I recently saw the film Drive, and it got me thinking... what would you do to save/protect the one you love? How far would you go? And do you think you would have changed if the circumstances were dire enough?
In order to protect my children, there is nothing that I wouldn't do.
It is also why I feel so strongly about the recent thread - again a subject I find hard to come terms with - even in the virtual world
Isolation - A Tale Of Star-Crossed Lovers
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hartclass & CumGirl
I'm pretty much in agreement. For my loved ones, especially my kids I'd do just about anything and everything to protect them. Take a bullet, brawl a bear or alligator, fight a single or multiple intruders, kill, go to jail, whatever. No one would be exempt from my full efforts if they were a real dangerous threat to my kids. Including their mother. And I'd expect her to act accordingly to me if I ever lost my mind and were about to hurt them. Kill my ass.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates I don't have kids, but let me tell you, I recently had the unfortunate experience of having my fiance get into a serious accident. I couldn't handle it if he was gone. Suffice it to say, I would do serious bodily harm if someone's aim is to hurt him. The person that hit him was driving drunk and it was the idiot's third offense, damned lucky the fool is still in jail.
And if you break in my home, be prepared to get shot!!
Personally I would stand up for them with all I've got in the hope that they would do the same. And not just for loved ones, for close friends as well. I don't like seeing anyone close to me hurt or in pain because of someone else. I may not be that mature, but I am very strong willed when it comes to protecting those special to me and will do everything and anything to make sure that they're okay.
As rudyP34 says, you don't know until you are in the situation. It is like combat. A Hell of a lot of guys die, not for someone they love, exactly, but for their buddies. On second thought - maybe that is a kind of love, too. You get pretty close to the guys you serve with, and sometimes you do things that surprise yourself ...
This thread reminds me of a friend I had in the service who was MOH. He always said he didn't deserve it ... but when he wore it (which was only when he was forced to), the officers all saluted him, deserving or not. He never talked about it much, but one night, after lots of booze,I managed to pry out of him that he did what he thought he had to do to survive. So, take that for what it is worth.
With it and a match, you can probably light a cigarette.
"There's only three tempos: slow, medium and fast. When you get between in the cracks, ain't nuthin' happenin'." Ben Webster
