tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post1792414240243008809..comments2023-07-04T03:04:37.725-07:00Comments on The Veteran Experience | Ben Shaw: Divesting FearBen Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280885836684955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-69094267696188154882009-03-22T02:13:04.097-07:002009-03-22T02:13:04.097-07:00I once lived across the street from a woman who wo...I once lived across the street from a woman who wouldn't let her kids play in the yard, because she was afraid someone would grab them. I told her not to worry. If someone took them, they would drive around the block and drop them off again. I don't know that she ever spoke to me again. My Bassett hound was better behaved than those kids.Uncle Caesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-92021322982600085612009-03-22T12:14:48.780-07:002009-03-22T12:14:48.780-07:00Again, you have triumphed with an interesting pers...Again, you have triumphed with an interesting perspective, one with which I wholeheartedly agree.<br><br>Keep it up.Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12340456181501341820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-29745931383209791682009-03-22T19:48:10.900-07:002009-03-22T19:48:10.900-07:00My grandmother used to carry her purse to work wit...My grandmother used to carry her purse to work with bricks in it, "just in case". She was so afraid of being mugged on the subway she let it consume her life. <br>One time a friend gave me a can of mace to carry on my way home from work through a dark park. I carried it once and then threw it away. Carrying that can gave me a reason to be afraid, what if I actually had to use it??? I now live my life knowing that at any moment I could be mugged, walk through the line of fire, fall off a cliff, get run over by a car... Not that I won't try to avoid these incidents, but I WILL not let these thoughts ruin any fun I may have along the road to heaven! does this in any way correlate to the contents of this post? I think it does....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-32056381932558341462009-03-23T00:01:09.494-07:002009-03-23T00:01:09.494-07:00True, true. What is the point of living if you are...True, true. What is the point of living if you are not going live...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-75119738165324502732009-03-23T18:06:21.813-07:002009-03-23T18:06:21.813-07:00Ok Benjamin; so, should I just go ahead and do my ...Ok Benjamin; so, should I just go ahead and do my tour of the Mexican countryside anyway, even if I don't have a bodyguard? The ironic thing is that this travel wish does not instill fear in me whatsoever, but everyone else is suggesting that I be accompanied by a respectable, preferably Spanish-speaking male. That means I will never go.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763209657254848735noreply@blogger.com