It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by Tunedbeats
First thing most of you all start talking about is be on your own and killing people. No wonder you are all so afraid of what might happen if that is the overall mentality you carry.
Originally posted by Tunedbeats
I know over half of you all wont have the heart to go through with it, dispite your words here. Maybe in the end when your weak and hungry, but I suppose its too late then.
Originally posted by Gigliorononomicon
Some of the responses on this thread I must admit are quite frightening to me. It seems like some are you are ready at the drop of a hat to turn on your neighbor. This is not the human way. I feel like this is one of the things that makes us human; compassion. I understand that desperate times call for desperate measures, but I feel like it would be much wiser to prepare now for a survival situation, rather than relying on stealing another's food when TSHTF. Practice setting rabbit snares or catching fish, learn what vegetation is edible in your location, and try lighting a fire without a lighter/matches. With just some basic survival skills, one could survive in the wild without having to resort to a betrayal of the human spirit.
Remember what they always taught us: Divided We Fall; United We Stand!
Great post OP!
[edit on 19-11-2008 by Gigliorononomicon]
Originally posted by Gigliorononomicon
reply to post by dariousg
But anyways, I also 100% agree with you that the American military wouldn't turn against it's own people. I'm sure there will be those wacko's that actually would, but the majority I do not believe would do this to their own countrymen.
Originally posted by Shystargazer
But what I fear most is what I may be capable of becoming if I had to to survive. Have you honestly thought what you would be capable of doing to survive?
Originally posted by manticore
Originally posted by Tunedbeats
First thing most of you all start talking about is be on your own and killing people. No wonder you are all so afraid of what might happen if that is the overall mentality you carry.
Let's not forget that in the end, rationality goes out the windows in times of survival. We are no longer any different from an animal in the wild. That's what's in our D.N.A..
Originally posted by invisiblewoman
reply to post by Shystargazer
I already know who I am and what I'm capable of, with no constraints,I am perfectly capable of dispensing justice and enforcing righteousness ,the good kind things I do all the time and that will continue
Originally posted by Shystargazer
I want to believe that I would help as many people as I can.
I want to believe that there will still be good in everybody.
I want to believe that I will still be treated fairly by other people.
I want to believe that no one would want to harm me.
I want to believe that I would never have to use the gun I bought for protection.
But what I fear most is what I may be capable of becoming if I had to to survive. Have you honestly thought what you would be capable of doing to survive?