What is a weapon, but just another kind of tool? One that gives us power within a situation or perhaps over another person, but still just a tool.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thoughts on thoughts.... tools and weapons
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7 comments:
Excellent post. Well said, and I will never shop in a grocery store the same way again.
A lot of the old pole arms (bills, partizans, pikes, etc) are agricultural implements mounted on long ash poles. Nunchucks and flails are threshing instruments, An axe is an axe, whether it is used to cut up a pawnbroker or a tree.
Everything and nothing is a weapon. It all depends on the intent of the wielder.
Actually a tool is just a tool. IT'S THE MIND THAT IS THE "WEAPON".
Good post. Thanks.
All The Best,
Frank W. James
No arguments Frank, and that is the thought which first pops into my brain every time I hear of another grand plan to 'disarm' the populace.
Those with working minds will never be disarmed....
ANYTHING can be a tool or a weapon, it is up to the user to make that determination... Agree wholeheartedly with Frank! Good post, and thought provoking.
Well, damn, blow that topic right out of the water, why do you not? This seems to be the biggest source of disconnect between hoplophobes and gun-rights activists... the problem has never been the tool - those mostly just sit around, like lazy little slugs. The problem is the stuff between our ears, and that is not going to change substantially any time soon...
I agree with all.... and that's what was on my mind as I wrote the post.
I have known folks who held not a whit of fear for me, no matter what 'weapon' they held in their hands. A preacher/competition shooter I once knew comes to mind. Man had not an ounce of malice in him, and often was draped with 'weapons'.
On the other hand.... I knew a gentleman who would have been well armed with a pencil, or nothing at all for that matter. His mind was tuned that way and military service honed the edge.
I'd like to say that an active mind is a tool, a weapon, that can never be stolen away. I'd like to say that... but my role as an instructor puts me in close contact with a large group of teenagers each year. Every August a new batch to work with.... and what I see each year changes.
The trend is not good. I am concerned.
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