A friend of mine from Texas explained it all to me: “Here in west Texas I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don’t stop to wonder why a rattlesnake will bite me; I know: It will bite me because it’s a rattlesnake and that’s what rattle- snakes do. I don’t try to reason with a rattlesnake…I just kill it. I don’t try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me…I just kill them. I don’t quiz a rattlesnake to see if I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won’t tell me, and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one. I don’t look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake…I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time. Also, I know, for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes. Do I fear them? No! Do I respect what they can do to me? Yes! And because of that respect I give them the fair justice they deserve …I kill them…” (Now this certainly isn’t a 100% correlation, simply because America wasn’t built on charging, convicting, and sentencing people for thought-crimes or pre-crimes. That being said, it is a good illustration that venomous pit vipers will be venomous pit vipers regardless of how much we understand them, “send good thoughts” their way, or go out of our way to appease them. Co-existing in close proximity with an un-caged venomous pit viper that is willing to strike and kill you if you annoy it is simply not an option. You’ve got to either cage it, relocate it, decide that it’s life is worth more than yours and leave, or decide that your life is worth defending and act accordingly.) Thoughts? Questions? Let us know by commenting below: David Morris DryFireTrainingCards
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:44:13 +0000
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