Words mean things!!!

[bassin_bug]

I've been wrestling about whether to post about my last fishing trip, a couple of weeks ago, maybe 10 days ago.

I was in the back of my boat, letting a friend run my boat. It was a Wednesday, and we were on Barkley lake. For the third time that day, a boat pulled in front of us, less than 80 feet, and began fishing. I told the guy to let it go, like I had done the previous times, but he refused. He referenced posts from this board about not letting people get away with doing things that are "wrong." He wanted to pull his pistol, which I did not know he had with him, but I did talk him out of it. Instead he did fish right up to the two guys and fished in front of them.

They asked how we were doing, and my pal said not well. He said it seemed the lake was really small today, as people keep pulling right in front of us.

I will say this, after he ran them off, he caught a 5 lber. right out from where they had taken their boat up to the cover we were headed for to fish.

He told me that he had read on here where people said a couple of well placed shots across the bow would teach people how to behave.

Now I have been made fun of and shouted down because I was against the post exhaulting the criminal behavior of a vigilante. I decided I should not post this example of how people are influenced by the words many of us on here type.

I did decide to make the post after the "funny" post about gun control. I am personally against gun control, but am glad I was able to keep him from pulling his gun. BTW, he will not fish with me again, without my searching his gear for firearms.

Folks, I've read about how youngsters read this board. I've read indignation from some of the same people who post about how violence is a positive thing (vigilante post and gun control post). Just think, a young man reads the two posts and sees "adults" on here saying how cool this is, so he thinks wow, that is how I should act. Suddenly fishing violence actually does occur.

Guys/Gals (for you bassinbug *smile*), your words mean things. You may think you are kidding around, but in reality your words are exhaulting illegal actions, often times you are honoring unnecessary violence. For instance, in the gun control post, the fictional lady was not in any danger, yet she used mortal violence, and then she is honored by most of you. If kids do read this board as many say they do, then they are seeing "adults" bragging about illegal violence.

Words mean things, and we have a responsibility to not only ourselves, but to our soceity.

Yes, I know, those who are guilty of the above action will attack me by saying I am taking this too seriously. Well, make an intelligent post with reasons why this behavior should be lauded as the way to behave.

Remember, just insulting or name calling only proves you have nothing intelligent to say.

Think about it everyone, words mean things... posts get locked because of name calling, then a fictional lady is made into a hero for killing someone!!! Again, words mean things.

HDF

Thank you for calling me out BY NAME; the "wink" does not absolve what you fully intended and then tried to turn it into a lighthearted gesture. I do not honor unnecessary violence or exhault illegal actions. I have done NOTHING illegal so don't try and lay that trash at my feet.

Not that it is any of your business but I have at least 3 LEGAL rights to carry a gun. (1) I have the Constitutional right to hold and bear arms. (2) There are still people alive, some still in prison, that I sent to jail when I was an Undercover Agent. Some of their crimes were little insignificant "piss-ant" crimes like trying to blow up a Jewish Temple and gunning down my Captain with AK-47s (thank God he lived to see all 6 of the bombers killed; he got 2 of them). I also happen to have the LEGAL right AND PERMIT to carry a gun at all times until either I or every last one of my prisoners is dead. (3) I have the LEGAL right to carry firearms on my land for my own protection and whatever other reasons I deem necessary.

Within the past 6 months my gun has stopped a crazed drug addict who climbed over the fence around my house to rob me (the gates were locked). I was at my other home ALONE and the house cannot be seen by any of the neighbors. In addition to those charges, his rap sheet currently has 34 felony offenses pending against him, one of which was rape of a 15 year-old neighbor's daughter the day before he came to my house. Lay down my gun just because you made your pious post?!! Hell no! There is also a constitutional amendment known as Freedom of Speech.

Who is the "fictional" lady that is made into a hero for killing someone and why was she mentioned in your "address" to ME? Was she in one of those violent cartoons or video games most parents allow their kids to watch/play, was she in a movie that the child was watching with its parents; or did they witness the violence and foul language between their parents? Why didn't you mention obscenity? A slightly risque' picture of a lady versus a family vacation where parents take their children to the beach and expose them to hundreds of ladies scantily clad in bikinis and G-strings. .....and all you can say is, "words have meaning." Duhhh! Ever heard the statement, "Actions speak louder than words?"


TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD:
This reply is intended for HiDefFisherman only, since he is the one who called me out. It is in no way meant to be a reflection upon you, or any of your posts.

Bassin_Bug