You are safer without a knife

[Goofball]

Sorry, I don't go with any of the rigid rules above. I'll stick with my Dad's, who said you should stand up for yourself and the things you value in life. In one situation it means you run, in another it means you fight bare-handed against superior force. In yet another it means you argue and apply your intelligence to the best of your ability to solve a situation. Most of the examples above don't tell me anything about knives, they only tell me what kind of person the poster is.

Agreed.

Anybody saying you should stand you ground out of pride is an idiot.