Who steals hubcaps anymore.
Shady & Old, I hear what you are saying and this is the old: Well if a frog had wings he would not bump his azz as he jumped over a log...I won't deny the premise but the reality is it did not go that way, not saying it could not have but it did not.
Its not in my nature to run, cower in a corner and hope the perp does not hurt me or my family, I don't come from that kind of stock and I was not raised that way. Its not a question of being afraid or not, or wanting to be Mr Tough guy. I have the same fears and questioning everyone else does, but I think and operate differently. I don't think twice, I step into the bloody arena, just how I am, I don't want to ever have to tell anyone I shoveled shit in Louisiana...
"There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON'T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, "Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.” No, Sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son, your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son-of-a-Goddamned-Bitch named Georgie Patton!" [excerpt from the speech given by General Patton, somewhere in England, 5 June, 1944]
Not if he had wings...I did not get to be this old and where I am at in life being wrong at the wrong time to many times.The big difference is the frog just bumps his ass. If you are wrong it could lead to a bullet in your head or worse.
The big difference is the frog just bumps his ass. If you are wrong it could lead to a bullet in your head or worse.
Not if he had wings...I did not get to be this old and where I am at in life being wrong at the wrong time to many times.
Not if he had wings...I did not get to be this old and where I am at in life being wrong at the wrong time to many times.
Its not in my nature to run, cower in a corner and hope the perp does not hurt me or my family, I don't come from that kind of stock and I was not raised that way.
So...as usual, we are all in agreement.
You are so right and I have already had the box checked for me back in '67-'68 and you are also right its a safe bet I will die from those.Certainly, but all it takes is once....
I did not say you are anyone did, what I told you was WHO I am, I am not special or unusual there have been millions like me over 1000's of years, we run, its that we just run to where the fight is, instead of where it's not.I never advocated that. Nor did the other poster.
Straw man.
Excellent example of where I'm going with this. So, you can not change a persons mindset without very aggressive training and investing lots of time. My wife is a small frame woman. 4'8" 100lbs. She is very strong for her size... but her gun skills are not very good (she can shoot damn good) and when we wrestle around I can over power her when I turn up the heat. I'm 6'4" 215lbs. Her situational awareness is not that great... she's a stay at home mother of 3. She's not very tactical unless it's changing diapers or cleaning up juice.The reason that I have revisited these thoughts is due to an unarmed carjacking in Cedar Park a few days ago. Dad still in the HEB. Mom & 2 kids go on to the car where she puts kids in back seat, herself in co-pilot seat & wait for Dad to catch up. Bad Guy slides into the drivers seat & tells Mom that she (& hers) need to get out of the car. They got out - but what if....