Crispin
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My journey into the Everything Else forum started one fateful night, after a long day's work, and a refridgerator that was not properly stocked with beer. I should have sought solace in exercise or mediation but I was irritable and angry. I thought like any warm-blooded American would and decided to vent my anger on the internet. This is the first forum I have ever participated in and this was the first time I posted on a "hot topic" issue. I was unprepared for what I had ventured into. I realized today that my adventures down this rabbit hole had dramtically changed the way I viewed the world. I saw a man today with a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the shoulder.
My thoughts raced in a way that they never had before. I thought about Sandy Hook. I thought about TH's views on the constitution and personal liberties. I thought about last night's discussion with DieselRam on legislation. I pictured certain member's of TNET armed from head to toe yelling, "Guns don't kill people...I kill people." Oops, I meant "people kill people." I thought of Bill in Canada, his attempts to mediate conversation, and how he might view Americans. I thought of Spartacus staring off into space and wondering why one was bigger then the other. I thought of BigScoop writing prose in an elloquent manner. However, mostly I thought of death and depression. My views have changed since that night I called DieselRam "The Enemy" in an emotional outburst.
1. I value civil liberties more then I ever have. I am honored to have fellow Americans who are deeply patriotic.
2. I will look on new legislation in a different way. Now, I will always look at new legislation and ask the question..."What liberties are being taken from me?"
3. I know now that I have no idea what an assault rifle is.
4. Having prided myself on not letting the media cloud my judgement...I was ashamed at how they formed misrepresentations in my mind.
5. I learned about the Dunbar principle from Ammon.
6. I learned that some people place no value on education, research, and higher learning.
7. I learned not to assume that everybody wants to be considered a friend; and then, I learned that I could find common ground with those I thought were not friends.
8. I developed a better understanding of the essence of the constitution and how others value it.
9. I learned that the war between State and Federal rights is just as alive as it was 200 years ago.
10. I discovered that the revoccation of rights I hold dear may be closer then I thought and more tenuous then first imagined.
I learned, developed, discovered, looked, and valued many other things differently as well. I am glad to have participated in this discussion.
Et nomine patri, et fili, spiritus sancti,
Sic Semper Tyrannis,
Crispin
My thoughts raced in a way that they never had before. I thought about Sandy Hook. I thought about TH's views on the constitution and personal liberties. I thought about last night's discussion with DieselRam on legislation. I pictured certain member's of TNET armed from head to toe yelling, "Guns don't kill people...I kill people." Oops, I meant "people kill people." I thought of Bill in Canada, his attempts to mediate conversation, and how he might view Americans. I thought of Spartacus staring off into space and wondering why one was bigger then the other. I thought of BigScoop writing prose in an elloquent manner. However, mostly I thought of death and depression. My views have changed since that night I called DieselRam "The Enemy" in an emotional outburst.
1. I value civil liberties more then I ever have. I am honored to have fellow Americans who are deeply patriotic.
2. I will look on new legislation in a different way. Now, I will always look at new legislation and ask the question..."What liberties are being taken from me?"
3. I know now that I have no idea what an assault rifle is.
4. Having prided myself on not letting the media cloud my judgement...I was ashamed at how they formed misrepresentations in my mind.
5. I learned about the Dunbar principle from Ammon.
6. I learned that some people place no value on education, research, and higher learning.
7. I learned not to assume that everybody wants to be considered a friend; and then, I learned that I could find common ground with those I thought were not friends.
8. I developed a better understanding of the essence of the constitution and how others value it.
9. I learned that the war between State and Federal rights is just as alive as it was 200 years ago.
10. I discovered that the revoccation of rights I hold dear may be closer then I thought and more tenuous then first imagined.
I learned, developed, discovered, looked, and valued many other things differently as well. I am glad to have participated in this discussion.
Et nomine patri, et fili, spiritus sancti,
Sic Semper Tyrannis,
Crispin
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