tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post2111805176050852943..comments2024-03-28T15:19:12.892-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: A good piece from Erin on the statements of a gun bigotFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-77935255942591706332015-08-11T04:26:30.748-07:002015-08-11T04:26:30.748-07:00LarryArnold:
I hope you don't mind, but I jus...LarryArnold:<br /><br />I hope you don't mind, but I just copied your entire comment into my text file of significant quotes.<br /><br />Especially profound was the last sentence, but the entire comment is memorable.<br /><br />Thanks for that.Sailorcurthttp://sailorcurt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-11931235070783464282015-08-06T12:05:01.842-07:002015-08-06T12:05:01.842-07:00Civilization isn't "services the governme...Civilization isn't "services the government sells you." Civilization isn't even dependent on government.<br /><br />In 1980 seven tornados tore up Grand Island, Nebraska. We were without water and power for ten days, and sewer service for two weeks. Police were unavailable in our neighborhood, overwhelmed helping folks who needed it a lot more than we did. It was nearly three days before the National Guard arrived.<br /><br />"Civilization" was people right after the storm checking on neighbors, folks gathering to cut and haul tree limbs and other debris from the roads, people who lent mechanical can openers to those who only had electric, and the neighbor who went and filled his pickup camper water tank so we could hose down kids.<br /><br />Even for government, "civilization" was volunteer law enforcement, fire service, utility workers, and such who flooded in from surrounding towns to take up some of the slack.<br /><br />Civilization isn't something you depend on or give up on, it's something you participate in.LarryArnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049557823774987136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-855062561771351022015-08-06T07:06:39.068-07:002015-08-06T07:06:39.068-07:00Gosh, I filter my own water (from my own well), ge...Gosh, I filter my own water (from my own well), generate my own electricity with no attachment to the grid and gave up on "civilization" a long time ago…hmmmmmmm<br /><br />Michael BMichael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-71195731879032061452015-08-06T04:08:50.553-07:002015-08-06T04:08:50.553-07:00"like water or electricity, is provided by tr..."like water or electricity, is provided by trained professionals."<br /><br />Yet, those same professionals are the ones that for decades used lead based piping and shoddy electrical wiring which have led to hundreds of house fires. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-51121501787239434322015-08-05T23:50:15.136-07:002015-08-05T23:50:15.136-07:00The real cognitive disconnect is walking up to the...The real cognitive disconnect is walking up to the door of some venue and seeing a "no guns allowed" sign, next to a "premises protected by Acme Armed Security" logo.LarryArnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049557823774987136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-45975301286562716742015-08-05T17:09:26.534-07:002015-08-05T17:09:26.534-07:00Sounds just like a very educated complete IDIOT. W...Sounds just like a very educated complete IDIOT. World is full of them. over educated numskulls who think they are the most intelligent people on earth. If we do not agree then we are "savages". K.M.R.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-44279991059112144572015-08-05T13:32:12.602-07:002015-08-05T13:32:12.602-07:00Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warning...Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warnings that hot coffee can burn and tying a plastic bag around your head is dangerous. These are the people that repeatedly prove that Darwin was a genius.sage419https://www.blogger.com/profile/06476969968290057409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-61358824499853029712015-08-05T13:32:11.968-07:002015-08-05T13:32:11.968-07:00Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warning...Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warnings that hot coffee can burn and tying a plastic bag around your head is dangerous. These are the people that repeatedly prove that Darwin was a genius.sage419https://www.blogger.com/profile/06476969968290057409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-72310505309535853052015-08-05T13:31:58.780-07:002015-08-05T13:31:58.780-07:00Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warning...Regarding #2: This is why we have mandated warnings that hot coffee can burn and tying a plastic bag around your head is dangerous. These are the people that repeatedly prove that Darwin was a genius.sage419https://www.blogger.com/profile/06476969968290057409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-37489594302490791552015-08-05T10:53:05.525-07:002015-08-05T10:53:05.525-07:00It seems to me that there is very little differenc...It seems to me that there is very little difference from "civilized environment" and a "prison" by this liberal.Texas TopCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852775469061507190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-6058050032665765942015-08-05T05:44:18.486-07:002015-08-05T05:44:18.486-07:00This is just another of those urban elitists that ...This is just another of those urban elitists that pride themselves on the fact that they are so "civilized" that not only do they have no need to do things for themselves, but they are flat incapable of it, and anyone who is MUST be a barbarian.<br /><br />Sailorcurthttp://sailorcurt.comnoreply@blogger.com