Comments on: Serving Him in the Real World https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/serving-him-in-the-real-world/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/serving-him-in-the-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3025961 Harry Jones Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:37:59 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45983#comment-3025961 When seconds count, the fire truck is minutes away.

]]> By: Dave https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/serving-him-in-the-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3025231 Dave Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:01:15 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45983#comment-3025231 It’s not either/or. The endless war against entropy must be fought at all scales of time and space. From your T-cells dismantling viruses and designing antibodies, to your pistol putting bullets in the other guy before he can put bullets into you, to national defense against ICBMs.

Between the end of the Indian Wars and the mass importation of diversity, how long were Americans really able to chill out and relax? Fifty years? People in far-upstate New York feared home-invasion robberies in 1866 according to the book Farmer Boy.

]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/serving-him-in-the-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3025229 Bruce Fri, 03 Jan 2020 05:56:47 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45983#comment-3025229 This guy says, ‘I don’t want my house to burn down’. He a gets a ten dollar kitchen fire extinguisher. My question is, why doesn’t he want a fire department of trained professionals watching to stop fires in the whole city?

]]> By: RLVC https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/serving-him-in-the-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3025162 RLVC Fri, 03 Jan 2020 01:50:22 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45983#comment-3025162 Here’s another thought.

This guy says, in describing his motivations, “I’m a patriot.” He says he wants to help people.

But if you’re really a patriot, and if you really care about helping people, why do you spend so much time and focus trying to control a thing that might happen on a timescale of a few seconds?

Why not spend your time and focus on asking why you need to control a thing that might happen on a timescale of a few seconds? Why not spend your time and focus asking why such a thing would happen at all?

Why not think about the days, weeks, months, or years? If you control what happens in the years, do you not also control what happens in the seconds?

What if you control the decades?

Or centuries?

If you master rugged individualist quick-draw gun tactics and practice rugged individualist hypervigilance, maybe you survive a few seconds.

If you establish a militarized law enforcement, maybe you don’t need the rugged individualist hypervigilance.

If you cultivate a police force, maybe you don’t need the militarized law enforcement.

If you elect a sheriff, maybe you don’t need the police force.

If you admit citizens under the Naturalization Act of 1790, maybe you don’t need the sheriff.

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