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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
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Originally Posted by Yakk
When you expect to know everyone and someone new shows up, inquiring about them is pretty justified.
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Obviously we live in very different areas. People I don't know walking around is not odd to me. I suppose if you live in a well-guarded, homogenous subruban happy land then this may be appropriate action. I don't live in such an area, and if this is how you folk behave, constantly getting involved in each other's business, then I have no desire to live there. Let's just respect that we can live in different places. |
When is a qualifier. When X, Y is an if-then statement. It isn't an assertion of my reality nor my current experience.
When (you expect to know everyone)
and (someone new shows up),
then (inquiring about them is pretty justified).
It's a conditional statement.
In this case, it appears that the original poster would expect to know someone poking around in that storage unit.
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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
Right, but his response to every inkling of danger is to get involved. I follow a higher standard. I respect people's privacy enough not to get involved unless I have some reasonable evidence to believe someone is engaged in dangerous activity. Anything else is not my business.
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You aren't caring for the safety and life of someone whose safety you value 100 times more than your own. In his house he has a treasure worth more than gold or diamonds, and he doesn't want any thing to happen to them.
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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
Only to a very limited extent. I think it's more accurate to say that control relies on getting involved with each other's lives. So long as my possible harmful actions are controlled (murder, rape, assault, etc) then nothing else concerns other people. Anyone who claims it does is just a busybody.
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Harm is not restricted to murder, rape and assault. Harm extends over broad spectrums, from the small to the large.
Litter, noise, property damage, property values, security, snow on sidewalks. Parking, pollution, economic impact, courtisy, friendliness, belonging.
Not everyone views alienation from other people as the highest virtue.
People want to live in communities that make them happy. As such, they can, should and will make their communities better for themselves and others. You may find every social interaction an act of
slavery,
power and
control, but there is more to life than that for most people.
And we have you outnumbered, outgunned, outpositioned, and outpowered. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.