tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740538823923443635.post2225667254688161324..comments2023-11-03T01:28:44.624-07:00Comments on My Masonic Apron: Know Your HistoryMr. Apronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176310548094283074noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740538823923443635.post-81492928546371231042010-03-22T08:07:43.289-07:002010-03-22T08:07:43.289-07:00You are right when you say nothing is unprecedente...You are right when you say nothing is unprecedented. As a history teacher it amazes me how many times events throughout history are repeated. They say that we can learn from our history for a reason. It's heartbreaking to hear that men and women who put their lives on the line for the safety of the public have to worry about being targeted.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605813895036256100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740538823923443635.post-68502976933547644712010-03-20T16:50:30.086-07:002010-03-20T16:50:30.086-07:00I think it's awful to think that there are peo...I think it's awful to think that there are people who, because they want to do things that are illegal, dangerous, and basically a waste of a human brain, think it's perfectly acceptable to attack another person, let alone a person who's job it is to protect us from them. I mean, I'm sure these people aren't happy about getting arrested with applicable jail/prison time, but at the turn of the dime, they want help when they feel wronged. I'm sure they'd just pop a cap in my ass if I rear ended them anyways. It's really ridiculous. And I think as whole communities people would rather not make waves and stand up to the gangs and what not that make it a living hell for everyone else. I get that. It's not right- but I understand not wanting to be murdered on the street because you called about the drug dealers down the road. But I think until regular ol' citizens start standing up for ourselves, our families, our communities- nothing will change. And that? Is really the saddest part of it all.Sara Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641499434694637445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740538823923443635.post-32554967122513803712010-03-20T04:44:40.232-07:002010-03-20T04:44:40.232-07:00I guess, with a history like that security measure...I guess, with a history like that security measurements could have been taken but then I wonder: what could have been done? You can't go around always protecting yourself; policemen can't be walking around wearing bulletproof armor all over their body. <br /><br />I think it's sick there are people doing such things, but then there will always be sick people wandering our planet. Whatcha gonna do, you know?<br /><br />As for the Attorney General, I doubt if he should have known about such assassination attempts in terms of "history". Perhaps he could have read up on it before making a statement, but history consists of a range of events and occurrences, and, although it has been done before, it has an incidental air to it. The examples you mention all date from the 70s; it's not like this has been a reoccuring problem every day for the last couple of decades, in contrary to, say, rape or child molestation. What I'm trying to say is: history is so broad that it is impossible to know every threat or problem by heart, particularly when the problem in question doesn't occur as often as many others do. So cut the man some slack I'd say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com