Think about this way and you will see that Yardstick has a point.
It’s just human nature to want that I told you so moment. Stir in some “mockers and doubters” preoccupation with preppers’ and what they believe and how the spend their own money have the perfect conditions for wanting them punished for not think and behaving like they think they should — on some level and despite the better judgement of their conscience they want this people punished for their ‘misdeeds’. It’s kind of like liberals wanting us to lose in Iraq. They’d deny it to the hilt but we all knew they wanted it. Sooner or later if these “mockers and doubters” happen to know any preppers they will be among the despite the better judgement of their conscience they will be among the first to report those preppers to the authorities for their misdeed and hoarding. Why it many even eat at them so much that they don’t even wait, but upon learn of these people they would (anonymously of course) despite they better judgement and ‘conservative’ values feel the need to report such miscreant to the authorities so as to make sure that their behavior is monitor and thus insure a better chance that they be punished for their behavior. Now does that make sense?
Yardstick you are trying to blow smoke up somewhere were the sun don’t shine.
I’ll tell you what I will put the body of my work for the past week helping, urging, advising, making recommendations, posting prep list and so own and the number of people I have help against all you anti-prepping post. I know for a fact I have helped a lot of people and I have the Freepmails of thanks to prove it.
My posting history is open for you to study. Now you show me were during the past week you helped anyone on FR to the same degree. You show me where your anti-prepping BS has helped anyone, has made anyone’s life easier or helped cause them less suffering. Are you up to my challenge?
Heh — I knew my “mockers and doubters” comment would get to you.
I know you people like I know every square inch of my glorious naked body (to quote Rush).
Me, too, Kart, I get private Freepmail asking for help, information. There are over 18,000 hits on the prep articles I write for Survival Podcast.
You and I have information we give to people so they can prepare. Neither you nor I wants anyone to suffer when they don't have too.
In the end, it is a person's choice to prep or not prep, but you and I and the rest of the preppers who put suggestions on these threads, want people to have the information so they can make a choice.
You know what, if we wanted people NOT to prep so we could gloat, this thread wouldn't be here and neither would all the rest you started about prepping.
So, you could shut down and have no prep threads, then we could gloat that people must be dying and they deserve to and we could have a glass of bubbly celebrating that people died. Hogwash, we want people to be self sufficient so they can ALL live.
If I knew the address of that 75 yr. old woman I read about who had to go down 14 floors of stairs because she had no water, I would have sent her a WaterBob - that really hurt me to read that. Did I gloat that she didn't have water? No, there were tears in my eyes.
Yardstick is dirt to think we don't care about people and I didn't ping him to this post because he IS dirt. He stated what his harassment is all about when he wrote, “To prepare for the full SHTF scenario requires committing to a lifestyle and certain expenses that I don’t want to commit to.” There you have it, he doesn't want to do it so he dumps on those who do. Pure dirt.