tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post6194305083519243776..comments2022-12-05T05:13:42.969-05:00Comments on Provocateur at Large: ProvocateurAtLargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04056243275456158111noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-7358983098328547462015-04-12T07:53:09.209-04:002015-04-12T07:53:09.209-04:00I wish you luck, and hope you never need to exerci...I wish you luck, and hope you never need to exercise your right. Like all the others, the right of self-defense comes with responsibilities and costs. I'll leave you with a quote from a favorite cartoon hero, Super-Chicken:<br />"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it."jackwolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-16672111705663043112015-04-12T07:25:15.102-04:002015-04-12T07:25:15.102-04:00I train extensively with the top 1% level instruct...I train extensively with the top 1% level instructors -legal and tactical - including Mas Ayoob.<br /><br />I am willing to exercise and create the consequences of deadly force in legally articulated self defense to protect my life, my family's lives, and potentially innocent third parties under the mantle of my protection.<br /><br />CHL holders unwilling to do that carry something worse CommonSenseIsntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-59822287988270557402015-04-10T15:35:16.234-04:002015-04-10T15:35:16.234-04:00Your first comment is kind of picky. Read this:
h...Your first comment is kind of picky. Read this:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep, scrolling down to "dominance hierarchies." And yes, it was a metaphor so let's not get into any more wordplay. As to what Zimmerman may or may not wish at this point, yes, that was a rhetorical device. OK. Note your last paragraph makes a very important and consequential assumption. I won&jackwolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-3565081158466999442015-04-10T13:22:35.046-04:002015-04-10T13:22:35.046-04:00If you mean ram, then you would have said ram. She...If you mean ram, then you would have said ram. Sheep connotates sheep not rams. The importance of definitional rigor of language...<br /><br />Maybe the new turn of phrase is sheep and rams. Works for me.<br /><br />I suspect that if you asked him....is conjecture and supposition on your part to justify your point. Im not biting on assumption. <br /><br />Youre a psychologist with a CHL. You haveCommonSenseIsntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-26181171963930965622015-04-10T12:58:12.179-04:002015-04-10T12:58:12.179-04:00Your first mistake is in thinking that sheep are p...Your first mistake is in thinking that sheep are passive among themselves. Google some videos of rams in mating season and see if you want to butt heads with them. Further, I never said Zimmerman was wrong in a moral or legal sense. I said he didn't use good sense. He could have accomplished his goals without risk to himself, or to Martin, punk that he was. I suspect that if you asked him jackwolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-10837272374155176932015-04-10T12:49:02.649-04:002015-04-10T12:49:02.649-04:00Dear Super,
Thanks for your thoughts. It's ha...Dear Super,<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts. It's hard to be a provocateur if nobody gets provoked. Which doesn't mean I agree. In fact, you're wrong. People do think in terms of analogies and categories, most of the time about most things. It's part of what I used to study when I was an active academic. People act as sheepdogs when they define themselves that way. Second, jackwolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-19460471387362923452015-04-10T08:22:52.433-04:002015-04-10T08:22:52.433-04:00From the article: So he (Travon Martin) did what...From the article: So he (Travon Martin) did what sheep do, butted <br />heads with what he thought was another sheep, and now he's dead.<br /><br />No, he was a thug, hardly a passive sheep. Poor analysis.<br /><br /><br /><br />He slammed Zimmermans head into the concrete <br />from a full mount position. Thats crystal clear illegal deadly force in <br />the guise of an "educational, CommonSenseIsntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-73603121624326302102015-04-09T17:21:44.829-04:002015-04-09T17:21:44.829-04:00Nonsense. The sheepdog analogy is a simple analogy...Nonsense. The sheepdog analogy is a simple analogy intended to simplify a concept, and to completely change it so the original meaning is lost is to defeat the purpose of analogies. The fact that everybody understands the intent of the original analogy shows that it has done its job. An analogy is never intended to communicate complex concepts in a complex manner. Of course, in the course of Superlative Criticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-85820855917015725812013-09-19T09:03:30.643-04:002013-09-19T09:03:30.643-04:00I'm a honey badger.I'm a honey badger.Zengunfighternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-17519868573992857092013-09-10T09:13:55.567-04:002013-09-10T09:13:55.567-04:00I was thinking about this last night. It strikes m...I was thinking about this last night. It strikes me that the human role most akin to a sheepdog is kapo.Claudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-37647011479020030562013-08-24T14:10:03.923-04:002013-08-24T14:10:03.923-04:00Thank you for not telling me what i am, i guess th...Thank you for not telling me what i am, i guess that's for me to decide. This is just a time to reflect.<br /><br /><br />Keep working on being a better me, be positive, good things will attract. A day later always seems to put things your worried about in more perspective. <br /><br /><br />I've made new friends at school, I'm healthy, thinking again, with that gratitude of good AnimalistiKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-4479516078304692202013-08-23T19:14:01.393-04:002013-08-23T19:14:01.393-04:00I don't usually reply, but wanted to in this c...I don't usually reply, but wanted to in this case. These little essays are intended to get people to ask themselves questions they wouldn't otherwise think to ask, or sometimes just to let off steam.<br />I'm glad you found it meaningful, and hope you and your family will have happy, peaceful lives. Don't think you're alone; everyone struggles. Sometimes you win.provocateurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-13532035291636602202013-08-23T17:36:49.751-04:002013-08-23T17:36:49.751-04:00I had a dream last night, really shook me up. I wa...I had a dream last night, really shook me up. I was walking my dog, 2 police came and took him away, spare you the details, but i didn't fight, i collected info as i always do, then pounce when there week for revenge<br /><br />Every once in awhile, i've had major eye opening perception changes. That led me to here. I don't' fit in to any of these. (been thinking turtle, but it&#AnimalistiKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405329056513479787.post-26340580600848436062013-02-05T13:12:55.250-05:002013-02-05T13:12:55.250-05:00Agree up to the point you claim armed citizens are...Agree up to the point you claim armed citizens are a problem for the shepherd. These only add an additional threat protection for the shepherds product. You also place shepherds and government as one. Government would be more accurately compared to the predators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com