The thin blue line
Katrina’s aftershocks have revealed weak spots in our ability to respond to disaster. For those of us comfortable and wondering if we should top off the SUV or how many bags of ice to take to the tailgate at tomorrow’s football worship service…take heed. I have blogged about this before. Society is broken down right now in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. This is not a news post…turn on any news program for that. Certainly there are good people now in their finest hour helping those in need. The ripple effects are being felt widely via such fragile tentacles as the Colonial, Capline, and Plantation pipelines.
There is little I can say from my flood-proof hill where we have no more suffering than having to pay $3.30 for a gallon of unleaded. My sympathies go out to victims, rescue workers, and healthcare workers.
It would be easy to just say the looters are bad people who should be treated severely. That would assume we do not have it in ourselves to loot if the chaos was more pervasive. We can’t say how we would respond. Thanks for my wake up call. A stampede kills a thousand in Iraq. Our Limbic brain is programmed for survival, flight or fight. Our cerebral cortex aims to keep it civil but can be overwhelmed. Police know what lurks in the hearts of men run amok. They provide the Thin Blue Line between civility and anarchy.
I have done some research on survival tools. A portable generator and water purification system would be essential… But what about protection? I have polled many people about this. Your first instinct may suggest a pistol of some kind. But a shotgun has more clout and a wider command of authority. I saw on an internet post where some folks want an unregistered weapon “in case the gov’t ever tries to weaken the second amendment.”
Bill of Rights, Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Many, if not most, country people have guns. But still, I have mixed feelings about the 50 Caliber Rifle proudly made in Murfreesboro Tennessee. --James
There is little I can say from my flood-proof hill where we have no more suffering than having to pay $3.30 for a gallon of unleaded. My sympathies go out to victims, rescue workers, and healthcare workers.
It would be easy to just say the looters are bad people who should be treated severely. That would assume we do not have it in ourselves to loot if the chaos was more pervasive. We can’t say how we would respond. Thanks for my wake up call. A stampede kills a thousand in Iraq. Our Limbic brain is programmed for survival, flight or fight. Our cerebral cortex aims to keep it civil but can be overwhelmed. Police know what lurks in the hearts of men run amok. They provide the Thin Blue Line between civility and anarchy.
I have done some research on survival tools. A portable generator and water purification system would be essential… But what about protection? I have polled many people about this. Your first instinct may suggest a pistol of some kind. But a shotgun has more clout and a wider command of authority. I saw on an internet post where some folks want an unregistered weapon “in case the gov’t ever tries to weaken the second amendment.”
Bill of Rights, Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Many, if not most, country people have guns. But still, I have mixed feelings about the 50 Caliber Rifle proudly made in Murfreesboro Tennessee. --James
posted by James at 8:47 PM
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