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[_milliways]

Today I was walking home from school along Westmoreland. I was carrying the carnation Jackie sent to me, but my hands were really cold, so I stuck the flower and my hands in my pockets. I looked up and saw this really nice black sports car pull out of a sidestreet a block ahead of me, coming my way. When it reaches me it starts to slow down. I'm

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[tehfoolander]

Assuming the worst of people is what we are trained to do at a young age. One of the first rules you learned was probably not to talk to strangers, and its disappointing tht our society has reached a point where socity as a whole is so segmented, and suspicious that we cant teach our children to be friendly with people outside of areas that are approved and deemed safe, for example th eschool setting. even then there are certain people your told not to be amicable with, because they arent there with permission and may be a pedophile. its rather sad but its the state of the world, and unfortuanetly life has a way of blindsiding people who dont constantly have their defenses up.

[_milliways]

well it was a "red-alert day" according to homeland security, so you know.

just kidding, I don't actually know what color day it was. but you better bet it was something over yellow. you never get below yellow these days.

and by "these days" I mean EVER.

[tehfoolander]

Yea, its kind of depressing that our government can't gather up the balls to go "Its safe for you to exist, and there is a good chance you will still be in existance tomorrow" I also think that how informed we are on the color that rates our saftey is a testament to how much the american people value what homeland security says.

[_milliways]

are you kidding me? I bet you only 5% of the pop knows what the color is on any given day. Remember, most of the pop lives in rural areas/areas so depressing that no terrorist would want to target them, and for the people that do live in cities/targetable areas, how many of them are really scared enough on a day-to-day basis to go out of their way and check? it's not like the Wash Post puts it on the front page or anything. "Today's High: 45. Today's Low: 21. Today's Color: Patriot-Blood Red."

so no, I really think that no American gives a crap about what homeland security says.

[teagues_veil]

AW! That's so sad! Poor man. Actually, I suppose I should be saying "poor carnation".