
RT Duncan Reyburn
Three men with a single gun and two knives between them broke into my home in Pretoria twenty years ago. I was held captive with those I was living with. After nearly two hours, aware that I and others were likely to be executed, I found a gap, grabbed a stupidly inadequate shower curtain pole as a weapon, and fought back. Actually, that pole turned out to be a better weapon than I expected.
To cut a rather messy story short, in the midst of a flurry of activity, I got shot at, at close range. By God’s mercy, I didn’t get hit. I should be dead, honestly, given that the gun was fired so close, just over a metre away, but the bullet miraculously ended up embedded in the wall opposite me. (I still can’t explain this although I have more speculations about the presence of the supernatural now than I did before this happened to me.) I continued in close combat because, thank heavens, that one bullet was the only one the attackers had. Unfortunately, one of them stabbed me (adrenaline is amazing — I only realised this later), but I still managed to chase them out of the house. (Thumping miscreants at full force with a steel pole worked wonders.)
A few years later, I saw a photograph of the gunman who’d shot at me in a newspaper — he was a Mozambican who’d been sentenced to life in prison for murdering someone else (RIP) who lived not far from me. So many of my friends have stories like this, and worse. Fighting to live is fine. And that’s all I’m gonna say on this.
Elon Musk: @POFFADER @ceosusan1 @ClownWorld Yeah, because they broke into his house in South Africa and tried to kill him and my kid sister, you stupid asshole
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RT 邓肯·雷伯恩
二十年前,三名男子持一把枪和两把刀闯入我在比勒陀利亚的家。我和同住的人被劫持。近两小时后,意识到我们很可能被处决时,我抓住机会抄起一根看似毫无用处的淋浴杆作为武器奋起反击。没想到这根杆子竟比预想中更管用。
长话短说,在混乱的搏斗中,有人在极近距离朝我开枪。蒙上帝恩典,子弹没有击中我。说实话我本该丧命——枪口离我仅一米多远,但子弹奇迹般地嵌入了我对面的墙壁。(至今我仍无法解释此事,不过比起从前,现在的我更倾向于相信超自然力量的存在。)我继续近身搏斗,因为谢天谢地,那是袭击者唯一的子弹。不幸的是其中一人刺伤了我(肾上腺素真是神奇——我事后才察觉),但我最终仍将他们逐出家门。(用钢管全力痛击歹徒的效果出奇地好。)
几年后,我在报纸上看到当年朝我开枪者的照片——这个莫桑比克人因谋杀住在我附近的人(愿逝者安息)被判终身监禁。我许多朋友都有过类似甚至更糟的经历。为生存而战无可厚非。此事我只想说这么多。
埃隆·马斯克:@POFFADER @ceosusan1 @ClownWorld 对,因为他们闯进他在南非的家,试图杀死他和我年幼的妹妹,你这蠢货。