Sounds exciting, Don, except for the part "luckily, nobody died", as I think we can significantly reduce drug related crime with a war of attrition, if we just let these lowlifes eliminate each other, no questions asked. Obviously law enforcement is ineffective and the prisons are overcrowded and costly. Sometimes I think much if it is allowed for governmental job security.
On Apr 1, 8:37 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > So Don, was that > > > former house where the shoot out occurred the OK Corral? > > Sunset Heights neighborhood in N. Houston one block west of Airline > Dr. Drug dealers raided the house across the street and his neighbor > came out shooting as well. Next morning when I came out there were > shell casings all over the street, a handgun on my next door > neighbor's truck and a trail of blood across my yard and front porch. > Must have been from the same guy I heard panting "Oh, God, oh, God" > outside my bedroom window a few hours earlier. Luckily, nobody died. > I had one bullet hole in my garage door but my car and house escaped > damage. Two months before that some guys drove a stolen SUV through > the living room of the house next to me. Yeah, THROUGH the living > room. It blew a transformer and then I had a news truck sitting in > front of my house for a couple of hours. Thought about going out in > my boxers scratching myself, drinking my morning hair-of-the-dog and > giving the typical witness interview but didn't. Damn, missed my 15 > minutes. > > dj > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree and it coincides with my opening in that it has just taken a > > back seat to the more casual fears that we exhibit daily and I'm > > wonder ing if in another five thousand years we will have lost that > > instinct entirely. I'm always curious as to what Darwin would think > > now with all the scientific knowledge available. So Don, was that > > former house where the shoot out occurred the OK Corral? > > > On Mar 31, 9:23 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe the primal fear instinct is still with us we just don't need > >> it anymore. Darwin doesn't mention the adrenaline rush perhaps > >> because we hadn't found out about that yet but most of the symptoms he > >> describes are products of this phenomenon. We have attempted to copy > >> this feeling with roller coasters, haunted houses, action/scary movies > >> and extreme sports like skydiving or aggressive downhill skiing/snow > >> boarding. As a former water skier, I can tell you the acceleration > >> and speed you get coming out of a turn and zooming across the wake on > >> slalom are exhilarating. > > >> I have been truly frightened for my life only twice. First time was > >> in the Gulf two days out on a fishing trip when a squall hit. Seas > >> got really rough with maybe 12-15 foot waves and we were literally > >> surrounded by water spouts. Got so dark we couldn't see through the > >> driving rain. We just headed up into the wind on our little shrimp > >> boat and rode it out. I thought for sure we were going to capsize. > >> The other time was during a shoot out in the street in front of my > >> former house. That was much scarier because I felt so helpless. > > >> dj > > >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > How can we distinguish primal fear instinct from what we mostly > >> > experience these days as anxiety, paranoia or just plain worry. I > >> > haven't been struck with fear in such a long time I don't think I can > >> > remember what it is all about. What I perceive as fear really isn't > >> > fear at all but a concern that things may not be going well, as with > >> > the governments of the world, the order of peace and civility. > > >> > Darwin describes fear: > >> > "Fear is often preceded by astonishment, and is so far akin to it, > >> > that both lead to the senses of sight and hearing being instantly > >> > aroused. In both cases the eyes and mouth are widely opened, and the > >> > eyebrows raised. The frightened man at first stands like a statue > >> > motionless and breathless, or crouches down as if instinctively to > >> > escape observation. The heart beats quickly and violently, so that it > >> > palpitates or knocks against the ribs... That the skin is much > >> > affected under the sense of great fear, we see in the marvelous manner > >> > in which perspiration immediately exudes from it... The hairs also on > >> > the skin stand erect; and the superficial muscles shiver. In > >> > connection with the disturbed action of the heart, the breathing is > >> > hurried. The salivary glands act imperfectly; the mouth becomes dry, > >> > and is often opened and shut." > > >> > This kind of fear probably only occurs these days in specific > >> > situations such as involvement in a major accident, an attack by a > >> > wild animal or in a combat situation. But for the rest of us does > >> > this type of fear even exist? > >> > We are afforded many safety provisions that eliminate that type of > >> > fear. > >> > Has our primal fear instinct subsided, have we become a civilization > >> > of mere worry? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
