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I was turned onto this author's site in, dare I say it, Prac-tak. Actually I have been in and out of the site for much of the day and although I don't agree 100% with all the writing, much of it is of an exceptional style (see the how to avoid rape hub - which I've forwarded to both my wife and daughter).
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/violence_geeks.htm
One of the things very disarming about Marc's and Dianna's writing is that they invariably force you into a little bit of self reflection. The link above, I thought was a particularly good example of this.
I'm hoping that this thread neither turns into a bashing of prac-tac (even though I sort of alluded to that above - sorry) or political.
The 'Survival' aspect is recognizing the 'Violence geek'. The self-reflection part (for me) is where do I fit in the mix? Reality, is I kind am a recipe for the violence geek profile - hopefully at a surface. I'm not tactical crazy boy, but there are things about tactical that draw me in. I have an active imagination, and while outwardly am a very passive and empathetic individual, violent stories and a little fantasy kind of creep in there sometimes. It doesn't take much more than a perusal of my DVD collection see I like about of adrenaline now and again.
Reading beyond this article, and many others that Marc and Dianna have provided, I'm starting to question some of my motivations for why I carry an EDC and the circumstances under which I sometimes do so. I know I'm treading some dangerous waters here with this topic. On the other hand, I have generated a lot of trust for the W&SS members to keep it on the level. Even to the point of revealing my little self-reflection above.
Survival is a lifestyle the mantra we keep throwing up here. However, how much of our behaviour reflects a real and practical approach to dealing with perceived threats to our own and families' safety and how much of it is simply trying to address our emotional insecurities to the unknown? I see a lot of references to stock piling ammo and imagined scenarious to the SHTF condition? I even made two jokes about zombies in Snow's thread today (they really were jokes!).
We all spend a lot of time in this place, and while I think W&SS doesn't really promote the 'violent geek' as centralized in this article, we sometimes also do not go out of our ways to disuade clear references to it. Wouldn't it be completely ironic that our own culture of trying to create survival awareness might be a breeding ground for producing survival situations?
Okay - I don't thing that is our reality here, but sometimes a little self reflection isn't such a bad thing!!!
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/violence_geeks.htm
One of the things very disarming about Marc's and Dianna's writing is that they invariably force you into a little bit of self reflection. The link above, I thought was a particularly good example of this.
I'm hoping that this thread neither turns into a bashing of prac-tac (even though I sort of alluded to that above - sorry) or political.
The 'Survival' aspect is recognizing the 'Violence geek'. The self-reflection part (for me) is where do I fit in the mix? Reality, is I kind am a recipe for the violence geek profile - hopefully at a surface. I'm not tactical crazy boy, but there are things about tactical that draw me in. I have an active imagination, and while outwardly am a very passive and empathetic individual, violent stories and a little fantasy kind of creep in there sometimes. It doesn't take much more than a perusal of my DVD collection see I like about of adrenaline now and again.
Reading beyond this article, and many others that Marc and Dianna have provided, I'm starting to question some of my motivations for why I carry an EDC and the circumstances under which I sometimes do so. I know I'm treading some dangerous waters here with this topic. On the other hand, I have generated a lot of trust for the W&SS members to keep it on the level. Even to the point of revealing my little self-reflection above.
Survival is a lifestyle the mantra we keep throwing up here. However, how much of our behaviour reflects a real and practical approach to dealing with perceived threats to our own and families' safety and how much of it is simply trying to address our emotional insecurities to the unknown? I see a lot of references to stock piling ammo and imagined scenarious to the SHTF condition? I even made two jokes about zombies in Snow's thread today (they really were jokes!).
We all spend a lot of time in this place, and while I think W&SS doesn't really promote the 'violent geek' as centralized in this article, we sometimes also do not go out of our ways to disuade clear references to it. Wouldn't it be completely ironic that our own culture of trying to create survival awareness might be a breeding ground for producing survival situations?
Okay - I don't thing that is our reality here, but sometimes a little self reflection isn't such a bad thing!!!
