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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:46 AM Original message |
No one but you is responsible for your safety ... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. If you hire a bodyguard, are they responsible for your safety? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Depends on the contract signed. Generally, yes. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If you and your friend hire a few bodyguards, are they then responsible for both your safety? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If named as the protectee(s), yes. n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. And if your whole community hires and funds a security detail? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Show me your contract with your local police. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "unless" |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Psst.. that means in jail or in custody. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sounds better than the Demagoguertastic alternative of death |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's your choice. I'll defend your right to make it. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. May you chains rest lightly upon you. n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And you too. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Best to put a balm onnit |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. "Guns and death offend my sensibilities, so Ill choose imprisonment." |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Pssssst. |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Then you have already died. |
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cognoscere (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Oh, so when they put you in a holding cell or some other detention area, |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Legally, yes.. realistically? Depends |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. You have a massive FAIL. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Police are not a security detail. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Shhh. You're bringing up those pesky facts again. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. and the saftey of others |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How "Wild" was it back then? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. read book and find out |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The question was |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Got a suggested reading list? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. In any society at any time in history, the advise to be alert ... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. And the "old wild West" did recognize our common need for protection. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. One point |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
52. Argumentum ad antiquitatum. |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. You mean a society like this? |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Society? |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Life in the big city. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. We are all responsible for each other's safety. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And if there's no one else there to help protect and for some reason you can't call 911 |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. "If you can't dial 911..." |
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Travis Coates (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I'm not responsible for YOUR safety |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. So, you are responsible for me? |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. And when 911 doesn't work what do you do? |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. another link about the phones being down. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Sorry, there may come a day when there is no one to help you. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Do you have a plan |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. When everybody is reponsible, nobody is responsible |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. This is interesting. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. YOYO (You're On Your Own) is certainly the freeper philosophy. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Truly rational people of all political persuasions realize that you ARE on your own ... |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Reality check. Sometimes there is no 911. Sometimes no phones at all. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Are liberals not supposed to fend for themselves when the situation dictates? |
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jazzhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I have a friend who lives in an exclusive gated community with their own |
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jazzhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. "Some here do too." |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. IF IF IF there is time to call 911 IF you have a phone capable of doing that |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Not a freeper one. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Do you have a plan |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. So, you can disprove it? n/t |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. What, then of those of us who live many miles from police and emergency service? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. It's the reality imposed on us by the Supreme Court |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. A nit... |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. How about when the entire phone system goes down for a few days. I give you |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. 100% truth. |
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Travis Coates (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. Police Protection |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
58. I think that everyone knows that they have to be aware of their surroundings |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Whenever possible. I don't disagree |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. You mean like this? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Many people know this, but don't practice situational awareness ... |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. This should be required reading for all! |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Thanks. (n/t) |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Good web site. I bookmarked it. N/T |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
62. Great OP, thanks! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Luck schmuck! |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Fortunately, |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Outstanding! |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Getting gun permits is very difficult over here. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. A handbag is a good weapon ... |
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