Oh yeah, and what will you say the day some asshole - terrorist related or otherwise - shoots up or blows up the theater with your kid in it?

The bad guys are only winning if enough people are propagandized to let their guard down.

BTW, I don't think theaters EVER let people bring backpacks in because they're afraid people will bring food instead of buying their high priced crap.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker 

The shooting in Aurora theater was not far from where we lived one year earlier. And Batman is something I am a huge fan of. So, to answer your question, if I were to lose my child in a theater shooting or bombing, what would I say? I would say it was a very unfair and unjustified attack. I sure as hell wouldn't pound my chest saying WHY ARE THESE PUBLIC VENUES NOT MORE SAFE!!

I do my best to protect my girls as that is part of my responsibility as a father. If I have to take a bullet for them, so be it. If I have to lay on a bomb to protect them, so be it. But don't dare tell me that this illusion of safety is worth losing ANY freedoms.


Should I not let my daughters ride their bikes because a car might hit them?
Should I not let them go to school because they might get shot?
Should I not take my girls to the mall because someone might have a gun and shoot them?
Should I not let them go to school because they might get touched inappropriately?
Should I not take them to the amusement park because a ride could crash?


Wait, I know what you think we should do. We should put everyone in a god damn bubble. Forget freedom, who needs it. Just get your very own texaspackerback bubble.



BTFW, I know the rules of a theater and backpacks, that wasn't the point I was getting at here.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I don't think you implied this, but to be clear, by no means am I saying since safety is but a mere illusion we should absolve all attempts at reaching it. I am saying the more we whine to the Government about THEM needing to provide safer public venues for US, the more FREEDOM we relinquish. Everything has a trade off.

Some inconvenience for the sake of safety is worth it. Coincidentally, banning backpacks (etc) from theaters, I have no issue with whatsoever.

TSA at airports I have an issue with, but not for me. They can fondle me up/down and repeat and scan me nude for all I care. It's my girls that it becomes a problem. Maybe that's hypocritical, I dunno. I just don't agree with fondling kids for this illusion of safety. This has NOT happened to my girls. In fact, the airports at Denver, Milwaukee, Green Bay and Chicago have been very respectful. They had women do a soft pat on the under arm and that was it. Maybe me starring at them ready with a look on my face that clearly said "touch her wrong and you will get hurt"? I doubt that mattered to them much, but even my girls noticed it lol.

We could talk about Unions too here. Employee's whined and whined and rightfully so ... but now look. Unions give employees a false sense of laziness because hey the union will bail me out!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

F*CK safety. I'm pissed at those weenies in the NRA whine about gun registries but won't lift a finger to make it legal for me to own a nuclear weapon. Give me that freedom and I'll worry about my own safety. So terrorists have killed what...4000 people in the last 20 years here in America? So what I could top that in 5 minutes for a nuke and take out a lot more BAD people than they did.

Originally Posted by: OlHoss1884