ?

i'm currectly 5'8 :D

[murat]

is 5'8 173cm ?

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by murat
is 5'8 173cm ?

don't think so

[murat]

how much is 173 ??

[Hoth]

Originally posted by murat
how much is 173 ??

2.54 cm in an inch, 12 inches in a foot, so 173 cm would in fact be 5'8"

[murat]

hoth, thx :)
cdude, löl :)

[Agum]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
Well, I agree with a recent post that says people will lie about their height.

I am 6ft 4ins and weigh 92-94 kilos but wherever I go, there is a lack of people the same height as me.

If everyone who has posted is 6ft 4 on this web site, it would explain why I never see people the same height as me (because you are all at home on the Internet!!!).

Why bother lying, what will it achieve: if you have exagerated your height to impress, you are only lying to yourself.

I am not impressed by the shorties pretending!!!

Grow some inches.

"On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog" (or short).

like I said, am 5'7" and 18 years old and am damn proud of it; and in case you haven't noticed it's the perfect height girls like (asian ones at least, whom are all I care about :p). there is no need to lie.

[Ben]

im only 5' 4" and im 13 yrs old.

[Bruce]

Wow, everyone around here is so young... and so short.

Speaking of short, I need to find some taller girls. It's not fun being 6'4 and your girl is only 4'11.

[SlashTek.com]

Originally posted by Phrozen
Speaking of short, I need to find some taller girls. It's not fun being 6'4 and your girl is only 4'11.


HAHAHA
Ask santa to get her shoes with 30cm heels :D
ROTFLMAO

Flash!

[DJsexie]

Originally posted by Phrozen
Wow, everyone around here is so young... and so short.

Speaking of short, I need to find some taller girls. It's not fun being 6'4 and your girl is only 4'11.

she'll have to jump up in order to kiss you:D

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by Agum


like I said, am 5'7" and 18 years old and am damn proud of it; and in case you haven't noticed it's the perfect height girls like (asian ones at least, whom are all I care about :p). there is no need to lie.

i'm 5'8 and 14 :)

[murat]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18


i'm 5'8 and 14 :)

grandpa

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by murat


grandpa

Say what :( :confused2

[philipgreenwood]

I agree that some people are mad enough to take on anyone (tall or short).

I have had years of martial arts training (wing chun, karate, escrima) and very rarely lose my temper (and never look for fights), so I am not too bothered by most assailants - but guns are very good (bad) at killing people compared to bottles and knives!

USA has THE highest death rate from firearms - we (UK) have nowhere near your death rate (including bottles, knives, guns etc).

As for hunting guns - we do not have them either!!! (except for the controlled use of shotguns which are extremely difficult to get hold of)

Moral of the story = I am tall and have not been beaten up by anyone (that is not an invite) probably due to height, build and training. However, no-one is so good as to dodge a bullet.

Guns are designed to kill period! There is nothing macho or big about pulling a trigger - which is all the more reason never to use one.

[murat]

Originally posted by cdudeuk18


i'm 5'8 and 14 :)

if you are 14 , why your name is cdude "18" ?

[MN-Carl]

Originally posted by murat


if you are 14 , why your name is cdude "18" ?

:D i aint saying :)

but i'm 14 anywayz .....

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by philipgreenwood
I agree that some people are mad enough to take on anyone (tall or short).

I have had years of martial arts training (wing chun, karate, escrima) and very rarely lose my temper (and never look for fights), so I am not too bothered by most assailants - but guns are very good (bad) at killing people compared to bottles and knives!

USA has THE highest death rate from firearms - we (UK) have nowhere near your death rate (including bottles, knives, guns etc).

As for hunting guns - we do not have them either!!! (except for the controlled use of shotguns which are extremely difficult to get hold of)

Moral of the story = I am tall and have not been beaten up by anyone (that is not an invite) probably due to height, build and training. However, no-one is so good as to dodge a bullet.

Guns are designed to kill period! There is nothing macho or big about pulling a trigger - which is all the more reason never to use one.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people. The UK has a sky-rocketing rate of robberies and murders that are using knives because cops are not allowed to carry guns.

Where I live now, the crime rate is one of the lowest for a megaopolis. The cops carry MP-5s.

[Theo]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


Guns don't kill people, people kill people. The UK has a sky-rocketing rate of robberies and murders that are using knives because cops are not allowed to carry guns.

Where I live now, the crime rate is one of the lowest for a megaopolis. The cops carry MP-5s.

Have you ever carried a gun on you and then having somebody pissing you off REALLY badly?
It happened to me, and if others didn't manage to stop me from pulling the gun that guy would now be dead and me in jail !!

By not having the means to kill somebody right away gives you time to calm down and think more logically.

I am against people having weapons.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Theo


Have you ever carried a gun on you and then having somebody pissing you off REALLY badly?
It happened to me, and if others didn't manage to stop me from pulling the gun that guy would now be dead and me in jail !!

By not having the means to kill somebody right away gives you time to calm down and think more logically.

I am against people having weapons.

First off you are incorrect, you could of picked up a metal rod, a knife or something else to kill that person. So we should ban kitchen knifes? I see constitutional violations here. If you really want to continue this discussion open up a new thread, I don't have the time.

[Theo]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


First off you are incorrect, you could of picked up a metal rod, a knife or something else to kill that person. So we should ban kitchen knifes? I see constitutional violations here. If you really want to continue this discussion open up a new thread, I don't have the time.

There is nothing much to discuss. I said what i think. Its not so easy to kill somebody with a knife or a metal rod as it is with a gun.
The point though is that you shouldn't carry any weapons (why carry a kitchen knife?)
Anyways ... this is the wrong thread for this so I will not say anything more on this ..

[Satelk]

I'm 15 years old and 5'9 feet tall.