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January 25, 2006
A study in contrast
In today's Philadelphia Inquirer, local citizen Kathy Stevenson (who I think it's fair to say is speaking for many women, and probably many men if the truth were told) writes very eloquently about fear: Whereas one kind of fear wore the face of the bogeyman (Bundy, Charles Manson, various other psychos), suddenly the bad guy could be anyone. The grown man who still lived at home and was always quiet. The loner whom none of the neighbors knew. The boy down the street who always seemed like a nice kid. The loving father and husband who one day just snapped and went on a rampage.Reading this, I wanted to scream out loud, "It doesn't have to be this way!" That's all too easy a thing for an armed man living with an overly alert pit bull to say, isn't it? So normally, I wouldn't have said it. Ms. Stevenson's thoughts on fear (articulate as they are) would have been just another thing in the paper that upset me, but which I'd have quickly decided was unworthy of a blog post. Who am I to even appear to be taking issue with the legitimate fears of a woman I have never met who is obviously speaking from the heart? And I would have left the fear piece alone had it not reminded me of a different view -- from a different woman -- on how to handle these same all-encompassing fears. That woman is "The Mrs." (I'm assuming that means Mrs. du Toit), and here are her thoughts about fear in her husband's blog: NOTE: The whole post is a must-read; what follows is only a small excerpt.I know that many people will read the above and say "guns are never the answer!" Never? Might that not depend on whether fear becomes the question? posted by Eric on 01.25.06 at 07:44 AM |
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If guns are never the answer, they're asking the wrong questions.
Like, "What word goes before "of Brixton" in a famous Clash song?"
Or "what's the best and most fun way to put holes in a tin can at 20 yards?"
Guns are/is often the answer!