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@pascalo
I understand what you mean. I didn't even mean Krav Maga specifically.
As far as I am concerned everything self defense labelled is a bit ... intangible.
How many success stories do we have proven? How many people that do [insert martial art here] have you seen defending themselves in a real situation? Everything else might be urban legend.
Apart from sporting context fights only some lame pub brawls. Defending yourself against a drunken sucker isn't really a quality label, if you ask me. Beating a skilled opponent in a full contact ring fight is. MMA is probably closest to "everything goes" that we get. Muay Thai, Savate, Boxing, BJJ, submission wrestling, Judo, Greco Roman all have that record of success in MMA. Haven't seen one Krav Maga guy winning any MMA match so far. Same goes for Wing Chun (my chosen style, for some weird reason).
Not saying anything about anyone here, just keeping my mind open to logical critique.
In the end it's whatever works for an individual, on whatever level.
Personally I don't believe in self defense, really. Run fu style ... 400m sprint is where it's at ;)