I believe it is better in the big picture to choose trust rather than fear as a principle to live by. Both "feelings" inform our decision-making process. But, perhaps, in order for "trust" not to be equated to "being naive," one must explore the roots of one's fear. Most must choose and practice trust; fear is automatic and reactive and easy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
Fear can be irrational. Trust can be out of wisdom, experience or being naive. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great.... Do you mean *between* "fear" and "trust"? You see, we seem to agree on this as well. I would consider these two words virtual opposites. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : There is a big difference in fear and trust. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great.... My point exactly. We agree on that point. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : Are you afraid of guns? What's this fear thing that you have? Fear leads to irrational behavior. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great.... O.K. I can only laugh...I've been to Australia....perhaps we could learn from the legacy of convict settlers....:) Gun Deaths The rate of gun-related suicides and homicides per 100,000 residents in Australia has fallen sharply since gun ownership restrictions were tightened in 1996. 4 3 2 1 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Gun ownership restrictions tightened in 1996 Source: “Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data,” American Law and Economics Review, 2010, with updated figures provided by a co-author, Christine Neill, and later revisions by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emptybill@...> wrote : Em&M sez: Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is the great motivator. Exactly true. People like you make me fearful. You are a somnambulist that would willfully strip us of all guns – just like Australia. This is the real road to a 1933 style Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act). You are a pantomiming ideologue destined to be shocked by reality. Better submit to Allah and be a slave. Yer too old to be a jihadi wife anyway.
