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Bruce Schneier has written an article about Living in a Code Yellow World:
In 1989, handgun expert Jeff Cooper invented something called the Color Code to describe what he called the "combat mind-set." Here is his summary:
In White you are unprepared and unready to take lethal action. If you are attacked in White you will probably die unless your adversary is totally inept.
In Yellow you bring yourself to the understanding that your life may be in danger and that you may have to do something about it.
In Orange you have determined upon a specific adversary and are prepared to take action which may result in his death, but you are not in a lethal mode.
In Red you are in a lethal mode and will shoot if circumstances warrant.
Cooper talked about remaining in Code Yellow over time, but he didn't write about its psychological toll. It's significant. Our brains can't be on that alert level constantly. We need downtime. We need to relax. This is why we have friends around whom we can let our guard down and homes where we can close our doors to outsiders. We only want to visit Yellowland occasionally.
Since 9/11, the US has increasingly become Yellowland, a place where we assume danger is imminent. It's damaging to us individually and as a society.
He continues:
Those of us fortunate enough to live in a Code White society are much better served acting like we do. This is something we need to learn at all levels, from our personal interactions to our national policy. Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many of our counterterrorism policies have helped convince people they're not safe, and that they need to be in a constant state of readiness. We need our leaders to lead us out of Yellowland, not to perpetuate it.
What are my fellow Soylentil's views on Bruce Schneier's assessment?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday September 25 2015, @05:45PM
Umm...you're implying that immigrants aren't civilized?
Why do I suspect the demographic you're talking about are largely Muslim. Cough.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 5, Informative) by jmorris on Saturday September 26 2015, @02:18AM
you're implying that immigrants aren't civilized?
I ain't implying nothing; I'm outright saying. The immigrants invading Europe are from a -failed- civilization. Pretty much by definition, if Syria and the rest of the ME were successful civilizations they wouldn't be fleeing. Islamic civilization might have been a thing a thousand years ago, ain't exactly worthy of emulation these days, about all you can learn from it is things to NOT do. Problem is that the losers in the fighting who are fleeing won't be taking that lesson, they will try to import their failed ways. Much like when Californicators flee the increasingly failed State of California and merely spread their disease into neighboring states because they instantly start trying to transform their new homes into the same horrors they ran from.
Here in the US we have a similar problem on our Southern border where people are fleeing dysfunctional societies. People flee failed Socialist utopias and appear all to willing to help us become one. It is almost like people are too dumb to learn. Misery just might be the fate we deserve as a species.
After the burning times are done and we are rebuilding we might want to require a basic knowledge of economics and philosophy plus at least average intelligence to gain full Citizenship and the vote. Yea there are problems to solve there but damn! How much stupid do we have to put up with?