Of course.
1) How do I know you aren't sick?
2) How do I know you aren't dangerous?
3) How do I know you aren't mentally unstable?
Trust is earned man, especially in the wild. To be met with anything but hostility would be me putting my own personal societal views above the safety and security of myself, my family, and my friends. Survival 101: Avoid People. Survival 201: If you can't avoid people, be pessimistically cautious.
Hostility doesn't mean shot on site, but it might mean that you would be told to walk 15 miles in another direction under guard and then let go (and then watched for another 10-15 miles). Why? Because fuck off there is more than enough land here, this is our space.
If someone walked into your home and said "Hi, I'm Jack.. Can I uh.. have some of this food you got here?" I highly doubt you would not be alarmed and highly suspicious.
Too late. :chuckles:
No, I think you'd be more in a dependent situation. I'm not saying "kill everyone," I'm saying that folks who have opposing views should sort themselves into their own groups so that leadership is not burdened with differing ideologies. It's best not to have people who want to challenge you in your group or question your ethics. Those people might begin to resent you, and then what you have, then then try to kill you in your sleep.
All the smiles in the world don't mean shit if they end up shooting you in the back. I need people I can trust so that I can hand them a loaded firearm and have them watch my back, not aim at it.
I feel that bro.. And to me, that seems like a perfect typeof person to bring along... Doesn't seem like a threat to me at all.. Just chill and be easy with what happens. But when people start vocally dissenting, it's time to sort folks out.
If you can't take charge of a situation to protect your family then who is tasked with that responsibility?
Or real world experience of:
a) Having my ass kicked by police, repeatedly, and almost getting my teeth knocked out.
b) Seeing how people really act when they are put into wild situations (like spending just a bit of time at the Workhouse will do).
b) Having my friend's brains blown out right next to me in the backseat of a Cutlass.
c) Growing up poor as fuck and having no food to eat for days.
d) Having no lights, no water and watching my mother go outside and turn that shit back on.
e) Having kids and no way to feed them
f) Dealing with stupid bitches who only care about the events of the day they find themselves in and not the next
g) Having a mother and uncles who lived through and served in Vietnam and show all the scars from it
h) Being left in a jail cell for days for no reason.
i) Learning first hand that being Black-Arab in America is akin to walking through a meat grinder and then tossed in boiling water.
j) Watching folks you knew your whole life get addicted to crack and literally just disappear from your conscious reality. "u remember so-and-so??"
k) Having not just the first bitch, but the next bitch drag your kids away from you and laugh in your face while doing it.
l) Having situations turn so ugly, so quickly, that you find yourself with truly no hope for your future.
So yeah... that kind of experience can shape you into being the kind of person who would shoot a border patrol agent if he felt he had to, or clear out a room full of people.
When I did play video games, I played them to escape... Not fuck around at my house in the 'burbs... But to escape poverty, destitution, institutional racism, unemployment; shit that would drive people to insanity. Try finishing school, getting a degree, keeping a job, with all that shit going on around you.
You got a 2-year old and a pregnant wife... Been there done that.. I got 3 fucking kids homeboy. I got a sick mother, a computer nerd stepfather, and a wife who would literally melt and most probably shutdown completely in such a situation. You're not the only one with a family...
I'm not saying I would invite an experience like that, I'm just being open and honest on an anonymous (I'd never say this shit in public) forum where we can see where/how different folks think.
p.s.
Not directed at you NateDagg, but just understand that because you've described your life as relatively easy you shouldn't assume the rest of ours has been. Me and my older brother can't even talk about our early lives without getting sick. So each of us has different experiences.. Mine led me to Hawaii where I truly felt reborn. My brother saw that and came out there and now has a new family, wife, and a great life.. But I never forget where I came from. Hard knock Cleveland...
Well that escalated quickly! I don't even know how to break apart your post and respond to your responses of my response b/c it isn't showing my first response. Probably wouldn't get me anywhere anyway, ha! You are still crazy, too.:chuckles:
How can trust be earned if an encounter with someone is met with hostility? That's why I am parking my ass where I know the territory and the people - I have the trust currency where I live, so no need to get nuts and venture out to the unknown. If 21 days go by in my house and nobody is sick and nobody comes and goes, then I would call that a pretty successful plan. I got an extra freezer and an extra tank of propane - if shit starts to get crazy here, I am going to Ralphs/Costco and buying a bunch of booze (for trade, of course) and a ton of steaks. If I am holed up at home, there will be meat eaten.
If survival 101 is avoid people, isn't the hunker down approach superior to blasting a border patrol officer? That's why you need Jigo anyway. He is the token white guy who can speak to other paranoid token white guys. Think of it as a way to help you save ammo:chuckles:
If some crazy dude Jack knocked on my door and asked for food, I would do something equally crazy: I would survey the amount of food that I had and likely give it to him (through a window or some shit b/c I don't want any damn Ebola). That's how I roll. This "Jack" guy will see me, he will hear my alpha and respect my gangster, and he will pick an old lady down the street if he is looking to rob/steal. I am not an easy mark, and the sign in my lawn that says I am armed might be a lie or the truth, so he'll move on.
Your experiences are intense, and they have molded you into the man that you have become. I just don't want you blasting a border patrol agent when you can have Jigo white-talk him into going away. Plus, Jigo can always text me and you all could come through after it's all said and done. I like to BBQ.
As far as the video games, that temporary reprieve was probably nice, but what helped you escape poverty, destitution, and unemployment was running TOWARD the problem, not avoiding it, no? You did things to be in control of your life - got educated, got worldly, got networked, and ran between the tackles toward the things that sucked around you, ran them over, and built a world with people in it that you trust/love. The video games were just the times in-between the plays, and we are all entitled to hobbies and recharging our batteries.
I don't see where I assumed anyone's life was easy. I don't get that at all. I know that it says it isn't directed at me, but then it sounds like it is right at me? If it isn't, then who did assume that anyone else's life was easy? What does that have to do with a plan to blast a border patrol dude, go into the middle of Canada, and potentially mow down a room full of people if you feel that your family is threatened (what if you are wrong?)?
So once again, you can find me away from the hard-knock Cleveland people, letting the panic die down because that's me staying true to my values, and taking control of the situation in the way that I best see fit.
PS - I'll give you 10:1 odds that if you shoot anyone, Jigo will shit his pants.