Comments on: Flashback: What Would You Do if? http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/07/07/flashback-what-would-you-do-if/ Thoughts on the Journey Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ariah http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/07/07/flashback-what-would-you-do-if/comment-page-1/#comment-29397 Ariah Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:45:25 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/07/07/flashback-what-would-you-do-if/#comment-29397 Richard, That was brilliantly put. I've never heard an explanation like you gave but I like it a lot! Thanks, I'm definitely using that next time. Richard,
That was brilliantly put. I’ve never heard an explanation like you gave but I like it a lot!
Thanks, I’m definitely using that next time.

]]> By: Richard Daley http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/07/07/flashback-what-would-you-do-if/comment-page-1/#comment-29379 Richard Daley Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:34:48 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/07/07/flashback-what-would-you-do-if/#comment-29379 My usual answer is mace or a taser. To which the response is often that they don't work every time (so my counter-response is that bullets don't hit every time). Honestly though, it's an unfair question. Whether you are a pacifist or not, or whether you advocate the ownership of guns or not, the question really is "What if the measures you put in place to keep your loved ones safe fails?" It's basically like asking someone, "What if your gun jams?" or asking someone who puts their money in a bank, "What if some uber-hacker alters the banks records?" The truth of the matter is that both the pacifist and non-pacifist takes measures to secure their loved ones and both the peaceful and non-peaceful methods can fail. My usual answer is mace or a taser. To which the response is often that they don’t work every time (so my counter-response is that bullets don’t hit every time).

Honestly though, it’s an unfair question. Whether you are a pacifist or not, or whether you advocate the ownership of guns or not, the question really is “What if the measures you put in place to keep your loved ones safe fails?” It’s basically like asking someone, “What if your gun jams?” or asking someone who puts their money in a bank, “What if some uber-hacker alters the banks records?” The truth of the matter is that both the pacifist and non-pacifist takes measures to secure their loved ones and both the peaceful and non-peaceful methods can fail.

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