By kingsleyy on Skatehive
Way back while living in the village, I had my schoolmates around, and one of them, Kanu by name, a son of one of the top politicians in the community, narrated how their house at the end of our street was raided by armed robbers. He said they were all dragged to the parlour while the robbers took his dad and mom into the rooms to search for money. He said they weren't beaten; guns were just pointed at them. He added that he would have lost control at that instant if any of the armed robbers had attempted to rape any of his sisters, and he wouldn't have cared if he were shot or not. After that narration, I thought about it and realized that I actually had never thought of devising a self-defence plan simply because I had never seen myself in a critical situation that required one. Very truthfully, I would react very badly in a critical situation that required self-defence because my emotions would take control, and I probably wouldn't care about the outcome. Funnily, I have never imagi