The History Channel had a show on called After Armageddon. It is about what happens with a small family in southern California after a flu pandemic wipes out 80-90% of the human population. They show them making plenty of mistakes. There are also some good tips put in the show by experts. And, I can tell when they decided to stop listening to the experts. They had humanity choosing to shun technology and live a more peaceful and satisfying agrarian lifestyle with much knowledge being “lost.” I call bullshit on this. There will be a massive drop in technology. But, there will also be a rise back. There are still plenty of libraries, and it is not like people will have forgotten that these things are possible. Will there be groups that for whatever reason choose to shun technology? Yes. And, they will be outproduced and find themselves subsumed into the groups that successfully bring back technology.
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Discussion on The Best Defense, Season 2, Episode 2
Tonight’s episode talked about what should your family do if you have a someone break in. Do you have a place set to retreat to? Does this place have a phone? Does it have a means to defend yourself and/or you loved ones? If you tell family members to head there, will they just head there without questions until everyone gets there? What if you have someone coming in through other home entrances (any window or door)? What is your plan?
30 Days: Gun Culture
I finished watching this, and was deeply impressed with the episode. They took a woman from Brockton, Mass. who was vehemently anti-gun and immersed her in the gun culture in Ohio. They had her live with a father and son who are gun collectors and enthusiasts She believed that only soldiers and police officers should be allowed access to them. She started out being so scared of firearms that she cried the first time she fired one. She attempted to persuade others to her view, but her (and the people she brought in) arguements were not logical, only based on emotion.
Part of her immersion was to work in a gun store. She learned that they do have to do background checks, even at a gun show. She met a man who had used a firearm to defend his family. She even learned to shoot a pistol and shotgun well. She ended up learning that firearms are not for her, but the the heavy regulation she had been advocating was not necessarily the way to go. All-in-all, I was very pleased with the way this show handled the issues.
