OT? To live in fear is to live in bondage

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It is my humble opinion that fear is the main thing that makes one a slave. Of course, the use of force to control another's will is part of it but I think fear is the main thing.

Someone who can strike fear into many people necessarily wields a lot of power, because that's the way they like it. They stand to gain by getting richer and more secure, themselves. Be wary of those who make you terrified. They probably have some kind of agenda of their own in which you are nothing more than a mere pawn.

I am not saying that the CDC is not something to be concerned about. Prepare as you will. But remember that physical preparations are only part of it. The other preparations are in attitude. The biggest mind-killer and biggest thing that's going to keep you down, in most cases, is your fear.

There is a difference between being wary and foolhardy and being fearless. Consider that. Prepare yourselves to be brave and courageous, and so YOU can be the master of any problem that arises rather than its servant.

-- notme (notme@fakemail.com), November 16, 1999

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STOP IT! You're SCARING ME!

Kook

-- Y2Kook (Y2Kook@usa.net), November 16, 1999.


I think that the recent hysteria on the part of our polly trolls, such as You Knowwho and Andy Ray, are good examples of people whose fear is gripping them. They feel riveted to this forum in an effort to bolster their own sorry fearful states, denying the obvious, attempting to disrupt those preparing both mentally and physically.

You don't have to be a shrink to see that the polly trolls are in actuality prisoners of their own fears of what is coming.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), November 16, 1999.

KOS,

As a polly-troll, I resemble that remark

-- (afaid@scared.witless), November 16, 1999.


But the only way I wouldn't be scared about Y2K is if I didn't know about it... is a sharp bout of amnesia my only escape from bondage? ;)

I agree that it's unpleasant to live in fear, but isn't fear necessary to generate preparation behaviour? Frankly, I'd have liked Joe Blow to have been very frightened about a year ago. And now it's too late, so I'm rather glad that Joe lives in ignorant bliss. :(

(I know, prep more. Thanks in advance, I *am* doing so.)

-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), November 16, 1999.


Freedom is just the beginning, think bigger. The prison door opens, the prisoner walks free. What next? (Sarafina!)

Then there is the great treatise by Erik Fromm entitled Escape From Freedom, about 50 years old now, but worth reading every word several times.

Not so OT, IMHO. Definitely a discussion pertaining to adult self-sufficiency Y2K or no Y2K

-- Donna (moment@pacbell.net), November 16, 1999.



I love bondage!

-- (kinkyis@kinky.does), November 16, 1999.

fear is the mindkiller, that brings total oblivion. I must not fear, fear is the little death, I will allow my fear to pass over me and through me.

(Paraphasing Frank Herbert's Dune)

or, as Darth's Vader, Maul and Sidious like to point out: fear is our ally

-- jeremiah (braponspdetroit@hotmail.com), November 16, 1999.


Someone is confusing the word fear for concern. When you fear something, adrenalin starts to flow, blood pressure rises, perspiration increases, breathing rate becomes more rapid all in preparation for flight or fight. I haven't heard a single person on this board claim they were leaving the country to go someplace that was more prepared nor have I read about anybody preparing for civil war. Corporations have poured billions into the fix which should be an excellent indication that there could be a problem. The government is telling us everything is fine which is also reason to be concerned. Finally and who disagrees with me. Computer hardware and software are finicky and take a lot of work to fine tune because garbage in = garbage out. Or its like saying anybody that has flares and reflectors in their car is a doomer for being prepared. Or anybody that lives in the desert that carries a gallon of water in the trunk of the car is also a doomer. Anybody that buys life insurance is a doomer. The difference between experience and inexperience is being prepared, too bad the boy scouts didn't reach everybody.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), November 16, 1999.

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