rawbunzel
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posted on August 20, 2003 07:43:12 PM new
YOU WILL NEVER BE SAFE AGAIN!!!
After reading that rather hysterical sounding post by a poster here I got to thinking....and some of you know that that is not always a good thing.
Anywho...do you really feel as though you will never be safe again? Do you feel THAT MUCH less safe now driving to work or eating dinner at your table or visiting a friend than you ever did?
Surely we are not so much less safe than we were prior to 9-11.Cars still crash,airliners too, earthquakes still cause death and destruction as do hurricanes and tornadoes.Let us not forget mosquitoes and West Nile virus and all the other viral and bacteriological diseases that could "get us" in a moment.One meteorite,well placed , could kill millions.
How much less safe do you feel? 90%? 75% ? 25% ? 10%? None?
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NativeAmerican
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:00:55 PM new
 OH MY THE WORLD IS COMING TO A END. 
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Linda_K
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:05:33 PM new
I guess I haven't read the hysterical sounding post you're referring to.
What are you talking about? 
I believe it's human nature to want to feel safe. We do things all the time to make ourselves feel safe, as much as we can. But there's a lot of things in life we have no control over. Although there are somethings we can control to varying degrees.
I feel no less safe today.
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Helenjw
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:28:04 PM new
LOL! Rawbunzel
I've been scrolling past those hysterical posts made by Orleansgallery.
Actually, I feel relatively safe.
I will be much happier when George W. Bush is out of office though. 
Helen
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Linda_K
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:30:05 PM new
Well then for you, Helen, it's going to be a long 5 years.
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rawbunzel
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:43:40 PM new
LindaK, t'was a Orleansgallery post. Purposly meant to sound that way I'm sure. BUT it did get me to thinking. I keep reading where people say they are afraid, that they do not feel safe..well..I feel the same as I always did. I never did feel safe flying and I still don't but no less so than before 9-11..
I believe there are some people that ,by virtue of where they work or live, may be less safe than they used to be but the majority of folks are no less safe than they ever were.
Was just wondering how others felt about it.
As far as 5 more years of Bush? That remains to be seen.
All religions are equally right
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Helenjw
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:44:09 PM new
No...I don't think so, Linda.
The comment by Orleansgallery is in this thread.
Helen
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replaymedia
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posted on August 20, 2003 08:58:41 PM new
We're ALL going to die.
It's just a matter of when & how!
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Replay Media
Games of all kinds!
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profe51
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posted on August 20, 2003 09:15:07 PM new
I don't feel less safe necessarily. No terrorists out here in the bushes...no ashcroft cops either. But I do find myself making sure there is ammo for every available firearm in the house, something I never used to do. I have always disliked crowds and closely populated spaces. A town of any size has always seemed inherently dangerous to me, ditto shopping malls, airports and (shudder) crowded sporting events. I do, however, think the REST of you are less safe.
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What luck for the leaders that men do not think. - Adolph Hitler
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davebraun
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posted on August 20, 2003 09:19:00 PM new
Just watched Bowling For Columbine (DVD). I feel very safe.
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gravid
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posted on August 21, 2003 03:39:52 AM new
I'm with Prof -
I never have felt safe in a crowd. More people who are a danger and not very likely one who would help.
Since well BEFORE 9/11 the wife and I decided going to Washington on the Mall was too dangerous to visit the Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery etc. Too much of a soft target.
And no way in hell will I go spend 2 or 3 hours being scrutinized to climb on a cramped over priced airliner. Auto traffic is still my biggest risk. And yes I to have ammo on hand and a little extra sealed up and buried where I can get it if all of it in my house is disappeared.
But how many people can calmly gage risk when the terror allert graph flickers from color to color and the news show ever night calmly speaks of the war on terror as if it really means something? Very few.
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:13:25 AM new
I expect to feel a tad unsafe until 2004 when Bush IS ousted.
Cheryl
Power to the people. Power to the people, right on. - John Lennon
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:22:19 AM new
"its the end of the world as we know it"
REM
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Twelvepole
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:30:10 AM new
I feel no less safe now, than before. If you are scared then the terrorsists have won.
Safety is your responsibility in the end...
During President Bush's next 4 years, I think we will see better times.
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
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bigcitycollectables
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:39:38 AM new
He will have us attacked with bio weapons so they can pass the new domestic security act to expand their police state powers.
