tarheelmjfan
Proud Redhead
- Joined
- May 10, 2001
After reading more posts, I'm starting to think I haven't really lived at all. I'm beginning to think there are many more things I haven't done than things I have.
Ha, the fact that we almost never see them here probably makes us the weird ones. Don't make it sound like it's a problem with the States. I recently visited 4 different EU countries; the conspicuous presence of police officers and heavily armed militia is everywhere - everywhere. The airports, the iconic tourist hotspots, the train stations, at the beach and even in grocery stores, for Pete's sake. We take our peace and security very much for granted here.
Maybe at first. We witnessed them in various stages of "alert" and TBH, it fades into the background really quickly. We were actually evacuated from the Eiffel Tower due to a security threat and the people that worked there (including the guards and military personnel) were just like "yawn...this again".It makes sense that the EU would have security and police everywhere given their recent troubles. I assume (maybe incorrectly) that they aren't walking around with their guns in their hands. That would just be so unsettling to see.
I like the fact that I can take my peace and security for granted, to be honest. I don't have my head in the sand, I know that something could happen here (my city), but, chances are that it won't. I don't give it a thought in my day to day life. Again, I don't pretend that it couldn't happen, I just don't spend time scanning the crowd for anything suspicious when I go out.
I don't consider seeing a gun handle the same thing as actually seeing a gun, I think that's what the original poster was getting at too.
In widely circulated pictures, a hunter is holding up the severed tail of an elephant. You aren't seeing an elephant..just the tail. It's an awkward analogy but it makes the point.
Me neither. I'm too big a chicken. I almost went parasailing with my dd on a Disney cruise, but it got cancelled at the last minute due to high wind. I was secretly happy that it was cancelled. Only reason I was going to do it to begin with was because she wanted to.I've never sky dived or ridden in a hot air balloon or parasailed. Yes, there is a trend here. I have flown but very reluctantly.
Ah. Well, I would say if you've seen the grip, you've "seen" one. That is, assuming the grip is still attached to the gun
If you see a leaf on the ground do you say 'hey look, a tree'?
No, but I figure there's a tree nearby.
If you see a leaf on the ground do you say 'hey look, a tree'?
Uh no. But, if I see one still connected to a tree I do
Ive been fishing as a kid. You're not missing out.been fishing
Where exactly is the line between tipsy & drunk?
This is just going around in circles. If the cop has a gun in his hands, yes, you're seeing a gun. If it's holstered you aren't seeing a gun, you're seeing a gun handle (totally wrong word, I know). You can assume the handle is attached to a gun, but you're still only seeing a part of it.
Yes, I know it's all semantics..
If you see the roof of a house from an airplane directly overhead, are you really seeing a house or simply seeing a floating roof?
If you see a gun inside a holster, you see a gun. Just like a roof is a part of a house, the handle is a part of a gun.
Ok, guess we still want to talk semantics.
If you see a roof from a plane, you are seeing the roof, not the whole house. You, obviously, would assume there's a house under the roof, but you don't know how many floors, doors, windows there are until you see the actual house.
If you ordered a fridge and the delivery people showed up with only a door would you say, yep..there's my fridge. I'm guessing no.
Why would a delivery person show up with just a door to a fridge?
That example doesn't really work, anyway. The gun handle/grip is actually attached to the gun. You can see the gun in it's holster. If you can recognize that some sort of metal object that sticks out of a funny-looking pocket on someone's hip is a gun, you've seen a gun. You are seeing part of the anatomy of the gun.
I don't know why you're so insistent on this? I don't care that much so have a good night
Ok, guess we still want to talk semantics.
If you see a roof from a plane, you are seeing the roof, not the whole house. You, obviously, would assume there's a house under the roof, but you don't know how many floors, doors, windows there are until you see the actual house.
If you ordered a fridge and the delivery people showed up with only a door would you say, yep..there's my fridge. I'm guessing no.