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Reading this just reminded me how nice people are down in Lacey, WA. I was there at cabelas a couple days ago riding my crotch rocket, and I was at a major intersection waiting to turn left. traffic went by, a couple redneck looking guys in a pickup took a left by me and looked and nodded. I look to the right and there's another guy in a car and we make eye contact and he nods. Then I ride back to Seattle and remember the piece of crap people (majority) that live here and just walk right by you, you'd be lucky if you get a mug (not talking about the kind you pour a drink in).
Coming back to the main topic on this thread, just be nice to people (not asking you to give out money, just act friendly). Isn't that a tactic some of the folks here use? Instead of puffing up our chests at small provoking remarks about our guns, we try to keep a professional and civilized stance and use words instead of force? After a while, the other party will give up on trying to harm us by realizing we won't use force against them to make them agree with us.
Something that happened yesterday, I was in south seattle, in my car with my gf. We were in a residential road and came upon a GANGSTA HOOD ASS scene. Bunch of thugs standing on the road, with a car parked in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (one lane), with driver and passenger seat leaned back CHILLING. I rolled up maybe 30 ft, and stopped, and I didn't honk or yell, and somehow quickly, the passenger brought seat up and closed the door car and driver came up and pulled car out of the way. Passed by, looked at the thugs, nodded, and drove on without bullets hitting my trunk or bumper. Even if some people look like they don't deserve respect, doesn't mean you can't be civilized and polite for the time being.
And for the record, I thought that event was going to turn out like the racist one my mother and grandmother and I experienced when I was younger. But nothing negative happened and I went along my way peacefully.
