tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6312944487508735532..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Grand And Evil Experiment Part 2: Tolerating The IntolerableFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-30941138793225100992014-12-25T05:17:10.180-05:002014-12-25T05:17:10.180-05:00Generalizations enable us to simplify problems and...Generalizations enable us to simplify problems and rapidly come to solutions to those problems. You will get some scraped knuckles from fast-thinking like this, but you will also learn when and where speed is more important than subtlety. A perfect example of this is the wearing of uniforms by military or football teams so ID is quick and positive. <br /><br />Buying an expensive handgun us not a thing for haste. No one will say "just get any old thing in 9mm or .38sp+p and it will work", at least no one you should associate with. No returns, and selling barely-used will cost a hunnert bucks at least. Make sure a G17 makes you happy, or a vintage all-metal 92S feels good, (or is a .44 super blackhawk The Thing?) and good-for-you holsters exist, then get it. Use cash, so you know that you really spent money, not just another casual conveniencecard charge at the end of the month (the seller will also be happy because they get all of the money, not 96.7% of the charge). <br /><br />Generalizations regarding people, grouping them by their jobs or their families are not unfair when based on truth and facts. Everyone already knows them, in general. Stereotypes exist because they are, for the most part, generally-truthy. Individuals can and do break stereotypes all the time, and when that turns out well that's great, but it doesn't change the fact that 70% of the people like them conform to what everyone expects then observes for confirmation daily. <br /><br />Women are not generally stronger than men, for example. That is an oft-confirmed truth that I frequently take advantage of to meet interesting ladies. Doors are not all powered nor are packages self-lifting. I chuckle a little when Safeway Corporate issues rules requiring a checker to ask if I need help out with the gallon of milk that I carried in one hand across the store, with my bicycle helmet in the other. Uhhh, help how? It is a truth that should be not discussed in general company. Uh-oh, here it comes...the speech enforcement team of homeland security with a pocket warrant for hatespeach and crimethink with historical privilege enhancements to the sentence. <br /><br />Merry Christmas from Portlandia, where a Street Use Fee is actually a City Income Tax. pdxr13http://upgradepath.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-23231410200347933072014-12-24T13:48:02.647-05:002014-12-24T13:48:02.647-05:00Happy Christmas to you, Francis, and may 2015 brin...Happy Christmas to you, Francis, and may 2015 bring you and yours peace, justice and good health.<br />Thanks for all you've written this year, for being a guiding light for me, at least.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-60973731224398387222014-12-24T07:24:32.684-05:002014-12-24T07:24:32.684-05:00May God bless you and yours brother Fran. I am rem...May God bless you and yours brother Fran. I am reminded of something that I was told years ago, a bit of exercise for the mind... consider the difference between "peacemaker" and "peacekeeper"... it is... significant. And it is late - or early - in so many ways... so Grandpa will share some Greg Lake with you, from a younger time and a different life...<br /> <br />I wish you a hopeful Christmas<br />I wish you a brave new year<br />All anguish, pain, and sadness<br />Leave your heart and let your road be clear<br />They said there'll be snow at Christmas<br />They said there'll be peace on earth<br />Hallelujah... Noel... be it heaven or hell<br />The Christmas you get you deserve...<br />stormfriend sendsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com