Alexcabbie
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tekshogun wrote:
Well, yes there are "hoplophobes", "liberals" and "nosy neighbors". Then you have your weenies.
You know the kind I'm talking about. The ones who need attention, who need themselves validated with a little pat on the puddin' head for being a "good citizen". They are the types who hold a crowded elevator (in a bank of six elevators) open so someone halfway down the hallway can get in, the ones who pull their cars sideways to block both lanes at a crosswalk so a pedestrian who has not even made it to the corner yet can cross "safely".
They are the types that, when they hear a co-worker slam the phone down in frustration go immediately to Human Resources and report that they are worried and ask that the slammer be required to undergo "anger management counselling". Or even when they see the neighbor's kids playing with toy guns call "the authorities" with worrries about everything from improper upbringing to kids being allowed access to real firearms.
IMO this neighbor knew damned well it was a non-gun. He just wanted an authority figure - in this case a police officer - to tell him his personal report card merited a gold star on it.
There was a time - and not so long ago - when weenies were known for who and what they are. As I said earlier, Gladys Kravitz (the nosy neighbor in Bewitched" is a prime example of this kind of weenie. And now they seem to have taken over the country.
Well, this type of thing goes on in cycles here in America (The Nothern Autonomous Territories anre another matter). Our last big weenie cycle started during the Ford Administration and peaked under Carter. This one seems to have started halfway through the second term of GW Bush and seems to be peaking (with a vengance) right now. At least here in America (in most places) the cops won't come busting in if your neighbor says that you have a firearm in the house.....yet.
tekshogun wrote:
Well, yes there are "hoplophobes", "liberals" and "nosy neighbors". Then you have your weenies.
You know the kind I'm talking about. The ones who need attention, who need themselves validated with a little pat on the puddin' head for being a "good citizen". They are the types who hold a crowded elevator (in a bank of six elevators) open so someone halfway down the hallway can get in, the ones who pull their cars sideways to block both lanes at a crosswalk so a pedestrian who has not even made it to the corner yet can cross "safely".
They are the types that, when they hear a co-worker slam the phone down in frustration go immediately to Human Resources and report that they are worried and ask that the slammer be required to undergo "anger management counselling". Or even when they see the neighbor's kids playing with toy guns call "the authorities" with worrries about everything from improper upbringing to kids being allowed access to real firearms.
IMO this neighbor knew damned well it was a non-gun. He just wanted an authority figure - in this case a police officer - to tell him his personal report card merited a gold star on it.
There was a time - and not so long ago - when weenies were known for who and what they are. As I said earlier, Gladys Kravitz (the nosy neighbor in Bewitched" is a prime example of this kind of weenie. And now they seem to have taken over the country.
Well, this type of thing goes on in cycles here in America (The Nothern Autonomous Territories anre another matter). Our last big weenie cycle started during the Ford Administration and peaked under Carter. This one seems to have started halfway through the second term of GW Bush and seems to be peaking (with a vengance) right now. At least here in America (in most places) the cops won't come busting in if your neighbor says that you have a firearm in the house.....yet.
