Originally Posted by Roland Pfalz:
It aint "fear"...It's called "vigilance"...(that's watching out for potential threats) ya' know?
Kinda' like watching that car at an intersection that creeps just a little too far forward???
You don't practice this "vigilance" when transporting those precious lives in your care???
Read up and educate yourself...meybe???
http://www.forbes.com/sites/la...e-gun-control-lobby/
------------------------Yo, Rolly...
Uh-huh. It's fear. Oh sure, you call it vigilance, but it's vigilance borne out of fear. One post here really caught my attention and does justify what I'm saying. The post has become so convoluted I can't really figure out who said it first, but it went like this:
" I wish to live where I can go to a restaurant without carrying, concealed or otherwise, or go to church, or go to Walmart (saw an old man at WalMart in Muscle Shoals a couplel of days ago with a gun strapped on ) . I mean, do you really wish to live in that kind of society with the constant fear that someone is going to start a gunfight ?"
(The context of the post may have been different than what I'm saying)
Like I keep saying-It's gotta suck to live in fear like that.
I'm not afraid of people.
I've been going into restaurants and Walmarts and all kinds of other places with all kinds of people you prolly would keep your hand on your gun around just because of the way they look for the better part of 50 years and I've never once thought "I wish I had a gun."
The bus/intersection example you describe is an example of your fear mentality. The bus driver doesn't fear the car because he knows the car will just bounce off his 14-ton bus like an air hockey puck and he knows that his passengers are compartmentalized and high enough off the ground so that the impact forces would be directed away from them. Of course the bus driver does all he can to avoid a collision with a car in the first place in the name of safety for everyone involved, but he's not afraid of one.
It's called 'confidence.' Just like I know that pretty much no matter where I am or who I'm around, I'm confident that I will not put myself in a position where I'll be shot at. It's not likely that somebody will spazz out and start blazing away in the restaurant. I conduct myself in a civilized and for the most part polite manner with people so it's unlikely that somebody'll get mad enough to want to shoot me (although I've noticed that a lot of people around here tend to run out of words and start shooting pretty quickly. I do take that into consideration.)
I also know that if somebody DOES wanna hose down the place I'm in-unless I'm not the first target-I prolly won't know what hit me anyway. If the bullet has your name on it-it's gonna get ya. No sense walking around worried about it all the time.
Carrying a gun from what I've observed seems to cause a false confidence in people.
They tell me that they're NOT afraid BECAUSE they're carrying a gun.
But...
They're a lil' more c o c k y when they're packin'.
They shoot their mouths off more easily, which is a bad thing when they run outta words quick.
I would imagine yer in pretty bad shape if you need to carry a gun everywhere to have confidence in yourself..
Yes, the world is full of bad people. I bet it's also a really crappy place to live in when you're always afraid of the possibility that one of them might be in your vicinity.
*Edit* My ISP took a dump for a bit while I was writing and stuff went by me..
Nice one, frog!
Dog.....well, ya just made my point for me.
"Your 'what ifs' have you frozen into a state of rigid fear. NOT having the means to protect yourself and loved ones is the pinnacle of selfishness. You liberals don't want to accept personal responsibility. You want SOMEONE ELSE to do your 'dirty work' for you."
'You liberals', eh? Izzat a buzzword for 'welfare bums? Communists? Socialists? '
Do you also refer to Black folks as 'you people' when addressing one of them? How 1950s of you.
Heh. I have no political affiliation, but I am progressive-leaning.
So, you're telling me that because I don't carry a gun....that I am...somehow paralyzed with fear.. (???) O-Taaayyy, Banky. You just keep tellin' yerself that.
And that....somehow I am......shirking my responsibility...to....what??....get in gunfights like an idiot???
That I am leaving my 'dirty work' to the likes of YOU? What a pompous ass you must be!
WHAT 'dirty work?'
This isn't the wild west, muh&*&$er.... We ain't squarin' off in the middle of main street at high noon here...
Yo, Captain America. *knock knock* Reality check..
I don't have any 'dirty work' for you to do for me.
Know why?
Because I'm not an a-hole and I'm not a loose cannon.
YOU will never have to worry about doing my 'dirty work.'
"I pay attention to my surroundings. I'm a 'people watcher'. Because of this, I rarely get to truly ENJOY a meal when dining out."
Like I keep saying....It's gotta really suck to live like that, man....
I watch people, too, but for more benign reasons.
I'm not afraid of them. It would be-to me- a waste of time.
/whatever