Public perception of people carrying knives

RedLynx said:
It's one reason I love flying Lufthansa man, they know how to pick em. ;)
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Some stores are like that too.
Worked at Urban Planet for a bit; the ugliest girl there would have been the hottest most other places.
Being the only guy working there, they'd all come to me to see if their intended clothing for weekend clubbing made them look "Hot enough".

It did, it always did. :)
 
vanslem6 said:
'They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'

B. Franklin

Once you lose it, you don't ever get it back. History proves it.
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And I have always admired and still believe that quote. Sometimes I wonder though, did we choose to give it up, or was it stolen from us in a moment of "mass diminished capacity?"
 
stabman said:
Some stores are like that too.
Worked at Urban Planet for a bit; the ugliest girl there would have been the hottest most other places.
Being the only guy working there, they'd all come to me to see if their intended clothing for weekend clubbing made them look "Hot enough".

It did, it always did. :)
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And I bet you became the most likeable co-worker as far as the hotties were concerned. Win win. ;)

Now I want to go look for a "Girls of Urban Planet" gallery. :p
 
stabman said:
I understand it too...but it was nice being able to fly with a small knife (Spyderco made the Co-Pilot for such a purpose).
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Those are awesome. I didn't even know they existed! I know what's coming with me on my next NYC trip.
 
RedLynx said:
And I have always admired and still believe that quote. Sometimes I wonder though, did we choose to give it up, or was it stolen from us in a moment of "mass diminished capacity?"
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Probably a bit of both.

RedLynx said:
And I bet you became the most likeable co-worker as far as the hotties were concerned. Win win. ;)
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I was a helpful, likeable guy. :D
 
Ankerson said:
There are a lot of Northerners that still think that people in the South are all walking around with no shoes and are backwards etc.

I have been to a lot places in the North that are far more backwards than many places in the South.

It's mostly ignorance really, not all that surprising either.
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When I'm at work I'm a Northerner. When I visit family in Boston I'm a Southerner. Only some people in both cases though. Good folks everywhere and bad folks everywhere. :)

Fondue Sucking Redneck
 
davek14 said:
When I'm at work I'm a Northerner. When I visit family in Boston I'm a Southerner. Only some people in both cases though. Good folks everywhere and bad folks everywhere. :)

Fondue Sucking Redneck
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You've mentioned Kentucky, a state I've always found fascinating. Whenever someone tells me they're "from a place that doesn't really know if it's North or South" I know exactly where they're from. ;)
 
stabman said:
Probably a bit of both.
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Probably so. Again, I don't agree with their decisions, certainly not the scope of those decisions... but whereas I used to think "what a stupid reaction to all of this" as I've grown older, it's more a case of "I don't agree with this and really wish they'd chosen a better way, but I kind of understand it." Actually I'm reminded of the film V for Vendetta when he gives his speech after he takes over the news station. "I understand why you did what you did, you were afraid and didn't know where to turn. But if you need to see who has made you the way you are, who has allowed this to happen, you need only look in the mirror." I guess my sentiments are kinda like that.
 
RedLynx said:
And I have always admired and still believe that quote. Sometimes I wonder though, did we choose to give it up, or was it stolen from us in a moment of "mass diminished capacity?"
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It's the government, maaaaann.
Seriously though, create fear and you have a dependent society. It's the only way that governments can exist. Again back to progressivism - it's bad news. It isn't the governments job to provide you with a job, paycheck, phones, insurance, etc., etc. it's their job to protect you and I, should we be artacked. That's it, the end. We've gone way off track and become incredibly disillusioned with the role of government. Us millennials are waking up, and we're pissed! I am, no doubt.
 
