I strongly agree. I and my neighbors get along great. However, there is one jerk and his jerk family, who no one likes. If the SHTF, what are the recommendations on dealing with a family like that? Do we:
A) Chase them out of their home and the neighborhood,
B) Hang them,
C) Restrict their movements and starve them,
D) Make slaves out of them.
Other alternatives welcomed.
Pickle em ....
Sometimes people surprise you with what they will do when their backs are to the wall.
“strongly agree. I and my neighbors get along great. However, there is one jerk and his jerk family, who no one likes. If the SHTF, what are the recommendations on dealing with a family like that? Do we:
abcd
Other alternatives welcomed.”
Keep a close eye on them. They will make the first mistake. They’ll go after someone - even you. Don’t turn your back on them. Don’t invite them to dinner. Don’t share with them.
Because they WILL make a mistake. They WILL attack you. They will attack fast too - within 96 hours of the event.
All of your neighbors, my neighbors and everyone’s neighbors are much different than the neighbors you’ll have in 6 months. Get to be friends with THOSE neighbors - the 6 month ones. Right now, no neighbor is safe.
1) Keep in mind that there will always be someone who is liked the least. Think carefully about whether this person is destructive enough to be worth the reaction.
2) How severe your reaction should be depends on how dangerous this person is. In most cases, shunning might be enough. If they steal or endanger others, then for the sake of your own conscience, make sure they are actually in the act before you pull the trigger.
3) Whenever possible, follow basic guidelines of justice. A hearing, a trial, a decision made by the community.
I don’t know your exact situation, so I’m afraid I can’t get more specific than that.
Eat them.
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Joe: Shhh. Listen, listen! Look at it this way. Now, you got three choices. One, you chicken out and in that case I let Ants tie you to the car and drag you around a little bit and you don't want that. Right?
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I recommend the book: The Earth Abides by George Stewart.
Neighbors who pose a threat are a serious issue. Whether they cheat, steal, vandalize, or in other ways cause problems, you have to handle it right. The Internet is not the place to post my general thoughts, and in any case I don’t have enough information to give the right answer to your situation.
Read up on how government worked in various eras, back when it worked, and try to use some form of due process, even if the final answer is final.
BTW, I have one neighbor who is a serious concern. I will keep an eagle eye on that neighbor if we reach the point where government can no longer be counted on even to the limited extent that it works today.
If you don’t seriously outnumber them do not allow them free access to your supplies. They may decide they want everything and kill you to get it.
That said a potential threat removed takes the possibility of having to deal with it again at an inconvenient time off the table.