Student in Gary, Indiana attacks classmate with a flail.

[DFM]

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_s...105338.html?ic

Ballard said she bumped into one of the freshman's friends in the hallway at Lew Wallace High School, and an argument started. Ballard said that's when the young girl pulled out a flail – a sharp, spiked metal ball attached to a handle by a chain or short stick – and started swinging.

"She swung it quick but I just jumped back real quick, 'cause it was long and I had to keep runnin' back,” Ballard said. “I was running back as she was comin' to me."

Am I bad person for thinking this girl is the most awesome girl ever? I mean, finally, someone who knows how to resolve school conflicts properly. It's too bad for all of us, though, because no matter what we do, we will never have a moment bad ass enough to top the moment she pulls a fucking flail out of her bag.

Also:

“It’s heavy, and it’s metal, and it’s sharp,”

Do people really need to have a flail explained to them?

[Meister]

Another Girl Who Intervened Was Hit By Weapon, Called Flail

"Flail! Flaaaail!"

... surely at that point they had no need for another one?

Do people really need to have a flail explained to them?

Yes, because otherwise they'll go around calling it a morningstar or even a mace.

[Fenris]

Originally Posted by DFM

Do people really need to have a flail explained to them?

Yes. To some people (the medievally naïve), a flail is an action, denoted by the rapid flinging of limbs everwhere, thus, flailing.

Also, that girl, while completely awesome to think of a flail as a defensive weapon, should probably talk to the guidance counselor about her problems with students, rather than resorting to sheer face-bashy violence.

Okay, sheer face-bashy violence would probably solve her need for defense, but I digress...

[Squall Leonhart]

[...]"That type of weapon would surprise anyone,” said Lt. Samuel Roberts of the Gary Police Department. “It's not the typical weapon that you may find at a school."[...]

Is anyone else kinda surprised by that comment? As if they're trying to say schools are common ground for certain kind of weapons nowadays...

[DFM]

Well, yeah, they are.

You wouldn't be surprised if someone pulled out a knife or gun. I mean, you might be, not by the fact that they were using them as weapons.

A flail, though? How often do you even see one of those?

[Tyrazial]

Unfortunately for me I see them at least twice a month. Though maybe not so much since I stopped teaching people how to -use- medieval weaponry they bought cause it "looks cool".

BTW. No matter how much padding you wair, a real morning star can -still- crush bones. Or in my case, fracture. But alas, all the in the name of fun!

[Mirai Gen]

It only makes me laugh harder because this girl seems like the social outcast nerd, getting petty revenge by pulling out a weapon they probably bought at the renaissance fair.

God I'm hot already.

[Tyrazial]

...... o... kayyyy.....


Anywho. Har. I honestly would love to get a camera shot of the initial look on everyone's face when they see some high school nerd pull out a frickin' flail and start going Icewind Dale on some chica.

[TopHatAssassin]

Really, the idea behind someone pulling out a flail in the middle of class amazes me to death. However, that's a big no in today's civilized society. Maybe back in renaissance times and all that it was okay for a squire to pull out his crazy weapon and start swinging it at all the other squires. But these days we have our kids go to counselling and whatnot if they have problems.
Still though, I gotta agree with the badassness of that chick. The only way I think it could get better though is if it was a spiked chain she pulled out.

[Skyshot]

"She swung it quick but I just jumped back real quick, 'cause it was long and I had to keep runnin' back,” Ballard said. “I was running back as she was comin' to me."

Reminds me of this.

Also, that girl...should probably talk to the guidance counselor about her problems with students...

Your optimism fills me with sadness.