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ragdoll -> RE: OnlineSafety (8/20/2005 7:08:58 PM)
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ORIGINAL: IronBear
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Living your life in a state of "hyper-vigilance" can be not only exhausting... but you might miss out on all sorts of grand things because you are quivering in fear about every bump in the night, you know?
Oh boy, that really had me laughing fit to bust a gut…… I can’t speak for any but myself. I do not nor ever have in the last 30 years lay in bed quivering with fear. Certainly if I hear unusual noises, and such things wake me even from deep sleep to a high degree of alertness, I go and investigate. Out of habit I carry a semi automatic 9mm pistol (full mag and one up the spout) loaded with glasser rounds, which explode on impact. That’s not fear just habit from a lifetime of being armed 24/7. As for missing out on things, I must confess I have no idea what you mean. If you refer to siting under a night sky and communing with nature, I do that regularly and I’m never alone, my Goddesses are always with me. Am I missing out on the party scene? If parties are not play parties I never go, I am not a party animal and do not relax in a room full of drunks. If its play parties, I don’t go anyway so I cannot think of a single thing I am missing out on. I do miss the smell of napalm in the mornings though.. Would that some one could bottle it .. <chuckles>
Well ... my words were mostly directed towards anyone who really does ALL those "hyper-protective" "gotta keep my computer safe from hacker steps" every day.. A lot of those steps aren't necessary daily to be safe... and they are a little "over the top"..
Sort of like.. if every time went for a drive in your car you wrapped your car in bubble wrap.. then you wrapped yourself in bubble wrap... then you added a large bumper innertube around your car.. then you got in your car... cleared out every single loose object in your car (tissue boxes, sunglasses, a book - after all these things could be fatal if you got in a crash)... then... you seat beat yourself in after baracading yourself in pillows and putting on your helmet of course... and then.. you drive down the street only taking side roads that allow you to drive at under 10 miles per hour (after all a fatal car accident is not as likely to happen if you only drive on deserted streets and stay slow).
That's what i'm talking about when i say "hyper-vigilence". It's good to protect yourself.
It's good to be safe... but being "overly safe" (like parents that put their children practically in suits of armour before they let them go down the slide at the playground) can be hindering... it's also usually unnecessary.. and it can make you miss out on an awful lot of things...
Like ~~ if i let my experience of some random man online showing up at my real life house "scare" me forever.. i wouldn't even be here responding to you. Afterall.. you're a man... HECK you could be the same man who came to my house before.. or perhaps you're another man just like that.. and perhaps i should fret about it too much.............. well....... see?? if i let fear like that rule me.. i would miss out on all the cool conversations here on Collarme! i'd miss out on all the neat discussions. ~ i wouldn't have found out you know how ta' use a pistol. *heh* ~ ^_^
p.s. i try to get out in nature as often as possible.. which isn't as often as i should. Its lovely out there.. especially on cooler nights in the summer... it's fun to camp out right in the yard.. no tent, of course.. then i'd miss the sky. ~ i didn't do that this summer though...... last summer i did a lot!
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
the only thing that will guarantee--100%-- the safety of your personal information is for it NOT to be there. take all the precautions you want, there is still the chance that a hacker will get in, take personal information and/or leave a virus behind.
same thing with real life. the only thing that will guarantee you will not get abused or taken advantage of by another human being is for you to NOT be alive.
i still agree with that.
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