I'm late.....
so sue me....
Let me address a couple of points/posts that were made.
Comrade 206, You said:
You mean the belief in something without logic or reason?
I would not say that faith is the belief in something without logic or reason. I have faith, and I can tell you EXACTLY why I believe the way I do. Now, it may not be logical to YOU, but I can articulate my position in a logical fashion/manner. Does that mean you have to accept it? No, what matters is my ability to convey my rationale, but what are the standards for measuring "logic" or "reason"?
With all do respect HERESY, it's hard to be told anything on a message board by someone you've never met (speaking for the majority of course).
I know it is, and thats part of the reason why I do NOT take offense to the negative comments I am getting. Again, if this were another thread or topic, I would have ran through the majority of "ha ha funny" guys quicker than Michael Irving running through a kilo of uncut butter. However, now is not the time for that, and I won't bring these encounters up again if I run across the people in the future.
I'm not saying you're not a stand up guy or anything like that, but let’s look at this sensibly: a person on a gangsta rap message boards warns users to immediately get a med kit if they live in a certain region. These seems to imply that something is about to go down. Seems a bit suspect doesn't it?
And because this is a gangsta rap message board people assume that intelligence is lacking and the people are overlooked. People are influenced by rap music, and truth be told people are influenced by message boards, and if rappers can tell you to wear this, buy this, say this what is wrong with someone telling them to prepare themselves? Now, if anything, it would make ME look suspect or like some AL-QAEDA operative when you consider all the "anti" establishment rhetoric that comes from rap music and the content on this site (including my views).
Why say they wallow and walk like headless chickens simply because they do not take someone on a message board seriously?
They don't have to take me seriously. That is the point. If they do not take me seriously and something happens to them that is on THEM. That is NOT my problem. Again, you are looking at what this site IS and the content on this site. I am looking at who and what I am, what the people are, and what they NEED to hear. If they can get death and destruction in the form of depraved music, or if they can geat death and destruction from their favorite artist posting on boards, surely they can get some encouragement or words of wisdom to prepare for something ahead.
There isn’t much logic in doing what your told unless you know why your doing it.
Comrade,
SHOULD I have to tell you WHY you need to get an emergency kit prepared? Shouldn't a person have one on hand? Now, what you're asking for is the reason (earthquake, fire, tornado, mass uprising etc), but as I said before this thread is NOT about me telling you what to do and why to do it because the majority
WON'T do it
anyway.
If I told everyone to throw away one left sneaker out their bedroom window and to please not ask questions just do it, people would likely think I have a few screws loose.
Bad analogy/example comrade. Throwing a sneaker out the bedroom is not detrimental to their lives (unless someone slips on it by mistake.) Do you see a BENEFIT in getting an emergency kit? I would hope so. Do you see a benefit from throwing a shoe out the window? Besides lessoning foot odor I would say no.
What kind of emergency kit are we talking about here? Yes, they can come in handy in the event of being stung by a bee, scraping ones knee on the pavement or burning your finger while smoking a bowl. Now, say in the event of, oh I don't know I’m just throwing stuff out there- a terrorist attack like the twin towers, chemical warfare or a nuclear bomb, there’s not much band aids and ointment will do.
Comrade, a chem or nuke attack can cause trouble, but have you factored in the fact that if a chem or nuke attack happened in one area that it may be hard to get supplies etc from ANOTHER area? Is it far-fetched to assume or think that the supplies will not QUICKLY fly off the shelf (especially when people are displaced)?