psycho78 said:
I had some people in a college class stare at me like I was a psycho for pulling out my little SOG Blink to cut off a ragged piece on the bottom of my blue jeans I kept stepping on. I didnt make much of a scene out of it, but all eyes were on me and my 1 inch blade like I was a killer.
I can sympathize.
My worst sheeple "adventure" was about three years ago, at the local mall. I sat down at a table in the food court to open an item I'd just bought, which of course was in one of those @#$%^ "clam-packs". I casually pulled out my knife and started cutting carefully. It was a SOG Flash II, but I was sure to open it two-handed, since I was in public. Still, this typical soccer-mom two tables over sees me, gives me the "sheeple look", and promptly moves herself and two sproggen several tables away.
I kept an eye on her, too; when I saw her spy a mall rent-a-cop, and get up and walk in his direction, I gathered up my stuff and beat feet outta there. (Thankfully the mall exit was right there; I'm sure I was in the parking lot before she said a word to the security guy.
psycho78 said:
I guess it all depends on where you live, and where you are.
Oh, definitely.
I think it's no accident that most of the people posting here that they couldn't give a rat's patootie about sheeple, also happen to live down south, out west, or in some other thinly-populated, non-reactionary state. I don't happen to be that lucky...
Oh, and to those of you who say you don't care what the sheeple think, but that you're always sure to carry and use your knives discreetly: why discreetly? Could it be because you actually
are concerned how others react to the presence of a knife?
Let's be honest here: if you live in pretty much any modern American urban or suburban area, you have to be concerned, and you have to be discreet. If you're fortunate enough to live in the country, it's not such a big deal.