The Tourist
Moderator
Recently we have had two threads here. One touched on a warning by attorneys about being careful with your verbiage in public, and the other asked about defending a stranger. I found the responses odd considering the idea of "risk."
In one thread there seemed to be a great concern about facing opposing counsel in open court, with the fear that "your own words" would be thrown in your face. The other thread asked about strangers and having hot lead thrown into your body.
Taken as a whole, it seems we would risk potential injury easier than have someone talk harshly to us. In effect we would rather face the muzzle of a gun than the invective of some shyster. To me, that's quite a disconnect.
And frankly, I was amazed on how "uncaring" I appeared, even to myself. I actually do believe that if someone is dense enough to fall to a predator when walking in condition white then I am a fool to risk my health. To the contrary, being threatened with a stack of paperwork is a big yawn.
But let me ask this question. Has this country slipped to the point where we'd rather be shot than insist upon our enumerated rights? Have we lost so much faith in our country that the chance of being shot by a perp is preferable to a day in court?
And make no mistake about it, discharging a firearm in public, for any reason, will undoubtedly land you right into the very court arena so many of us seem to fear.
I really do try to be a good person, but reading these two threads back-to-back makes me wonder even more. It would appear from your prose that if we did have to defend a stranger, and were then thrown to the wolves, most of you guys would think this was "America as usual."
Is that what we really believe now in our free society?
In one thread there seemed to be a great concern about facing opposing counsel in open court, with the fear that "your own words" would be thrown in your face. The other thread asked about strangers and having hot lead thrown into your body.
Taken as a whole, it seems we would risk potential injury easier than have someone talk harshly to us. In effect we would rather face the muzzle of a gun than the invective of some shyster. To me, that's quite a disconnect.
And frankly, I was amazed on how "uncaring" I appeared, even to myself. I actually do believe that if someone is dense enough to fall to a predator when walking in condition white then I am a fool to risk my health. To the contrary, being threatened with a stack of paperwork is a big yawn.
But let me ask this question. Has this country slipped to the point where we'd rather be shot than insist upon our enumerated rights? Have we lost so much faith in our country that the chance of being shot by a perp is preferable to a day in court?
And make no mistake about it, discharging a firearm in public, for any reason, will undoubtedly land you right into the very court arena so many of us seem to fear.
I really do try to be a good person, but reading these two threads back-to-back makes me wonder even more. It would appear from your prose that if we did have to defend a stranger, and were then thrown to the wolves, most of you guys would think this was "America as usual."
Is that what we really believe now in our free society?