RedLynx said:
You've mentioned Kentucky, a state I've always found fascinating. Whenever someone tells me they're "from a place that doesn't really know if it's North or South" I know exactly where they're from. ;)
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The Civil War was fought farm against farm, neighbor against neighbor in Kentucky, which was a "neutral" state. That's where the feud mentality started.
 
davek14 said:
The Civil War was fought farm against farm, neighbor against neighbor in Kentucky, which was a "neutral" state. That's where the feud mentality started.
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Precisely. If I remember my history correctly (which is always fuzzy) Kentucky was originally firmly on the South side, but technically ceded before the conflict actually began... something like that I think, and as a result it was never really clear even to those living there, where they really stood.
 
vanslem6 said:
It's the government, maaaaann.
Seriously though, create fear and you have a dependent society. It's the only way that governments can exist. Again back to progressivism - it's bad news. It isn't the governments job to provide you with a job, paycheck, phones, insurance, etc., etc. it's their job to protect you and I, should we be artacked. That's it, the end. We've gone way off track and become incredibly disillusioned with the role of government. Us millennials are waking up, and we're pissed! I am, no doubt.
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I agree. Sadly it's difficult to provide what most people would argue is a logical antithesis to progressivism (not to wax too political here in a place that doesn't call for it) as the opposite is naturally recidivism I guess.That's what happens when people take all the positive words. :p
 
RedLynx said:
I agree. Sadly it's difficult to provide what most people would argue is a logical antithesis to progressivism (not to wax too political here in a place that doesn't call for it) as the opposite is naturally recidivism I guess.That's what happens when people take all the positive words. :p
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I dunno, in my head it's very simple. Convince someone they are a victim of something and you wind up with entitled people. We need more empowered people instead, but this doesn't support big govt. it's a feedback-loop of shit. Before I am accused of sidetracking, I'm not. Look at all things that are banned/outlawed/restricted and you'll find many similarities.
 
Public perception will vary a lot depending on who your public is. I move about some very different social circles all the time and get different responses from each of them.

I'm an anthropologist, most young folks in my line of work (especially cultural and social anthropologists in South America) think I'm a right wing nutjob because I own and carry knives and guns, take part in combat sports and so on. SAKs and other traditional knives don't get a second look. And anthropologists who do field work outdoors appreciate good knives (not usually "tactical" ones, though).

The guys at the gym where I train and teach find it odd that I'm constantly reading and lugging books around, but it's absolutely normal to bring your new shotgun to wrestling class to show it off. Whenever we get together, knives is the first topic to come up. We went for pizza to celebrate the end of the season, and when people uploaded photos to Facebook they tagged their EDC knives.

At my family's ranch knives and guns are pretty much expected. Nobody there, or in the nearby village, would look twice at a knife on my belt. In fact, I sometimes get teased because I tend to prefer 4"-5" blades and traditional fixed blades here are much larger.

I've gotten all sorts of different reactions to public knife use in the city, though I haven't had anybody make a scene (just a stupid comment here and there). I do keep a low profile because I don't like having to explain myself, so that helps. When I taught at the university I carried a firearm and a knife every single day, and none of my students or coworkers knew, I just wasn't interested in their opinions on the subject. I've also met some people who found my knife carrying habit strange, but then turned around. I gave out a few SAKs at an office and some of my employees and interns still carry them daily (a couple even sent me messages saying they had fixed something with their SAK and were happy to have them).

I'm not a very tolerant man (I'm self employed and live by myself, so compromise isn't something I'm used to!), and even I have realised that most people will react positively to knives if you're not being agressive or stupid. Of course, there will always be those who think objects can be evil, but unless their opinion can directly affect my life, I won't waste my time on them.
 
Franciscomv said:
I'm an anthropologist, most young folks in my line of work (especially cultural and social anthropologists in South America) think I'm a right wing nutjob because I own and carry knives and guns, take part in combat sports and so on. SAKs and other traditional knives don't get a second look. And anthropologists who do field work outdoors appreciate good knives (not usually "tactical" ones, though).
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Although I'm not physically able to take part in combative sport, I find them interesting, useful outside of the "ring" and fun to watch. They're a trifecta of awesome.
 
RedLynx said:
Although I'm not physically able to take part in combative sport, I find them interesting, useful outside of the "ring" and fun to watch. They're a trifecta of awesome.
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Yo Lynx, body shots. You and me. Let's do this.
 
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