What the hell's going on?!?!?
In the past three days: a man broke into a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Missouri and shot and killed five people and critically wounded the mayor before police shot and killed him; a woman shot and killed two other women on the campus of a college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before killing herself; another guy had planned to gun down numerous people outside the recent Super Bowl in Arizona. He didn't follow through.
Reasons??? The Kirkwood guy was mad because the city had cited him for improper permits for his paving business. The Baton Rouge woman's motives are still unclear, but the Super Bowl would-be shooter was angry because his restaurant couldn't get a liquor license.
People get mad. I understand that. I'm getting really tired of these senseless shootings!
What ever happened to a good, old-fashioned fight? You know. With fists. The thing that results when you clench your hairy little paw?!
If I want to kill someone and they are standing 300 feet from me, I can do it easily if I have a gun. What a chicken-shit I'd be!
But if I don't have a gun? I have to run over there and try to inflict some serious damage with my own two hands. I'm not that big or that strong, so chances are, that person has a very good chance of defending themselves. Or maybe not.
But it's FAIR! And I'd have to be pretty courageous (or stupid) to jump someone just because I'm mad at them.
What kind of gutless coward settles their argument with a gun? They sneak up behind their enemy or drive past in a car with shaded windows. The level of cowardice just boggles my mind.
In olden days, a disagreement would be settled with a duel. Two men would announce their issue and fight very publicly with each having an equal chance to win. Those were the days of real men.
I say, 'Cowboy up!'
You have a problem with someone? If you can't settle it diplomatically and physical violence is your only option - -as you see it- - just punch them in the nose.
It's organic.
Friday, February 08, 2008
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