On topic, universal signs can often be more humorous also. One can get very creative with them.
In response to your last statement though, Anna It is a relief that you at least see where I'm coming from. And I'm not even half or a quarter. I'm as much a mutt or a hybrid as can be.
But like I said earlier,
the way we use our words can often get good people caught in the crossfire in a similar manner as with the AMERICAN CITIZENS of Japanese descent.
Emotions flare on these issues, I understand. But if We as gun owners are to sway the vote and influence the public in a way that helps the cause of gun ownership, freedom and protecting our children and ourselves, they must be made to understand that it does not exclude those who are brown, yellow, black or even F'in paisley or plaid. (Pardon my "French"- hows that for multilingual
).
But much of the manner of speak which I read here is very alienating and many of those that do it here either don't realize it or don't care.
And for every one individual (such as yourself) who at least sees my perspective there may be a dozen people with less broadened horizons who will continue to take this cause backwards into the days lynchings and inbreeding.
My family may fit into certain ethnic classifications that you've mentioned. But we do not fall into any of the negative generalizations that were attached and applied to specific groups in general.I sympathize with the home owners in regards to the scenarios that you described. And a less than impartial LEO certainly doesn't help. I could be a smart ass and say "how does it feel after so many decades of dishing it out", but I wont...Oh shoot, I just did, didn't I
. Yes, I know, two wrongs never make a right.
But in this, have I made one single reference to any SPECIFIC (this word comes to bear if you look up the word "racist" in the dictionary) color or ethnicity. It can be done. And everyone can still relate to the topic without having to classify or stereotype people. Truthfully, I feel that we all do a good job of ethnically and culturally stereotyping and profiling ourselves.
For those that simply don't care, you won't help your cause of freedom, gun ownership, and the safety of our children one bit. Unless of course your cause is, in your heart, EXCLUSIVELY for the benefit of
specific (there it is again), (ethnic)groups of responsible, law abiding PEOPLE. But then such a frame of mind would put you into a classification that I mentioned earlier in reference to the dictionary.
Yeah, I think one could avoid many of the racial issues with universal signs and a little creativity. As for the crime scenario, it will unfortunately continue to be a deadly game of Wyle E. Coyote Vs. Bugs Bunny until serious social and political circumstances are changed.
YOUR QUOTE:"But the people I usually refer to are not the original hard working people whooriginally came here to get away from the same type of people we are currently getting up here from out of Mexico. " I understand that. But the way you word yourself automatically throws many good people into the same category.And as I've pleaded before to others on this sight: How many more generations of my family have to sweat, bleed, and kill for "YOUR" country in which we have ALWAYS inhabited; how much more higher education must we all obtain; how many languages must we be able to speak, read, and write (me puedO incidentally ) before we are viewed and treated as just AMERICANS?No accusations, but here on this board, judging by peoples rhetoric and attitudes, it can sure feel like a pretty ethnically SPECIFIC, and exclusive club. But perhaps I'm not reading the signs correctly. .I've been meaning to take this line to a more appropriate section on a new topic. You've been more tolerant than most when I jump your thread, Anna. Thank you.
