Comments on: Order from chaos http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Max Damage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-71547 Max Damage Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:17:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-71547 It's amusing to read this and note how some folks seem to think an armed populace is a recipe for more shooting, others think it's a safer environment. The factual side of this argument has already been hashed out, and is unlikely to change any opinions. What is interesting to note is the default assumptions made by each group. One thinks you can entrust the potential use of deadly force to pretty much anybody qualified to be on a jury. On the other side, they lean towards qualifications, professionalism, loads of oversight, regulation, etc... before deeming that yes, perhaps that person can protect us. I'd suggest this has a lot to do with one's mental outlook. If one is an independent sort, one generally expects that same independence and self-reliance in others and it is their default view. If one is a more communal sort, one looks to the authority of the group and concensus and mangement and leadership for their solution and that is their default view. And weren't we talking about sheep and sheepdogs just a little while ago? What makes them different from each other? Maybe it is a mindset, a set of cultural and environmental goggles that color our view of the world we live in, that cause us to so fundamentally disagree on this and other matters. - Max It’s amusing to read this and note how some folks seem to think an armed populace is a recipe for more shooting, others think it’s a safer environment. The factual side of this argument has already been hashed out, and is unlikely to change any opinions.

What is interesting to note is the default assumptions made by each group. One thinks you can entrust the potential use of deadly force to pretty much anybody qualified to be on a jury. On the other side, they lean towards qualifications, professionalism, loads of oversight, regulation, etc… before deeming that yes, perhaps that person can protect us.

I’d suggest this has a lot to do with one’s mental outlook. If one is an independent sort, one generally expects that same independence and self-reliance in others and it is their default view. If one is a more communal sort, one looks to the authority of the group and concensus and mangement and leadership for their solution and that is their default view.

And weren’t we talking about sheep and sheepdogs just a little while ago? What makes them different from each other?

Maybe it is a mindset, a set of cultural and environmental goggles that color our view of the world we live in, that cause us to so fundamentally disagree on this and other matters.

– Max

]]> By: Lee http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-71457 Lee Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-71457 editorial corrections needed to my post: Shotgun Shooting, and Rifle Shooting Merit Badges... editorial corrections needed to my post: Shotgun Shooting, and Rifle Shooting Merit Badges…

]]> By: Lee http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-71455 Lee Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-71455 In my hometown, we already have a functioning training arm of the Militia... our Boy Scout Troop. We train on shooting with regularity, and have a high rate of Shooting and Shotgun Merit Badge accomplishment. My son can load clips, handle rifles, and shoot as well as any 11 year old on the block. That's because all the other kids are also in his Troop. In my hometown, we already have a functioning training arm of the Militia… our Boy Scout Troop. We train on shooting with regularity, and have a high rate of Shooting and Shotgun Merit Badge accomplishment. My son can load clips, handle rifles, and shoot as well as any 11 year old on the block. That’s because all the other kids are also in his Troop.

]]> By: The Thunder Run http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-71349 The Thunder Run Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:03:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-71349 <strong>Web Reconnaissance for 04/20/2007...</strong> A short recon of what?ǂ Web Reconnaissance for 04/20/2007…

A short recon of what?ǂ

]]> By: The Thunder Run http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-410022 The Thunder Run Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:03:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-410022 <strong>Web Reconnaissance for 04/20/2007...</strong> A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.... Web Reconnaissance for 04/20/2007…

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention….

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-71283 badbob Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:25:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/04/19/order-from-chaos/#comment-71283 Militia? Hank Williams, Jr. : " A Country Boy Can Survive"... All y'all folks gotta do is add that variable to the emergency kit for natural disasters is all. View it as self preservation or, if your the patriotic type, an obligation of citizenship- like voting or paying taxes (everybody did just pay their taxes, right?) 1st endorsement-Like CPTJ said above- I recommend B.S.A. for you Nanny Staters. CAP and NRA are dam fine organizations but you gotta start 'em young. Skippy - wrong again. this time- big time. b2 Militia?

Hank Williams, Jr. : ” A Country Boy Can Survive”…

All y’all folks gotta do is add that variable to the emergency kit for natural disasters is all. View it as self preservation or, if your the patriotic type, an obligation of citizenship- like voting or paying taxes (everybody did just pay their taxes, right?)

1st endorsement-Like CPTJ said above- I recommend B.S.A. for you Nanny Staters. CAP and NRA are dam fine organizations but you gotta start ‘em young.

Skippy – wrong again. this time- big time.

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