tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post8334501540335248468..comments2023-11-05T05:49:22.093-05:00Comments on The Breda Fallacy: QOTDbredahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-75832914586337541872010-04-17T23:24:40.760-04:002010-04-17T23:24:40.760-04:00Is Breda. Is not safe.Is Breda. Is not safe.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-60837428031689767172010-04-08T15:02:12.299-04:002010-04-08T15:02:12.299-04:00"We don't have no rules here...we're ..."We don't have no rules here...we're trying to accomplish something. Rules? We make them up as we go along."<br />---Alcee Hastings.<br /><br />Disgust.B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820065559822788663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-17492674859234310742010-04-06T21:07:49.919-04:002010-04-06T21:07:49.919-04:00Ummm... what they said... sigh... I HATE coming in...Ummm... what they said... sigh... I HATE coming in late :-(Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-72160248117690377592010-04-06T20:24:10.114-04:002010-04-06T20:24:10.114-04:00Some people are afraid of those who are secure (i....Some people are afraid of those who are secure (i.e. independant) and are willing to act on being threatened thusly?<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-21892064071122249892010-04-06T15:09:51.903-04:002010-04-06T15:09:51.903-04:00If your security arrangements are untested, then y...If your security arrangements are untested, then you have no idea if you will be safe when ugly reality encroaches.<br /><br />Familiarization, practice, awareness of surroundings can get you so far. I spent some time as a police officer back in the revolver days. I never had a firearm pointed at a few times, including once where the pucker factor was very high.<br /><br />But in the 30 some odd years since, I have never come close to being tested, and quite frankly, I hope I never will.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-18798731106407788692010-04-06T10:35:36.013-04:002010-04-06T10:35:36.013-04:00Franklin is often quoted in this regard. The more ...Franklin is often quoted in this regard. The more familiar is the one about essential liberty in exchange for security and having neither. <br /><br />The underlying fact is that we all give up some liberty to exist in a society. In return the society offers us some level of security. The problem is where on the spectrum between total liberty (i.e. anarchy) and total security (i.e. Super-Max, Florence CO) we want to be. <br /><br />We used to opt for the liberty end. Terrorists seek to drive us to the security end and in the process get the society to rebel against the repressive government. <br /><br />Bottom line is with the current response to the threat and the direction of the nation, we're screwed.Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-56153388476595407812010-04-06T09:29:34.833-04:002010-04-06T09:29:34.833-04:00The feeling of security leads to complacency. The ...The feeling of security leads to complacency. The constant struggle for security, OTOH, leads to greater awareness and vigilance. In other words, if you think the job's done, it's obviously not.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-56649184441580127062010-04-06T09:16:35.801-04:002010-04-06T09:16:35.801-04:00Security does blunt vigilance. Being snug as a bug...Security does blunt vigilance. Being snug as a bug in a rug, does not prevent you from being stepped on.gunnypinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945550915259914757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-36976591220681299972010-04-06T09:15:14.121-04:002010-04-06T09:15:14.121-04:00There is no such thing as "safe" as an a...There is no such thing as "safe" as an absolute. There are degrees of risk in any activity. <br /><br />Same for secure. <br /><br />Besides, all things wither before time.<br /><br />Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we all die.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-62640138782856170882010-04-06T08:54:53.738-04:002010-04-06T08:54:53.738-04:00Well yeah, I could be securely locked in a room fu...Well yeah, I could be securely locked in a room full of homicidal, psychopathic midgets and yet not be safe.....Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-41365097946548524162010-04-06T08:38:04.686-04:002010-04-06T08:38:04.686-04:00"There is no safety this side of the grave.&q..."There is no safety this side of the grave."<br /><br />-Jubal Harshaw, "Stranger in a Strange Land"Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.com