Natural Selection
Shortly after the sudden death of Steve "the Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, I had a disussion with a liberal I know about Mr. Irwin's sudden death. The liberal commented on how he had swum with rays in the past that they were not aggressive creatures. I countered that my horses were not "aggressive" either but that due to their natural fight or flight instinct they were still dangerous - same thing with rays.
Several days after that initial conversation the topic of "aggression" came up again. It was in this subsequent conversation that I had an epiphany. I finally think I have figured out liberals. They equate a person's natural instinct for survival - in the form of self defense as aggression. Think about it. A horses natural instinct is to graze and get along with others. When not threatened, they are gentle, beautiful creatures. However, at the sign of a threat, their demeanor changes. Their initial instinct is to take advantage of their awsome speed. However if that fails, they will turn to defend themselves. The majestic heads flatten out, the lips pull back revealing teeth that can crush a human hand. Their dainty, graceful legs become weapons that can be deadly if they catch you right.
Humans don't have the awsome speed, the crushing teeth or the deadly feet, but we still have similar "fight or flight" instincts. We have our brains and then (should our ability to think it out not be enough) we have the ability to use tools for defense. Yet the liberals would deny us the ability to use those tools. They say "negotiate only". They say "don't be aggressive". However, when we are responding to a very real threat and negotiation (thinking) does not work, we have to have options. It is a natural instinct.
Former NY City mayor Ed Koch has noticed this too. In his recent column here, the Mayor notes:
"...I believe that the U.S. is faltering in the current war against international terrorism, and we are losing our will to prevail. We are losing our fighting spirit as a result of the fighting between Republicans and Democrats on just how to prosecute the war."
Da Mare (as it is pronounced in Sweet Home Chicago) is absolutely correct. We are not only losing our will to fight, we are losing our natural instinct to defend ourselves from outside threats. In our quest to be "civilized" human beings, we ignore our internal alarms. We run the risk of losing more than this war if we continue to ignore our natural instinct. Our very lives are at peril every day.
Several days after that initial conversation the topic of "aggression" came up again. It was in this subsequent conversation that I had an epiphany. I finally think I have figured out liberals. They equate a person's natural instinct for survival - in the form of self defense as aggression. Think about it. A horses natural instinct is to graze and get along with others. When not threatened, they are gentle, beautiful creatures. However, at the sign of a threat, their demeanor changes. Their initial instinct is to take advantage of their awsome speed. However if that fails, they will turn to defend themselves. The majestic heads flatten out, the lips pull back revealing teeth that can crush a human hand. Their dainty, graceful legs become weapons that can be deadly if they catch you right.
Humans don't have the awsome speed, the crushing teeth or the deadly feet, but we still have similar "fight or flight" instincts. We have our brains and then (should our ability to think it out not be enough) we have the ability to use tools for defense. Yet the liberals would deny us the ability to use those tools. They say "negotiate only". They say "don't be aggressive". However, when we are responding to a very real threat and negotiation (thinking) does not work, we have to have options. It is a natural instinct.
Former NY City mayor Ed Koch has noticed this too. In his recent column here, the Mayor notes:
"...I believe that the U.S. is faltering in the current war against international terrorism, and we are losing our will to prevail. We are losing our fighting spirit as a result of the fighting between Republicans and Democrats on just how to prosecute the war."
Da Mare (as it is pronounced in Sweet Home Chicago) is absolutely correct. We are not only losing our will to fight, we are losing our natural instinct to defend ourselves from outside threats. In our quest to be "civilized" human beings, we ignore our internal alarms. We run the risk of losing more than this war if we continue to ignore our natural instinct. Our very lives are at peril every day.
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