It's an interesting discussion that's evolved here.... and I'm solidly on the fence philosophically. In reality, I am less likely to mind someone else's business when carrying. It's just a fact. "An armed society is a polite society" definitely applies.speedsix wrote:...I'm really surprised at the number of folks here who think she did no wrong by correcting strangers in public when she wasn't in a position of authority to do so...that's arrogant and confrontational to do...we shouldn't go round trying to enforce ANY law, even littering(which, by the way, occurred on private property...a civil matter, not a crime, unless the McD's reported it...)unless we have in our pocket or pinned on our shirt the proper answer to the obvious question: "Who are YOU to tell ME what to do?" which you can reasonably expect the "perp" to ask you...if you seriously think you're going to accomplish a positive change by berating a litterbug...go for it...I'm going to go call a broker and invest in Band-Aid stock...
...those of you who think she did well...I hope you don't ever talk yourselves INTO a situation where you have to use your gun...you may find that the cops, the DA, the judge, and the jury had mothers like mine...who taught their children to MYOB...instead of going round telling folks what to do...
The flip side of that is.... Poorly acting people... from Presidents to the homeless... being allowed to continue acting poorly, contribute to the downward spiral of society. When I was a kid, if I did something wrong a mile away on the other side of the neighborhood, my parents knew about it before I could ride my bike home and confess. Nowadays, that neighbor who helped me stay on the straight and narrow by calling my parents would be too afraid to call my parents for fear that I might beat them with a bat the next time I saw them.
Is this our destiny as a society? Are we destined to continue devolving into a morass of minimum-effort, go to heck if you don't like it, shut your mouth or I'll punch your lights out individuals?
Let's all be honest and acknowledge that "more laws and more enforcement" cannot fix this de-evolution. ("War on Drugs", anyone?). The fabric of our society is torn, our honor is leaking out like sand through a sieve (on the aggregate, not individually).
Yes..... That lady at the drive through would be better off having kept her mouth shut. Our society sees her as the one who was wrong, for trying to lift up another person who did not want to be lifted up.
Sad...