Comments on: Worrying About The Largely Unreal http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:20:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906958 Phoenix Woman Tue, 26 May 2009 14:36:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906958 <p>How many people die of gun deaths versus, say, swine flu in a given year?</p> <p>If we are going to have guns in our society, shouldn’t we at least try to set it up so that the people who have them can be trusted with them? We at least try to do that with cars.</p> How many people die of gun deaths versus, say, swine flu in a given year?

If we are going to have guns in our society, shouldn’t we at least try to set it up so that the people who have them can be trusted with them? We at least try to do that with cars.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906956 Phoenix Woman Tue, 26 May 2009 14:32:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906956 <p>Exactly.</p> Exactly.

]]> By: NotJust4Breakfast http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906828 NotJust4Breakfast Tue, 26 May 2009 06:37:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906828 <p>Why is it that the 80% Civil Liberty Supporters (all except the 2nd and 10th amendments) are so quick to point out how awful it is that so many sheeple are SO AFRAID of all the wrong things and YET they go right on to try to rattle the fake plastic skeleton of “OMYGOD! GUN VIOLENCE! EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET SHOT!!!1″</p> <p>I believe in all 10 amendments.</p> <p>I believe in a world where Law trumps government expediency.</p> <p>I believe I have nothing to fear. I pity those who think they do.</p> Why is it that the 80% Civil Liberty Supporters (all except the 2nd and 10th amendments) are so quick to point out how awful it is that so many sheeple are SO AFRAID of all the wrong things and YET they go right on to try to rattle the fake plastic skeleton of “OMYGOD! GUN VIOLENCE! EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET SHOT!!!1″

I believe in all 10 amendments.

I believe in a world where Law trumps government expediency.

I believe I have nothing to fear. I pity those who think they do.

]]> By: doctordawg http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906798 doctordawg Tue, 26 May 2009 04:50:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906798 <p>Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah…Hallelujah…Halleeeelujaaaaaah!</p> <p>Best post I’ve seen this entire millennium.</p> Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah…Hallelujah…Halleeeelujaaaaaah!

Best post I’ve seen this entire millennium.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906788 MarkH Tue, 26 May 2009 03:08:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906788 <p>We had Gitmo long before the torture stuff, so that guy makes a good point. If you’re not so well informed about what’s going on there it doesn’t seem important.</p> <p>Just tell ‘em Gitmo has become a rallying cry for the terrorists and we can’t let them use that to recruit more fanatics into the fight against us.</p> We had Gitmo long before the torture stuff, so that guy makes a good point. If you’re not so well informed about what’s going on there it doesn’t seem important.

Just tell ‘em Gitmo has become a rallying cry for the terrorists and we can’t let them use that to recruit more fanatics into the fight against us.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906786 MarkH Tue, 26 May 2009 03:02:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906786 <blockquote><p>better education and child care and reduction of poverty.</p></blockquote> <p>so listen to children about hunger and books they would like to have<br /> then provide them with food & books</p>

better education and child care and reduction of poverty.

so listen to children about hunger and books they would like to have
then provide them with food & books

]]> By: valletta http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906752 valletta Tue, 26 May 2009 01:30:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906752 <p>Sounds like Gavin de Becker’s “The Gift of Fear”<br /> Awesome book<br /> He is a security consultant for Oprah amd Steve Jobs and others…..there are some amazing tips in the book, I highly recommend it….</p> Sounds like Gavin de Becker’s “The Gift of Fear”
Awesome book
He is a security consultant for Oprah amd Steve Jobs and others…..there are some amazing tips in the book, I highly recommend it….

]]> By: kimmy http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906748 kimmy Tue, 26 May 2009 01:15:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906748 <p>We always let our girls make their own decisions. We always treated them as adults in the making.<br /> Did we worry? Yes. Did we lose sleep? Yes.<br /> But we tried to teach them responsibility that they would only learn on their own the same way we learned.<br /> You can only do so much and then you have to let go. We let go very early with strings attached.<br /> Now we are very proud of them and our grandchildren.</p> We always let our girls make their own decisions. We always treated them as adults in the making.
Did we worry? Yes. Did we lose sleep? Yes.
But we tried to teach them responsibility that they would only learn on their own the same way we learned.
You can only do so much and then you have to let go. We let go very early with strings attached.
Now we are very proud of them and our grandchildren.

]]> By: mls78 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906728 mls78 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:57:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906728 <p>“When will we learn to fear the right things?”</p> <p>When we take back the airwaves from the <a href="http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart/main" rel="nofollow">corporate fear merchants</a>.</p> “When will we learn to fear the right things?”

When we take back the airwaves from the corporate fear merchants.

]]> By: Zorba66 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906699 Zorba66 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:37:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/25/worrying-about-the-largely-unreal/#comment-1906699 <p>Of course, I’m older than dirt, but I used to walk to and from elementary school (starting in kindergarten), about 3/4 of a mile, in the city of St. Louis. They didn’t have school buses in the city- you either walked or took a city bus. Everyone did it, and nobody thought anything of it. I started babysitting my own younger brothers, and the neighbor kids, including infants, when I was twelve. I know people today who are afraid to leave their twelve-year-olds home alone for an hour. Different times, different fears. I do think that the ubiquitous, constant saturation of the news cycle helps to encourage the fear.</p> Of course, I’m older than dirt, but I used to walk to and from elementary school (starting in kindergarten), about 3/4 of a mile, in the city of St. Louis. They didn’t have school buses in the city- you either walked or took a city bus. Everyone did it, and nobody thought anything of it. I started babysitting my own younger brothers, and the neighbor kids, including infants, when I was twelve. I know people today who are afraid to leave their twelve-year-olds home alone for an hour. Different times, different fears. I do think that the ubiquitous, constant saturation of the news cycle helps to encourage the fear.

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