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I don't see myself that way, have no desire to try and act like a hero, and don't consider the protective benefits society in general gets from me taking care of Number One. If it happens as a side effect, fine and good, but that's neither my intent nor my motivator.
It's too bad, but that's what people get for not taking care of themselves and criminalizing me taking care of myself. My goal is going to be to get away from danger. If that means I have to stop anyone trying to prevent me from doing that, again, that's a side effect, not my goal.
But isn't that inconsistent with all this "Three Percent" whoop-de-do, as detractors characterize it?
Not at all.
If it comes to that, it will mean I can't get away--all escape routes will have been sealed. At that point, I'll have some pretty ugly and terrifying choices to make.
So will you.
For now, we can either prepare for the possibility or we can deem it ridiculously improbable and remote, and disparage those who do.
[Via Steven K]
Woman Sued for Rescue Effort in Car CrashI've had several occasions in the past to help those in need--and on two of those occasions placed myself in harm's way to intervene. But I have to say, the way things are going, I have a personal issue with the "sheepdog" analogy floating around the RKBA camp.
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I don't see myself that way, have no desire to try and act like a hero, and don't consider the protective benefits society in general gets from me taking care of Number One. If it happens as a side effect, fine and good, but that's neither my intent nor my motivator.
It's too bad, but that's what people get for not taking care of themselves and criminalizing me taking care of myself. My goal is going to be to get away from danger. If that means I have to stop anyone trying to prevent me from doing that, again, that's a side effect, not my goal.
But isn't that inconsistent with all this "Three Percent" whoop-de-do, as detractors characterize it?
Not at all.
If it comes to that, it will mean I can't get away--all escape routes will have been sealed. At that point, I'll have some pretty ugly and terrifying choices to make.
So will you.
For now, we can either prepare for the possibility or we can deem it ridiculously improbable and remote, and disparage those who do.
[Via Steven K]