Comments by "Psiberzerker" (@Psiberzerker) on "Laws Broken: Indiana Jones" video.

  1. Objection: In Egypt, Thuggery, Hooliganism, and Terrorizing by Intimidation are punishable by death, if preceded, accompanied, associated with or followed by aggravated or deliberate murder as outlined in Article 234 of the Penal Code.  Meaning Indy was locally within his rights to Self Defense against the guy with the absurdly oversized Scimitar, waving it around in a public market, while the rest of the gang was in the act of Kidnapping Marion at knifepoint.  Note the context here, he wasn't acting alone, he was acting in concert with thugs, and hooligans kidnapping Marion at knifepoint, and he was brandishing in public, with witnesses.  So, if Indy hadn't shot him, he could have had any of the conspirators executed by the officials in Cairo for what basically amounts to attempted federal Murder, kidnapping, and terrorizing by Intimidation.  I'm pretty sure that show of swordsmanship counts as "Threat of intimidation."
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  2. Marion saves his life, twice, in their first scene together. Yeah, she gets captured, and need rescuin' later, but in her bar, she drinks a Sherpa under the table, calls the Nazi "Herr mack," and tells him to get lost. Then, she proceeds to fight along Indy, staggering drunk. Stops for a schwill from a bullethole in a cask, and saves Indiana Jones. Twice. "I'm your goddamned partner!" ~Marion Ravenwood.
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  3. What gets me isn't a National, or International Law, but a law of Physics. In the opening scene, Indy encounters a number of stone-age traps. Dartguns, and walls of spikes shooting out to impale you, that sort of thing. What gets me is the stone-age photosensor. If you stick your hand in a shaft of light, you get impaled on a wall of spears shooting out of the wall. How exactly did they rig that up, with wooden gears, vine ropes, and stone counterweights? The shaft of sunlight (Apparently, it's around noon) shines down on a featureless stone floor. Do the spikes shoot out again later in the day when the sunlight moves to a different spot on the floor, or is the whole thing somehow photosensitive?
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