Reply #41: I don't think the world is scary, actually

[Callisto32]

I would agree with your assessment that it is actually a pretty good kind of place, wherein bad stuff happens. As for organizing my life around the possibility of being a victim, I really hope that I haven't been THAT ineffective in communicating my stance on the issue. I would not presume to advise anybody to live in fear. Believe it or not, I don't. My particular tormentor happens to be serving quite a lengthy sentence, right now, so he is no worry of mine. Even before that, though, I moved from a place where I was generally angry with and afraid of him to a place where, now, I just generally feel sorry for him. He is the one who is living the hard life, not I. (Would that be "me?" I can't remember.) But I digress.

Are you going to be attacked frequently? Probably not, but I suppose there are those who are. Are you EVER going to be the target of an attempted murder/maiming? (These are generic "yous") I really don't know the statistics, but I would guess that the chances of that are pretty low. So are the chances of ever having a "real" (though I personally think that all of that spent fuel happens to be a problem) problem, such as a meltdown, at a nuclear reactor. Do the staff members at those plants spend all of their time fearful of a catastrophic accident/screwup? I doubt it. But they had dang well be prepared to respond quickly and effectively should any problems ever arise. I see carrying a weapon for the purpose of self defense as the same thing, albeit on a smaller scale.
I am not a nuclear plant worker responsible for the physical well-being of a fairly large radius by virtue of my job, however. I am just me, responsible for the well-being of myself and those in my immediate vicinity by virtue of being human.

It has become a political crusade for me, as others have made the disarmament of the populace their political crusade. "Thesis, antithesis, synthesis," and all that.

Finally, and partially in an attempt to make this conversation more "pretty:"

I generally see the world as below.

Maybe its just me, but I think it's pretty.



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