tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post7387789515950871338..comments2024-02-29T18:18:06.972-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Liberty, Economics & Life...: Our "Safety-first" Society is turning us into SissiesJack Chamblesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-26569683283498712792013-09-18T04:21:07.936-07:002013-09-18T04:21:07.936-07:00Thanks, Jack. Glad we can have a dialogue, even th...Thanks, Jack. Glad we can have a dialogue, even though we're talking past each other. Russ Keslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646749464124573944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-3940207841397634512013-09-17T19:17:46.902-07:002013-09-17T19:17:46.902-07:00Russ,
I read your Sentinel column responding to m...Russ,<br /><br />I read your Sentinel column responding to my piece on America's character. I am sorry, but you totally missed the point of my article. I never said that being poor means you don't have character or virtue and I sure did not say or imply that someone mowing Valencia's grass or serving me a drink is without character. I thought your response was totally off, showed no understanding of what I was addressing and failed to respond to the crux of what I was saying. In short, you did what liberals always do. Read between the lines, see only what they want to see and then offer up an emotional, poorly thought-out response that has nothing to do with anything.<br /><br />p.s. Did I say, "Real men, blah, blah, blah..." No, I did not use that phrase. I offered a blog on PROBABILITY THEORY that was intended to shed a humorous light on how silly we are to worry about things that carry low odds of doing us in. Did I say anything about riding on a busy highway or seatbelts or shrimp? Nope. You assumed and invented things I did not say...as usual.<br /><br />That said, I am grateful that you at least have the guts to get on here and fuss at me. Most people don't.Jack Chamblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-50930979225645389192013-09-11T10:43:42.251-07:002013-09-11T10:43:42.251-07:00Jack,I'm trying to understand the implications...Jack,I'm trying to understand the implications you intend from this piece. Real men let their kids bike down 436 without helmets? Real men tell their families not to bother buckling their seatbelts? Real men buy shrimp from that with a cooler on the corner because he's not regulated by the FDA? Would that make one not a sissy?<br /><br />We've all done the kinds of stupid things that you bathe in a haze of nostalgia here, and the ones of us who aren't crippled or dead are lucky that we made it through. Fact is this is a litigious society, so if for no other reason than that the county is going to shoo people out of the stadium if lightning is close so that they won't get sued.Russ Keslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646749464124573944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-38605739837173759482013-09-11T05:45:11.924-07:002013-09-11T05:45:11.924-07:00You have some great childhood memories. I wonder i...You have some great childhood memories. I wonder if your parents knew what you were up to? <br />Maybe it is better if they did not know. <br />I image the other team thought of the lightening as divine intervention???<br />I do agree that the population in general is getting way too paranoid and hyper vigilant.Anneliesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269861974861654774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-24568946622771959202013-09-06T16:11:18.301-07:002013-09-06T16:11:18.301-07:00Without question, the funniest thing I read all da...Without question, the funniest thing I read all day was your bit about falling coconuts. Wonder what the death rate is for paintball?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429518948163238695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-83342414550227465982013-09-06T09:18:08.946-07:002013-09-06T09:18:08.946-07:00Odds don't seem to have anything to do with co...Odds don't seem to have anything to do with concerns. People are afraid of flying but have no trouble riding in a car without seat belts.<br />They eat high cholesterol foods and lay out in the sun to get tanned but freak out if you tell them you own an AR rifle.<br />Maybe it has to do with choice. If people die because of a choice they made, then they are happy with that. They don't want to die due to something where they have no control.ocopekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454468365809524071noreply@blogger.com