How would you answer these baby chicks? I posted this picture in August, 2013 — would your answer have been any different then?
November 17, 2018
Is It Safe?
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How would you answer these baby chicks? I posted this picture in August, 2013 — would your answer have been any different then?
November 17, 2018
be brave little chicks. it’s the scariest most exciting trip you’ll ever take!
at least on this planet it is. good luck! xoxo
and p.s.
be careful crossing the road!
I love it! Especially be careful crossing the road. š
Today that question requires a lot of thought. š We would like to think the answer could always be YES.
You all are in good hands with your mom there to take care of you, so I think the answer is yes for you. Thank goodness!
I still think it safe and the simple reason I still believe most people are basicly good people.
Coffee is on
Good! š
I’ve read a number of articles that claim that, despite the fears of many, the world is not only safe, it’s actually safer than ever overall. The news makes it seem much more dangerous than it really is.
During our recent trip, we went almost 2 months without watching a single minute of television, other than what we might have caught on a screen in restaurants or other public places. It was very calming.
In sharp contrast, last night, one of the local news station’s broadcast story about a triple homicide in Little Rock was very unnerving. The reporter’s story had a format where the reporter would say a sentence or two against scenes from the location and then switch to a distraught black mother crying and wailing about her teenage “baby” who was one of the victims. It was rather unnerving the way the “story” would switch back and forth. I finally had to turn the news off!
Despite this terrible tragedy, murder and violent crimes are down significantly from last year.
(We don’t normally watch this station, but the other stations were carrying college football, which we don’t watch.)
We don’t watch TV news. One thing I’m watching instead is Great Courses DVDs on Ancient history. It helps put things in perspective, and let’s face it, it helps a lot to live in a safe community!
It depends where you’re living, doesn’t it? If you live in the UK, which is a pretty stable society, you’re safe enough. If you live in Syria or Iraq or the Yemen, the answer would be very different. And certainly the world seems less safe than in 2013, what with Trump issuing threats against other countries on a daily basis, and Russia increasing its territorial ambitions.
And don’t forget North Korea, no doubt a more serious threat to the U.S. than to the UK. Affairs won’t be stable in the future with overpopulation and climate change.
Do people you know talk much about Brexit?
NO, itās not safe.
(But I do believe the degree of safety can vary depending on a personās sex, age, race and location.)
Iām much safer now because I live in a good neighborhood and because Iām well over 50 and Iām white and donāt usually go out after dark, not even to a store. Also I lock my doors and Iām aware of my surroundings when I do go out.
But a young woman alone, especially walking to her car or walking by herself to a store or restaurant, isnāt safe.
A young black man is probably the most unsafe person there is. If heās in the wrong place at the wrong time, he could be easily killed. Just look at the lastest shooting of the security guard holding down a suspect until the police got there, only to be shot to death BY the police when they got there.
And what of the fact that little kids are being trained on what to do if a shooter comes into their school?!?!
People are afraid theyāll be shot at concerts and clubs!
And what of the fact that when I was a kid, we could get on our bikes and ride away and explore and play all day and no one worried about us. And in the evenings we could be blocks away on our own and just knew to return when the street lights came on?
Nowadays if a parent let their child play like that, with no idea where they actually were every minute of the day, theyād be turned into child services.
(But Iām not even saying it was completely safe years ago either, as I had several close calls in my younger years, myself.)
No. Itās not safe. And Yes, there are good people in the world but there are many who are not and I think people who believe itās safe, well… they are living in a bubble.
Sorry, but this question has really hit a sore spot with me because Iām angry that itās become so bad. Iām upset that we, as women, have to think about safety if we want to walk our dogs in the woods or on an isolated section of the bike path.
We actually had a policeman come to the clinic and talk to us about precautions we should be taking and things not to do.
Apparently we are never supposed to look at our phones while walking, never sit in our cars looking at one because a window could be broken, and we are not to wear earphones while running because we wonāt hear someone coming up behind us. And if thereās a paper under your windshield wiper after you return from a store, for the love of god donāt get out and retrieve it! because someone is possibly watching and waiting for you to do so and they can attack you and take your car, or you, or both.
Police have also warned if you are being pulled over by an unmarked police car, not to do it but to call 112 and make sure itās really the cops.
Thereās even a new lock on our back entrance that everyone needs to enter a code to get back in.
Of course though, someone still could walk in the front door or in the very back, through my boarding door and shoot us all if they decide to.
Iāve been very anti guns, even or should I say especially, hunting, but Iāve considered getting one recently myself.
In fact, now that Blue is gone (He scared a few people away in his time) and Nora is turning 12… maybe I will get another large dog… maybe Iāll get both.
A big dog and a gun.
I feel safe enough at the moment but… in a few years Iāll be entering another age group where I might need to worry again.
Seniors are easy targets.
It’s scary, but I should point out my mother overprotected my sister and me and taught us the world is a dangerous place. We didn’t have the freedom you did when we were kids. I had forgotten that until you mentioned it. And when I was around 11 there were the scary TV public service announcements about what to do in the case of a nuclear attack. They terrified me because they were so vivid. The bomb drills at school weren’t such a big deal.
I also remember when I was even younger that I would instinctively duck whenever a plane flew overhead. I had seen too many newsreels and movies about WW II — planes were associated with bombs falling. I don’t worry nearly as much anymore, but as I said to Mike, it helps a lot to live in a safe town.
PS I agree with you about African Americans’ danger from the police. Not all police, but enough for them to feel unprotected and worried.
The world has never been safe. We just hear more about incidents now than we used to hear. And some of that gives otherwise good people bad ideas. But, as a rule we are more safe than not safe so we should just go on living our lives without all the fear. Except my fear of falling on ice. š
I would tell the chicks it’s not completely safe, but it’s worth the risk. Don’t be paralyzed by fear. But also be sensible, don’t walk on slippery ice if your body can’t take a fall!
I would tell the chicks to be mindful – and use that mindful in different ways as you cruise through life…follow what is “safe” or the kind of “safe” you think is “safe” and quite probably you will stay safe forever. But be aware chickies life doesn’t always glide along on safe paths…you may need “reset” your options from time to time…
Welcome back! I’m reminded of the quote,
great quote…and yes “back home” – now to get back to some sort of life…I do feel rested and refreshed.
last evening a kind of welcome gift from next door – it was apparently Isobels’ birthday but I given a huge wedge of banana cake with toppings…I think they went out to dinner, as they all went in one car, and the boys looked tidy-as…
What a nice surprise!
In answer to your question, yes, we Brits talk about Brexit all the time. I think there’s a lot of family friction over differing attitudes. Most people are dissatisfied with Theresa May and the government’s handling of Brexit, but as yet we’re being denied a second referendum so the public can say what they now want the government to do – accept the draft withdrawal deal, leave the EU without a deal, or stay in the EU (according to recent opinion polls, there is now a clear majority for staying in the EU).
I think it’s crazy they won’t let people have another say now that they understand some of the real implications.