My personal interpretation of "Friend, I would not harm the for the world, but thee stands where I am about to shoot," is that you're going to do what you're going to do, and while other people can do whatever they like, you're still going to do what you have to even if it means unpleasant consequences like disrupting lives, society, or reality tunnels (but, still fair warning to warn someone first). Think "Friend, I would not damage your property for all the world, but the has parked where I will need to park my firetruck."
If using it for a ram-Quaker, I'd suggest not using a literal gun though. Physically moving, restraining, or tackling, or tossing someone overboard might work, depending on the level of problem the Quaker is trying to solve.
I'd suggest saving tacking for something like trying to separate the person from a friend or patient/kids/persons-in-their-care, especially in a dangerous solution.
Physically moving might come up in more relaxed situations though - like an armed buddy trying to prevent you from treating prisoners, when you don't have time for a long discussion. (Think Elizabeth Fry and the prison guard, if they'd been buddies and he'd thought to push the issue 'for her own good'.)
...and I /could see trying to combine a restraint/Cooldown Hug, /if/ someone is having some sort of freakout. (With the usual note about needing consent, unless someone is in immediate danger.)
Also, re: tossing people overboard... when were the first flotation devices invented? Flotation devices made of animal organs would likely be cheapest/safest, but glass or wood might also be options. Admittedly more expensive, and also a bad idea if someone gets conked on the head...but floating wooden panels that can be manually loosened from a a sinking ship might be helpful. And there's probably a way to make clothing designed to be used as a flotation device, though until the invention of lifejackets, folks would still need to be conscious and briefly able to float to use those.
Also, tangentially related, I finally figured out what the new guy in the most recent poem was up to, ettiquite-wise. :)
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Date: 2025-02-19 04:42 pm (UTC)If using it for a ram-Quaker, I'd suggest not using a literal gun though. Physically moving, restraining, or tackling, or tossing someone overboard might work, depending on the level of problem the Quaker is trying to solve.
I'd suggest saving tacking for something like trying to separate the person from a friend or patient/kids/persons-in-their-care, especially in a dangerous solution.
Physically moving might come up in more relaxed situations though - like an armed buddy trying to prevent you from treating prisoners, when you don't have time for a long discussion. (Think Elizabeth Fry and the prison guard, if they'd been buddies and he'd thought to push the issue 'for her own good'.)
...and I /could see trying to combine a restraint/Cooldown Hug, /if/ someone is having some sort of freakout. (With the usual note about needing consent, unless someone is in immediate danger.)
Also, re: tossing people overboard... when were the first flotation devices invented? Flotation devices made of animal organs would likely be cheapest/safest, but glass or wood might also be options. Admittedly more expensive, and also a bad idea if someone gets conked on the head...but floating wooden panels that can be manually loosened from a a sinking ship might be helpful. And there's probably a way to make clothing designed to be used as a flotation device, though until the invention of lifejackets, folks would still need to be conscious and briefly able to float to use those.
Also, tangentially related, I finally figured out what the new guy in the most recent poem was up to, ettiquite-wise.
:)