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Open-source got off easy: "Hora speculated that Reiser might have choked his wife, based on little evidence except that Reiser was a black belt in judo, a mart

by ken 19y ago

Open-source got off easy: "Hora speculated that Reiser might have choked his wife, based on little evidence except that Reiser was a black belt in judo, a martial art where choking is a specialty." Judo, meaning "gentle way", is apparently the martial art that teaches you how to kill your wife.

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ComputerGuru 19y ago
I can just imagine it: "And Hans Reiser was heard arguing with his wife - just like he'd practiced for years on the mailing lists of open source communities where overly-violent and highly-sensitive people are known to dwell and practice verbal abuse quite often."
- menloparkbum 19y ago
  You just described the OpenBSD mailing lists quite accurately.
  - rbanffy 19y ago
    Well. Just wait until Theo's wife goes missing.
rbanffy 19y ago
As a kid, I had a few years of Judo training and I have never learned how to choke a person. From my experience, Judo is about catching or throwing opponents off-balance (often with their unwilling help) and disarming and immobilizing them so they can't harm you. Of all martial arts, Judo is one of the gentlest. I can hardly imagine using it to kill someone who does not really want to get killed. As for Mr. Sturgeon, misreporting a crime, specially if it's done with the intention of compromising a murder investigation, is a serious offense. I am not sure why the police didn't get him. And, while we are at it, it is a real no-no do screw your friend's wife. This case begs for an appeal.
- astine 19y ago
  'Jujitsu' means gentle art, but it's all about breaking arms and snapping necks. I took Judo as a kid as well, chokes holds are permissible amongst the older classes, and I learned a few as well as some escapes. It's really just a sparring version of Jujitsu and black belt could easily strangle someone who didn't know how to defend himself. Still, this is a lot of speculation and if he strangled her, where did the blood come from? I think that it is quite likely that he killed her, but not with a choke-hold.

by ken 19y ago

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ComputerGuru 19y ago

I can just imagine it: "And Hans Reiser was heard arguing with his wife - just like he'd practiced for years on the mailing lists of open source communities where overly-violent and highly-sensitive people are known to dwell and practice verbal abuse quite often."

menloparkbum 19y ago
You just described the OpenBSD mailing lists quite accurately.
- rbanffy 19y ago
  Well. Just wait until Theo's wife goes missing.

rbanffy 19y ago

As a kid, I had a few years of Judo training and I have never learned how to choke a person. From my experience, Judo is about catching or throwing opponents off-balance (often with their unwilling help) and disarming and immobilizing them so they can't harm you. Of all martial arts, Judo is one of the gentlest. I can hardly imagine using it to kill someone who does not really want to get killed. As for Mr. Sturgeon, misreporting a crime, specially if it's done with the intention of compromising a murder investigation, is a serious offense. I am not sure why the police didn't get him. And, while we are at it, it is a real no-no do screw your friend's wife. This case begs for an appeal.

astine 19y ago
'Jujitsu' means gentle art, but it's all about breaking arms and snapping necks. I took Judo as a kid as well, chokes holds are permissible amongst the older classes, and I learned a few as well as some escapes. It's really just a sparring version of Jujitsu and black belt could easily strangle someone who didn't know how to defend himself. Still, this is a lot of speculation and if he strangled her, where did the blood come from? I think that it is quite likely that he killed her, but not with a choke-hold.