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:47:20 AM new
I never said I was SCARED - I just said safety is now the issue. Not individual safety as much as collective safety of western civilization.
BIg C - you are really going off the deep end here. I mean I admire your energy to seek out information but don't let it turn you into a paranoid conspiracy person. That a very lonely, alienated way of looking at the world.
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:53:43 AM new
Who is Big C???
Cheryl
Power to the people. Power to the people, right on. - John Lennon
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:56:24 AM new
BigCIty --- have you had your coffee? was it you that had the husband who stole your pot?
let me qualify that statement stole you COFFEE POT!
[ edited by orleansgallery on Aug 21, 2003 04:58 AM ]
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 04:58:58 AM new
C i meant stole your "coffee pot"
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 21, 2003 05:00:38 AM new
orleansgallery
You are too funny! Good thing you corrected yourself. . .it is early.
Cheryl
Power to the people. Power to the people, right on. - John Lennon
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 05:05:35 AM new
It is early! I have to get up at 5:30 to get my son ready to catch the school bus. I am FIXIN to go to the grocery store. This is early for me but I kind of like it I'm getting a lot of work done.
MORE COFFEE!!!!!!!
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Helenjw
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posted on August 21, 2003 05:28:53 AM new
We all have different perceptions.
What may appear funny to some, for example, may represent to others a big mouth load of crap finagling for much needed attention.
Helen
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davebraun
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posted on August 21, 2003 09:40:05 AM new
The public is subjected to the continual marketing of fear via the evening news. Be it the latest kidnapping, heinous crime, act of terrorism. Whatever. The interesting thing is that although people are more fearful of violent crime in general the crime rate is lower than it has been at other times historically.
I am aware of my enviornment but not particularly fearful of my neighbors.
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NearTheSea
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posted on August 21, 2003 09:45:20 AM new
Well geez Rawbunzel, I thought you were talking about my rantin, err posts on the upcoming Pole Shift!!!!
Now that oughta scare everyone!
not
Art Bell Retired! George Noory is on late night coasttocoastam.com
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 09:45:59 AM new
Dave braun, a man without a tagline. Menancing in his posts, and unafraid to name call and humilate anyone who does not agree with his position.
I thought about you last night while I was dropping skinny spaghetti noodles in a pot of boiling hot water. Is DaveB your real name? It sounds so manly , like you wear flannel shirts and have hairy arms. I suspect you are a star trek fan and read books about Hobbits and sport a beard.
OR on the other hand you are a man suffering in a womans body. AM I right?
Hellen,
Yes I crave attention at every moment. I even talk to myself in the car and fantasize I am one of the most hated talk radio people in America. But alas, this can not be so I am doomed only to sit on this board and chat with other internet junkies and lonley hearts such as yourself.
Hey, if you have an Eckerds in your area, they are running a special on hair dye. Don't know if they have blue, but they might.
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wgm
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posted on August 21, 2003 09:51:24 AM new
orleans, you are rude.
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it." - A Few Good Men
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Helenjw
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posted on August 21, 2003 09:56:55 AM new
Orleans, You've mentioned shaved legs and arms in four or five posts so far. Why are you so obsessed about this issue? Do you have a problem with body hair?
I'm not a lonely hearts with blue hair but when I become old and need advice about shades of blue, I'll come straight to you for advice. LOL!
Helen
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 10:02:04 AM new
Now, now, I am "fighting a hard battle". Perhaps I am what you say but deep down inside I am struggling and its hard you know. I cry at night. I get sad when flowers die, its all too much.
Are you straying from your TAGLINE? you are suppose to be kind to EVERYONE - even me.
Live up to your tagline and don't name call!
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orleansgallery
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posted on August 21, 2003 10:05:10 AM new
Actually Helen, I do think about hair a great deal. Hair is meaningful yet so overlooked in this contemporary, shaven republican era.
As I was growing up in the late 60's and 70's, hair was a political statement. Hair meant somthing back then.
Hair has become meaningless and it bothers me. I look at my legs and think why should I shave them. I should let the hairs grow long and flowing, even my pits. Hair is earthy and hair is cool. We need a hairy society again and get in touch with our primal selves. Materialism would cease and HAIR could be our guide.
Do you relate?
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Fenix03
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posted on August 21, 2003 10:27:13 AM new
Other than a world run by Orleans, I am not scared of much. I don't think I'll be flying much in the US but that is because of all the new regulations, not safety reasons.
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