Better to safe and alive than sorry and dead.

Whats wrong with being prudent. Its not their money were spending.Its not their time were using. Its not their family were trying to protect. If we are wrong we will be happy very happy. If we are right we will be sad very sad.

How many of them will say the same.

This is not a Bloody Game,to much at stake. When will all this pathetic point scoring stop.

-- Graham hyslop (Bob@ghoward-oxley.demon.co.uk), June 09, 1999

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It's not their family were trying to protect

Amen to that.

But the point scoring won't stop until the pollys start thinking about their own families, and do something to protect them.

-- Doug (douglasjohnson@prodigy.net), June 09, 1999.

I actually think there are several factors in all this:

1) "Pollys" are so horrified (deep inside) by the possibilities they see when they crack the door open, that they'll do or say ANYTHING to keep the "bad stuff" out of their heads. Of course, they say the reverse is true for the "doomers".

2) The pollys paint everything as "black or white", DOOM or NOTHING. This tactic is utilized to facilitate their belittling and derision of those who choose to accept some level of responsibility for their own lives, and the lives of their families. The derision reinforces (1) above. They REFUSE to internalize the myriad possibilities between the two extremes, many of which could be quite bad.

3) Most pollys are of the belief that ther ever-benevolent, all- seeing, all-knowing, maternal government will take care of everything for them, so why "waste" money? Also, that "companies are in the businees of making money; they'd never let this happen." (I'm sure Exxon *INTENDED* for the Valdez to run aground in Alaska)

4) The pollys are secretly jealous of the preparations many of us have made, and wish they'd had the money or strength of character necessary to prepare for themselves. Because of this, it's necessary to tear down the "preparers", so they can feel better about themselves, and their "decisions".

5) MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOU THIS: any PANIC will be on the part of the pollys who, at the last moment, realize that they "really should have done SOMETHING earlier". Expect these people to BOLT, and demand that the "doomers" (who were RESPONSIBLE for the panic, after all) be arrested, and their supplies re-distributed to "those in need" (that is, the pollys who were either too ignorant or obtuse to see the bigger picture). Expect attempts to have these "doomers" jailed and/or executed.

I have ALREADY received threats to burn down my house and take my supplies. (And I live in a SMALL TOWN! I just hope the individual(s) have their life insurance paid up).

The bottom line is quite simple: WE, who've chosen to put the lives, welfare and safety of our families FOREMOST, are the INSTIGATORS of this "panic". WE will be held responsible. WE will be punished. Evidently for being loving familymen/women or something similer. NO MENTION will ever be made of the lies, bungling, and short- sightedness of government and corporate leaders (who actually DID instigate the Y2K problem back in the 50's when they DEMANDED, over the objections of the programmers, that a 2-digit year be used.)

I think this just about sums it up.... or have I left anything out?

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), June 09, 1999.

I've said this for the last six to eight months, if you are preparing, storing up for the next year let "no one" know. Dennis says that even though he lives in a small town he has be threatened, as for as burning down his house. What do you think will happened "if" the power goes down, "if" the banks close,"if" there is no food in the stores. March right to his house and get "stuff" to feed their young ones. It's too late to try to save the DGI's, to do that is a fatal mistake. Never mention Y2K, its not good for your health.

-- thinkIcan (thinkIcan@make.it), June 09, 1999.

Here lies the problem. It's just not the Christian ( or muslim, or a bunch of other religions and/or philosphies ) thing to do to let disaster befall others who don't see danger coming. Many see a duty to try and warn people to prepare.

It's also easier to survive hardship in a community. A prepared one, that is. So the potential gain of trying to sound the alarm is that you may have allies that you can lean on.

And finally, for every person you can get to prepare, that's one less person in the potential hungry mob pool. The potential gains were worth the risks.

Notice I said "were".

Much as I hate to admit it, at this stage of the game you may be better off covering your tracks and keeping to yourselves. We are at the point were if something real bad is going to happen on 010199 the risks start to out weigh the possible benefits. It's late to start preparing, and I am afraid we live in an "entitlement" culture. People just seem to feel that they are entitled to certain neccesities with no thought as to where they come from or who provides them or who had to give up what to make them possible. These people have been conditioned to rely on others. Many of them have known nothing else since birth.

We have some friends who emigrated from the former Soviet Union who would relate to us news of friends and neighbors who starved to death in bread lines that had been discontinued months before. People can be blinded that much by conditioning.

Should you jepordize your preps by warning people that you think hard times are on the way? It's a hard question. I don't have any answers.

Watch Six, and keep your...

-- eyes_open (best@wishes.net), June 09, 1999.

Dennis:

Is this true? Have you really been threatened? You never told me about this. When did this happen? Was it BEFORE or AFTER the news article?

Anita

-- Anita Spooner (spoonera@msn.com), June 09, 1999.

Anita, I emailed you privetly on that. Happened yesterday...

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), June 09, 1999.

Okay, that does it. No more real address for me. I've been here awhile, but I'm going underground.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), June 09, 1999.