Tecumseh:
You've twisted what I wrote, argued against the distortions you yourself created and put in my mouth, then diagnosed me as mentally ill because of them. Are you nuts or just nasty and at least a little slow?
Taurusowner began this thread by saying that his girlfriend wanted to visit New York City and Chicago but "I really would not feel safe unarmed in either of these cities walking alone with my girlfriend, day or night."
My response to his statement was: "Lots of people enjoy risky behaviors. Your girlfriend seems to be among them. Me, I would explain the situation that exist in the cities of her heart's desire." Those are the first three of only four sentences in what I wrote that a normal person could possibly interpret as referring to crime, and only the two word "risky behaviors" and the seven words "the situation that exist in the cities" give it that possibility. Everything else comes from
your mind, not my message.
You twisted my response into your own bizarre fantasy that if you don't carry a gun in those two cities
"murderers, rapists, and gang bangers are going to swarm you." That nutsiness came from
you, not me.
Then you say,
"Your the one claiming that these cities are dangerous and that these things are constantly happening." No, that nutsiness didn't come from me: it came from
you.
Based purely on your own fabrications you diagnose
me as mentally ill:
"But I am also saying then your just being paranoid." Something is wrong with you.
Those are nutsy statements, I agree, but
you're the exclusive source of their nutsiness. I can't know if you really believe I said those things or if you're just pretending I said them so you could
"argue that millions of people travel daily to these cities without their handguns and manage to make it through the day." Perhaps you're projecting
your fears onto me. I can't tell what is wrong at your end from this distance, but something really is seriously wrong there.
Perhaps you're doing it to create straw men so you can assert your stability with this fabrication:
"As I said earlier carrying a concealed gun does not mean that you are automatically immune from a criminal as the statements your making seem to imply." I implied no such thing:
you did, here and earlier.
"I am just saying that if you feel that you cannot set foot anywhere without your gun then there is a problem." I never said I felt that way:
you did. As
I said earlier, I don't know if you do it because you're nutsy or nasty or have trouble comprehending.
At the end of
my message to Taurusowner I said, "I won't spend a penny to support cities that won't let me defend myself against their criminals." Those seventeen words are the only real allusion I made to crime in any cities, and they just don't say what you are trying hard to make them say. The sentence reflects my unwillingness to support harsh gun control laws in New York City, Chicago, and several other cities. It's a general statement about cities that won't let people defend themselves. Your point is that it's paranoid to think that way. Join the Brady Campaign: they agree, and you can be their poster child.
I've lived in and/or done business in both of those cities for much longer than the 25 years you've been alive and still sheltered in school. I wouldn't say that you're an absolute idiot if you think that New York City and Chicago are as safe as you claim. But I will say that you do need to get out a bit more. At least read the newspapers or watch the little sound bites on television, or maybe do some research on the Internet. Know
something before you talk.
When the Mayors of New York City and Chicago form a consortium of city mayors to protest "illegal guns" causing crime in their cities, it doesn't take many smarts to know that they are saying what you vehemently deny: that there is violent crime in those cities, and that those crimes involve criminals who use guns, and that the violent gun crime in New York City and Chicago is beyond the ability of their mayors and police departments to control it. So I'll stand behind my statement about not spending my money to support cities that won't let me defend against their criminals. Their mayors are hysterical and trying to blame others for their problems and incompetence at handling those problems, but they won't let people have the means to defend themselves. About five months ago (October 19, 2006) a staff member of Mayor Michael Bloomberg (the mayor of New York City) was carjacked and beaten by thieves while running an errand for the mayor in nearby Hackensack, New Jersey. You don't have a clue. But I don't care what you do. Run for office in your town if that's your latest dream.
Anyone interested in comparing what I actually wrote with your versions of it is welcome to do so. There's no point in continuing to beating that dead horse unless you continue your silly attempts to ride it.
But there is another problem. The reason why I asked about your frantic attempts to get a concealed weapons permit in Bloomington, Indiana, a few months ago is so that you might recognize that it's not "paranoid" to want to carry the means of self defense and that it doesn't imply a belief that zombies lie in wait around every corner ready to pounce.
But you can't see outside yourself long enough to make the connection:
"What does me trying to get a permit when I was going to move to IU have to do with it?" You say
"Yes I wanted to carry a gun to help better prepare myself." I hope you didn't want to "better prepare" yourself for your studies with a gun. You say
"I just was going to choose to arm myself" but you think that other people are paranoid for wanting to arm themselves.
I recall your earlier comment about living in your own reality. It's not a place I enjoy visiting even at this distance. Come out of that awful place if you can.
