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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
Here's a question...
I remember reading the online book "Surviving a Nuclear War" and one of the prep things it said was to not only make ready for yourself and your family, but for one neighbor as well.
Clearly we're not in any immediate threat of a massive, 2500-missiles-over-the-Pole type exchange (I pray...) but as we've discussed, some of us have your Katrina or Sandy level event prepping down or ongoing - anyone here doing the "...and a little for the neighbor, too" thing?
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I have not. Which neighbor do I choose? The single hardworking mom with two kids? The married couple where the man is in the USAF and the woman works at the local hospital as a respitory therapist? Etc.....
How do I tell one "Here is food and water" and the other "Sorry, all gone"?
I am afraid that my altruistic side would shrivel and DIE if SHTF. In all probabilty, I would do a "duck and cover" and wait....
It was Heinlein in his Starship Troopers that had Juan Rico state the following observation during his tour in O.C.S. Rico was reflecting on the H&MP course he was taking during OCS. "Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition."
Pretty graphic. And I fear, all too accurate.
TO conclude my rambling on this subject. I like to think of myself as a moral being. However, if push comes to shove, the animal that lives inside will emerge.
My $0.02
Mike