Many years ago one of my sailors honked at some "Bikers" who didn't move when the light turned green. Apparently they took offence and decided to walk back to his car and teach him a lesson. He took out a .45 and chambered a round. At that point the big bad dudes decided to get back on their bikes. About 15 minutes later he was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol and arrested for threatening several “motorists.” It took over a year and a few thousand in lawyer fees to clear it up. They were members of some gang of badass bikers but called the police and whined when a young sailor refused to be intimidated. Personally, I wish he’d shot them. He probably would have had a lot less trouble and me a lot less paperwork.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.