tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post7469924008534273299..comments2023-12-23T02:16:43.463-08:00Comments on "Rational Preparedness" : The Blog: An Increasingly Violent Nation in an Increasingly Violent WorldJaneofVirginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-90829009571504433252013-08-23T16:48:42.364-07:002013-08-23T16:48:42.364-07:00It is a very different time from my youth. In all ...It is a very different time from my youth. In all honesty, scary things happened then too, but there was more of a measure of decent people doing favors for one another as well as people who were dangerous.<br /> John Gray, Phd and author once told the story of his father, a salesman who was out of town. His father saw a man at the side of the road who had broken down, and he stopped to offer help. The man robbed him and put Dr. Gray's father in the trunk. Although the man did call police to tell them that there was a man in the trunk, the directions were inadequate, and Mr. Gray had died of heat exhaustion by the time he, and his rental car had been found.<br /> That was the day I stopped doing anything but calling for help for people at the side of the road. I owe it to my family not to put them through such a thing. Sadly, the world has become a place where no one should stop to help another person. My son still does, but he is armed.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-87264838350465751532013-08-23T15:39:12.789-07:002013-08-23T15:39:12.789-07:00oh Jane - i hate the fact that these kinds of post...oh Jane - i hate the fact that these kinds of posts are so necessary!!! anyone remember ted bundy? i have always gotten the chills from white guys, dressed in business suits, but a group of black men appearing out of nowhere scare the living beejeezuz out of me too. i hate having to feel this way. i would very much like to go back to a time when someone knocking on your door at 2am claiming car trouble made you invite them in, let them use the phone and heat up some leftover stew or make them a sandwich was the norm. i just don't think i could do that right now. i would tell them to wait at the end of the driveway for an hour, bring them some tea and a sandwich and lock the door with a weapon in my hands. Jane, i hate this feeling!<br /><br />your friend,<br />kymberkymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-67743683975741350372013-08-23T04:33:31.591-07:002013-08-23T04:33:31.591-07:00Yes, a lot of adults assume the same thing. This i...Yes, a lot of adults assume the same thing. This is how the Morris Co. murderer, a serial killer who used to prey on young women who had broken down on or around Route 80, got women to, at least initially, cooperate. He is said to have been nice looking, and of course, no on nice looking would "need to be a rapist or a killer". It's good that you are teaching your daughter. JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-20780642337184084242013-08-23T04:29:19.529-07:002013-08-23T04:29:19.529-07:00Thanks for posting, Gorges. Hard to believe that ...Thanks for posting, Gorges. Hard to believe that sometimes it seems little progress has been made by mankind as a whole since Biblical days.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-44576929108761067302013-08-23T04:28:33.687-07:002013-08-23T04:28:33.687-07:00Thank you PioneerPreppy, Great insights and wor...Thank you PioneerPreppy, Great insights and words to live by.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-22079345597802752013-08-23T03:44:01.522-07:002013-08-23T03:44:01.522-07:00One thing I have noticed when I used to watch cart...One thing I have noticed when I used to watch cartoons with my daughter is that you can immediately spot the bad guy as they are ugly and mean looking. This has been put into children's heads over and over to where it really sets them up for a nice looking person to take advantage of them by looking like the cartoon good guy. We even have to have good looking politicians now, look at some in the past and they were not much to look at but now you have to be a smooth talking con man/woman to get votes. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-60507800161247752402013-08-22T21:32:09.063-07:002013-08-22T21:32:09.063-07:00So sad, but so true.So sad, but so true.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-72395885289768994052013-08-22T20:53:10.347-07:002013-08-22T20:53:10.347-07:00What you always need to keep in mind are values. N...What you always need to keep in mind are values. Not only those you teach to your children but those who are a danger to you and yours as well. No amount of good will or positive thoughts are going to make you see the world in the same way as someone else. The more you are different the more your values are alien and different.<br /><br />You can call it profiling if you like, many do. Yet the truth is what is disgusting to some is entertainment to others and always will be.<br /><br />Protect yourself accordingly and never assume anyone has your same value system until it is proven.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.com