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What about the members in society who wish not to obey by the mandating acts of civility? The ones who are unorthodox in nature within the living standards. The persons who are inept and devoid of feelings, empathy and equality towards others and show no mercy nor aforethought in their actions. These are the habitual non-conformists who feel that they are self-justified to take advantage of our good faith system with incorrigible disregard of the law. Now, if we all close our eyes and take a deep breath for a moment, perhaps we could mentally make them just go away. You know, out of sight, out of mind? Well, saying our prayers and hiding under the bed just won't cut it folks. Evil coexists with good and without it; well, we would not know what goodness really is, right? Whatever the divine plan was from the start, mankind just seems to be designed this way, for now.
Violent interactions and criminal acts started from the dawn of times and will exist unit the end of times. We must except the notion and not be dismissive from its nature. Simple and prudent remedies for defense tactics must resonate in our minds in the event evilness rears it's ugly intent. Just because we are all spoiled and service orientated Americans, does not mean that of civil servants, or law and justice, are there to protect you from harm and neglect. Our modern quests in survival for food, shelter, and protection has indeed manifested into a much better program, but it should not be taken for granted. Much like the historic caveman! Survival also meant having his spear near him at all times, should he need it for defense, rather than for hunting. Today, most of us have their cell phone near by if in the event they are texted, not the mention, the TV remote as well. Wake up and smell the survival!
As we live in a somewhat structured and insecurely lawful society, we at times ignore our intuition of fear and dismiss nature's signs of danger that was physiologically instilled in us. Why? Well, it is mostly due to the fact that we do not wish to be casted in society as being uncivil, mistrustful, or over zealously characterized as being, well, called the proverbial "Fraidy Cat." Hard to believe? You think that childhood learned juvenile traits did not manifest in our heads only to now allow some of us to be ignorantly submissive to rudimentary signs of risk and danger? Oh, yes they do.
Let's talk about risk. There is an old saying, "Risk is not being afraid of losing sight of the shore." Well, contrary to what one would believe, we all put ourselves at risk each day. Driving a car at 40 miles per hour while on your way to work is a large risk when you consider that head on traffic is driving just as fast and could impact you with the combined force of 80 miles per hour. Ouch! Even though you are wearing a seat belt with air bags, one is going to suffer some injury and severe neurological trauma. This is a risk element. The same goes for working in high rise buildings, crossing the street against traffic, going on a blind date, eating possibly contaminated food at a restaurant, inviting a maintenance man into your home, or just walking down your stairs. We take risks on a daily basis; risk however, can be controlled.
Laxity and convenience factors play a huge part in uncontrollable risk. Things like,
"I am late, I have to speed on the highway while I put my make-up on, and answer my friend's text message while I am driving 65 miles per hour in rush hour morning traffic, along with rain perhaps."
Yep, I guess one could call that risk. What about,
"Hey, I live in an area that has been currently hit with a rash of robberies and home invasions due to the bad economy, as the news tells... but a home alarm system is too much money at this time, therefore, I do not need it!"
"The company wants to install the system for $99 dollars and then charge me $30 dollars a month."
"No one is likely to come into my house, because I lived here on my block the longest; I have a baseball bat and I am over 60 years old, and all have respect for me."
Let's analyze this shall we? Statists say, older people are more likely to be victimized due to they decreased inability to defend themselves. Therefore, $30 per month is too much for an alarm system that could safe your home, your belongings, not to mention perhaps save your life? I guess spending $30 per month for cable TV and several weekly lunch dates that cost well over $30 dollars is consciously cost-prohibitive too, right? Wake up and smell the survival!
Security and safety are important factors in our life, so why do people tend to ignore them? Millions of years ago during the pre-historic ages, Neanderthals, or cavemen, lived in a substandard environment of unpredictable change, risk, and unknown environmental elements. There was no formed government, mandated moral, social alliances, nor any other strategic community developmental plans for unity. It was basically survival of the fittest in an untamed world without formational protection or safety. Throughout the course of the "live or die" daily routine, our ancestors developed instinctive natural talents in order to maintain shelters, the skills to hunt for game, and oh yes, for protection and self-preservation. Throughout this early age of survival, it was common for self-seeking individuals to take what they wanted, kill whomever they wanted, and deprive others of the hard work and efforts for self survival.
ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Every two seconds, criminals search for the opportunity to take advantage of our good faith system.
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