kicking butt

The BBC news recently published an article that might help to explain why we commonly hear people threatening to "kick" someone's ass rather than "punching" them. Aside from the obvious fact that it would sound funny for someone to threaten to "punch" someone's ass, the BBC reported evidence from a new study that kicking someone (especially while they are down) has been shown to cause more serious damage than use of a blunt or sharp object. Huh?

Crazy. Apparently, your chances of survival are better if someone stabs you than if they kick you. Too bad everybody has feet, eh?

Here's the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6175633.stm

The report also featured a doctor who recommended not getting drunk as a possible defense, since drunk victims tend to fall down for often than their sober counterparts. They also stated that, "Prevention of kicking and use of blunt objects should be a priority." Really? Glad they cleared that up for us...

I'm sorry, but it's articles like this that take some random coincidental data from a hospital, put a new spin on it and try to make it a fact. Let's face it - regardless of whether you're being kicked, punched or stabbed, getting the crap beaten out of you (by anything - fists, feet, etc) is going to cause some serious damage. It just so happens that more people get the crap beaten out of them when they are lying on the ground from the initial strike. And few degenerates stoop to punch someone that is already down, when using their feet is so much more convenient.