{"id":76298,"date":"2024-07-09T06:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=76298"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:59:56","slug":"old-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/old-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Old School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cShooting is a science, but \u2018fighting for your life\u2019 is an Art. <\/em>The difference is identical to that between limit and no-limit poker. <\/em>When competing, you’re shooting at an inert target. <\/em>When fighting, your target is alive and is sincerely trying to kill you, by whatever means he can! <\/em>Limit poker, like \u2018shooting games,\u2019 is just quaint recreation. <\/em>No-limit poker, like real fighting, is unequivocal, unforgiving, and final. <\/em>In the former case, lost fortunes are never \u2018refunded\u2019 <\/em>In the later, death is never reversed.”\u00a0 <\/em>-Operators\u2019 Axiom.<\/h2>\n

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\u201cNever get into poker games with those who can’t afford to lose, nor into gunfights with those who can!\u201d <\/em>-Bret Maverick (From Maverick TV Show)<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Men (mostly, but sometimes women too) occasionally adhere to \u201cOld-School Rules.\u201d That is some men, when \u2018rules of personal respect\u2019 are challenged, will instantly resort to force. This may include restoring respectfulness on the part of the miscreant via a well-aimed fist.<\/h2>\n

Indeed, there was a time when such a \u2018fist-borne attitude-adjustment\u2019 by the offended party, visited upon an offender, was generally regarded as right and proper. Such a \u2018correction\u2019 was often viewed as an act that would assist in the maintenance of public order, and would send a message that bad acts by wayward punks will not be tolerated.<\/h2>\n

Who meted-out such a righteous and richly-deserved blow (or two) to a deserving reprobate gained respect, and word got around that bad behavior was not welcome in the community. How quaint! Now, welcome to \u201cThe New Age.”<\/h2>\n

Today, bullies (including violent criminals), along with their bully behavior, are condoned and rewarded, from an early age. Self-defense on the part of the innocent, in any form, is denigrated (by leftists) as \u201ctaking the law into your own hands.” Public order has suffered greatly as a result!<\/h2>\n

Today, I sadly have to recommend that parades, fairs, political rallies, block-parties, even religious services, large public gatherings in general, be avoided. At such events, fist-fights often quickly intensify into knife-fights and gunfights.\u00a0 Injured\/dead often include parties who were not even involved!<\/h2>\n

In any event, today\u2019s violent criminals\/bullies are confident they have little to fear, from police nor our criminal\/justice system in general. Good and decent people, who go armed, need to carefully consider the foregoing.\u00a0 Even a justifiable employment of deadly force will be extremely expensive, as well as corrosive to your mental health.<\/h2>\n

In fact, so much as a justifiable \u201cdefensive display\u201d of a gun, even when it is never fired, will likely get you charged with a felony! Yet, I’ve heard some carry-permit holders say that they’re \u201cready to fight\u201d over verbal insults.<\/h2>\n

When I can, I advise them to seriously re-think their verbal bravado! Who \u201cwin\u201d serious fights, under any circumstances, can expect an \u201cintimate tour\u201d of our legal and civil court systems.<\/h2>\n

A fight avoided is better, by far, than a fight \u201cwon\u201d<\/h2>\n
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“In order to master poker, you must first master (1) patience and (2) discipline, as a lack of either is sure disaster, regardless of all your other talents, nor even lucky streaks!”\u00a0 –<\/em>Freddie Gasperian<\/h2>\n

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