We're doomed. A rant.

[Joe Demko]

No, but that's such a drama queen question it's ridiculous.

Lose the attitude or the conversation is over.

Perhaps you should enlighten me about how I can better spend my time. I'm breathless with anticipation.

Shooting. Exercising. Creating an original work of art. Talking with another person. Gardening. Learning a new skill. Perfecting an old skill. Visiting an aging relative while that person is still alive. Cooking a a good meal. Hunting. Fishing. Do I really have to list every possible activity for you? It's your life, spend it as you wish. I've spent too much of mine flat on my butt staring at a box already.

 

[Guyon]

Lose the attitude or the conversation is over.

I'd say that more than a single person here is copping an attitude. I tend to agree with you, Golgo-13. But you might get off that high horse and step down here with the rest of us.

 

[John Harrison]

Sorry about the "attitude", but I find it a bit insulting to be told that I'm pissing my life away if I watch any TV. YMMV

Shooting. Exercising. Creating an original work of art. Talking with another person. Gardening. Learning a new skill. Perfecting an old skill. Visiting an aging relative while that person is still alive. Cooking a a good meal. Hunting. Fishing. Do I really have to list every possible activity for you? It's your life, spend it as you wish. I've spent too much of mine flat on my butt staring at a box already.

All admirable activities. Activities that I partake in (except hunting) while somehow also finding the time to watch some TV, a few good movies, read a bunch of books and run amok with my dog.

Hmm, perhaps I'm not wasting my life away after all. Maybe I have superior time management skills.

 

[twoblink]

Lawdog..

I had something like that happen to me before.

A few kids thought it would be fun to threaten someone, and watch them break down and cry..

I saw them doing it, to two other people, and I was suppose to be the third. I'd say maybe 6 kids.. I'm a scronny little thing (ok, not like Skunk, but still pretty thin) and so when they approached me with the "What are you looking at you little punk?" I stared them down. Fist clenched, they make even a little move, and they were all going down.

I told it to their face.. If you don't get out of my face right now, I might have to do something your mothers will regret...

That took them by surprise, as they weren't use to resistance. One of them said "yeah, but there's 6 of us and one of you." I said, all that means is that I'll be tried for 6 murders instead of 1. That's all.

They couldn't believe that line! They started to laugh, and said "Your kidding right?" I could see their face turn white...

It's incredible, what a little bit of resistance can do.. most punks are cowards, depending on large crowds.. I told him, if you are so tough, do you want to take me on? Do you really?

The walked away.

If I was in the taxi cab. You can bet your sliced sushi that I'd have the taxi cab driver in a choke in less than a second.

America, did you read the thread about the Army becoming tea sipping ninnies??

BTW.. I agree, what's a TV? I sure don't own one!!

 

[mrstang01]

I've seen the previews for Scare Tactics, and I thought the same thing...

I bet no one on the High Road ever makes it past the screening for this show!!

Michael

 

[rebbryan]

i'm in late on this but i too have seen parts of this show and seen several times where if i was old enough to have a CW i'd have drawn and been ridin the trigger. it's all fun and games till they get a real citizen on there and somethin bad happens, then all gun owners get called bad for the incident

 

[BerettaNut92]

That took them by surprise, as they weren't use to resistance. One of them said "yeah, but there's 6 of us and one of you." I said, all that means is that I'll be tried for 6 murders instead of 1. That's all.

I'm a scronny little thing (ok, not like Skunk, but still pretty thin)

I prefer 'tactical toofpick' or 'Somali weightlifter' myself

I bet no one on the High Road ever makes it past the screening for this show!!

Funny thing is I think most people in California don't know what CCWs are. They kind of assume that having a handgun on your person is something only cops and military do (as well as requiring long guns to be registered, needing a license to go to a firing range, etc) and I really wonder if they check if their victims would be armed? Of my friends, only 2 know I carry (one is a THR member), and 2 more kind of have an idea that I 'have a gun in the car'. In general it's a bad idea to startle a skunk (unless you're a car). It's far fetched but I really hope my friends don't do anything stupid

 

[ed dixon]

I've enjoyed some of the episodes. Candid Camera with a smartass attitude. There was one segment where a kid looked to be about 19 started wailing on the "psycho killer" from the back seat of the car. Didn't have much effect but showed some gumption. And, yep, I've wondered what's gonna happen lawsuit-wise when the guy goes for hard thumbs in the eyes instead of hammer blows on the back.

I got tired of people who brag about not owning a TV a long time ago. Remind me of folks who'd say they won't own an oven out of fear they'd binge on Toll House cookies every day. There's a lot of crap in your local bookstore and record shop too. It's mixed in there with the classics. Just like TV.