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Cynthetiq · 05-15-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by willravel

Look at it this way: I've been shot with a gun before, but I still don't take what I believe to be unnecessary steps to avoid being shot again. I don't feel the need to be armed. I don't avoid walking through areas that have "gang activity" (something relative in San Jose, despite what the media might have you believe) and I even leave my house unlocked often, though I'm usually home.

I do have double pane windows with that wonderfully strong seal, which makes them quite difficult to break, and I have security doors (thought they came with the house). I also would avoid someone with a gun if I saw them. I'd not get into a physical confrontation with them.

I just don't see any reason to live in fear of what probably won't happen to me. If it happens, then shit. It probably won't though. And that's fine.

This means that either:
1) You weren't aware of the danger before it happened or
2) You're unreasonably afraid after the incident.

I don't think I fit into either of these. I'm basically aware of what's going on around me. I know that I could get in a car accident or even be shot again, but the odds still remain the odds.

The bottom line:
There is a point when preparedness crosses the line into paranoia. It would be unreasonable and paranoid for me to be afraid of a shark attack, for example. Yes, it could happen, but the odds are so slim that constant fear about it is unreasonable. When I was a victim of gun crime, I could have become paranoid, but I didn't. I'm not afraid of being shot again, as it's not likely to happen.

actually in some places, people would think that you do live in fear, places like Iceland where people can leave their doors unlocked and their windows wide open. they'd wonder why you're so "paranoid" about having all that security especially in such a safe place as San Jose.

Now here's the kicker to all of this, actually will, you have prepared to some degree, not to paranoia, and I'm not accussing you of doing so, nor am I accussing you of having prepared.

You are stating that there isn't a need to prepare, yet there you go, you've stated in this post, and in another that you're actually actively preparing even though your statements are contrary to that.

Jinn nor I are stating to live in fear. We're both advocating preparedness. That's not fear, nor paranoia, in fact the thread you posted about preparedness for the end of the world, maybe we can agree that's paranoia.

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Originally Posted by willravel

So you always, without fail, wear a helmut when under a coconut tree? Do you wear latex gloves when shaking someone's hand? Or when you go to the bathroom, for that matter? And you wear a micro-filter gas mask when around other people, to avoid sickness?

You gamble with your life every day, and take no steps to avoid it. Why? The risks are highly improbable.

Depends. Can I shag Jennifer Aniston?

actually tho, you do take some reasonable steps, you wash your hands when you go to the bathroom, you may wash your hands prior to eating.

and yes, if you know that they are contagious with some sort of airborne virus, you do wear such protection, but that's again when it makes sense to do so.

some people like that gentleman that decided for himself that his TB strain wasn't going to put people at risk flew overseas. luckily it didn't harm anyone, but it could have caused some major problems for many.