It never ceases to amaze me how closed eyed and minded some people can be. They are so afraid that other individuals are more knowledgeable than themselves and that these other’s skills are actually better than their own. Rather than being open minded and arming themselves with more knowledge they totally disregard anything but their own before even properly evaluating the related subject matter.
Some of these misinformed critics make comment on other’s works without even reading the work in question completely.
I have received through Fight Times such criticisms of other’s works and on reading the complete piece and following the diagrams or pictures have found it makes complete sense to anyone with any real ability to evaluate such.
They make criticism of individuals dress, appearance, physical attributes, or camera presence rather than taking the time to look at the subject matter. The subjects in question may not be highly professional commentators or actors but do not claim to be and it is their teachings that are most important; after all real combat or fighting is not normally pretty and is not a stage show.
Possibly these critics have spent all their time in unrealistic practises and a studio environment and don’t know reality even when it is right in front of them. It is interesting to note that they often criticise specific techniques or aspects of a technique and get it so wrong themselves. I have read how they would do this or that and as a military master instructor I am horrified at their suggestion of using tactically flawed, downright dangerous techniques.
Another interesting point is that they often attack individual’s credentials publicly when the individuals in question have provided a detailed history of their background and qualifications and even their contact details with the work in question. This is perceived as cowardly and underhanded in my close combat circles. The way the qualified ask questions is directly and there is no excuse for not doing so if the individual in question is clearly contactable. I would look at this as cowardly and stinking of hidden agendas.
Which brings me back to them being afraid of others and their expertise and shows such cowards can’t face someone and ask them straight out. They have to try and cook up a conspiracy and get others to join in to make there envious and jealous motivated intentions seem genuine and credible.
They start it and stir it and hope others will comment. It’s called cowardly when they could have asked the subjects themselves and had their questions answered directly. It’s even more unfortunate when individuals that have credible credentials and some level of experience add their opinions to something they may not have fully researched or when they accept the slant taken by others that have hidden agendas or alternative motives.
You would be hard pressed to find those with tens of years experience as an exponent, instructor or operator that know better than to comment without doing their homework and even then know it is far better to not comment and give the cowards the opportunity to move the goal posts and more press than is necessary.
When these cowards are challenged or even minor comment made they breakout into all forms of hate statements and get what they want – more press and a war of words.
I have had such individuals contact me most distressed and embarrassed requesting I pull their previous statements before they go online or to after the fact offer their apologies for getting it so wrong. They have even claimed they believed the source of their information and have since found out that they are very dubious indeed and had used them and others to do their dirty work.
I definitely believe in freedom of speech and freedom to report facts but to report untruths half-truths or deliberately changed facts are despicable and you guessed it – cowardly. This is why so few leading experts are involved with such forums or even reply to such slander.
After all this is the only war these cowards will ever be in and it’s only a war of words from a distance hiding behind a computer using the considerable free time they have that is certainly not being used in training in the subject that they have so much to say about.
Not only have many of these people never come up through the ranks and qualified but they have never even travelled outside their own country to train and experience what is out in the big wide world.
I mean travel and train and qualify on real courses, officially conducted and not simply associate with others that have no qualifications and on the job experience themselves. No they know it all from in their minds and don’t need to train and qualify and associate with other experts internationally.
I also notice these cowards provide no examples of their work on the subjects and often compared to the people they are trying to discredit these people have little or no credentials or expertise in the fields in question. This is why so many experts will not be part of such mediums as forums that provide deluded fools and conspiracy theorists and down right character assassins the chance to be the cowards they are.
I say to any credible individual that is working in the public sector and is totally contactable and available to answer direct questions, that is unfortunately the subject of public ridicule, criticism, or accusation you have a coward on your case. Real men don’t hide behind codenames or avoid asking the man himself unless they are cowards or have alternate agendas.
The truth is the knowledgeable, and those that count, can smell a rat a mile away and know who is the expert and who is a green with envy coward.
That is why at Fight Times we do not publish such cheap shot garbage or operate a forum for misfits that couldn’t be involved in such brutally real practices by any other means than from the outside with no real knowledge of what it’s like on the inside.
Our content is from experts and the responsible and we do not identify subjects in our CQB Q&A or Real Life Experiences as a policy to protect people’s identity, but we do make sure of our facts and do not assist cowards with hidden agendas.
We have a military readership worldwide and many of our contributors are military expert instructors that would not be involved with a publication that was not responsible and security conscious.
We check the facts make sure the content is factual and the source credible and ask the hard questions in regards to contributors claims, subject content, and credentials if required.
Our readers don’t want to read propaganda or conspiracy theories from cowards with hidden agendas that have little idea of what they are talking about. We have received accolades from highly respected experts and service personnel commending us on staying away from the gutter publishing and being a security conscious publication that protects their interests and their careers.
We want to get it right and have a wide range of experts on a wide range of subjects we can call on for advice and we offer anyone we write on the opportunity to proof the draft and amend it before it goes on line to ensure we get it right.
We leave the gutter writing to the cowards and wannabes who have no place in the real world of responsible and credible publishing. I remember reading about a former Green Beret who had been attacked in the media saying he felt like he had been attacked with a feather duster and that really sums it up – a cowardly attack from a distance not man to man.
Face it, the minority forum dwellers that are short on courage, confidence, and expert subject knowledge, they are the cowards that can’t cut it in the real world and that aren’t out there doing it for real but are the fringe element.
Its just a shame that they didn’t take the time to check things out, read things through, and have the ability to evaluate for themselves instead of having an agenda from the outset.
If they did they might find they would learn something and would not be so sensitive and afraid of others that know more than them and are not only qualified but are doing it for real not just dreaming and mouthing about it.
They might even become less cowardly and find new and better ways to learn with their eye patch off. What they don’t realise is when they are found out for what they are and exposed the boot may well be on the other foot.
Possibly the reason they are not out there being the expert they claim to be is that they can’t fool those that count as they simply have no valid credentials or even worse can’t get past the required checks for training little alone instructing positions.
It does make you wonder when they have so much to say on everything but their own credentials and backgrounds, makes you smell a rat if you have the combat smarts. Not all our contributors are experts and many range from beginners to basic level exponents or those with an interest in the particular subject and that is a positive thing and we welcome their contributions as long as they are factual and their own opinions and not irresponsible.
In conclusion our readers want interesting, informative content and not slanderous gutter rubbish or a hate group forum. They realise the dangers of associating with such fools on forums and that they themselves could be the victim of a character assassination and the security concerns with association in such an environment with such uneducated and spineless wannabes.
We recommend you get your answers from the subjects themselves and do not forward any gutter submissions to Fight Times as the moment you submit slanderous statements if lawsuits eventuate your submissions may well be used in evidence.
We do not want to give the cowards any space to be the cowards they are and as they do not care if their ramblings are factual or not by publishing them we would be guilty by association and that will not be the case.
Eventually these cowards slanderous submissions will end in a lawsuit if they slander the wrong people and those that assist them by publishing such material may well be sued as well.
It will only take one individual with the capacity to pursue such proceedings and with a favourable outcome the cowards will be hit in the pocket where it will hurt them financially. Its only a matter of time and should be a warning to all responsible publishers to be aware or face the likelihood of being a party to such a lawsuit.
I believe it would be great to see these cowards lose everything but we must be realistic and realise they may have nothing to lose after all to make slanderous statements one has to be brainless or penniless or both.
This is my personal opinion on such matters.
