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NYC_SKP

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19. 1/2" drywall is easy. 1/2' plywood siding is not so easy.

Reply to Arctic Dave (Reply #18)

Tue May 7, 2013, 07:16 PM

May 2013

And, obviously, stucco on lath or brick facing would be even harder.

In any event, as indicated above (nolabear) the psychological walls are probably what kept these victims from even trying to get through a wall.

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You can bust through a wall to escape a house... [View all] elehhhhna May 2013 OP

And the DU victim-blaming concern trolls rev their engines... Scootaloo May 2013 #1

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #7

No. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #11

Or break water fixtures so badly that it'd flood NightWatcher May 2013 #2

um, no he wouldn't have to explain magical thyme May 2013 #6

You might have second thoughts if your captors threatened to slice open one of the Ninga May 2013 #3

These girls didn't have a choice to do anything. The doctor said they girls were southernyankeebelle May 2013 #4

The report said they were in the basement. newmember May 2013 #5

no shit. but this is info you might want to share with your kids elehhhhna May 2013 #9

My home is a brick-faced, lath and mortar frame home built in 1929.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

I kniow - I said that. elehhhhna May 2013 #12

I know. One of the reasons I bought an old home. Junkdrawer May 2013 #14

The walls they were facing weren't only physical ones. nolabear May 2013 #10

^^^ Best response to the OP. ^^^ NYC_SKP May 2013 #17

Yes! It is so much more complicated than people realize. Phentex May 2013 #21

Yup. Elizabeth Smart was just talking about that. n/t pnwmom May 2013 #23

I predict.... NYC_SKP May 2013 #13

Probably because the OP is ridiculous and not so veiled victim blaming. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #15

These women were so fearful of their torturers that sufrommich May 2013 #16

That much is true, sadly. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #20

It's called a donkey kick. Firefighters are taught how to do it. Arctic Dave May 2013 #18

1/2" drywall is easy. 1/2' plywood siding is not so easy. NYC_SKP May 2013 #19

Not as easy but doable. Arctic Dave May 2013 #24

That would depend on where you were chained. n/t pnwmom May 2013 #22