A man robbed a Walgreens store early Monday by passing the cashier a note and implying he had a weapon, police said.I guess I need to avoid being judgmental on this one. After all, I don't know the sex, age or physical condition of the clerk, and it's not exactly like a crappy chain drugstore job is worth taking any risks over. Still, I can't for the life of me (!) imagine rolling over for the guy under those conditions.
After all, it's not the job he's threatening.
You see this in banks all the time, too--just a note is all it takes for tellers to cave--which they're told to do by management. I guess they figure it's not worth the risk, give him what he wants and they'll catch the guy later.
Thing is, what he wants is to threaten your life, meaning as far as you know, he will take it if you don't immediately become his slave. And, as far as you know, he'll take it anyway.
I'm not suggesting anyone take a risk they don't believe themselves capable of handling. What I am suggesting is that we train and mentally prepare ourselves to improve those capabilities so that our decisions are based on our best judgment, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all corporate policy.
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Don't forget, after everything transpires, and the clerk acts in sefense of self and/or others, they will be promptly terminated for failing to follow the corporate policy. That's the real "gotcha" here.
"One size fits all" means "One size fits none but the slave". Zero Tolerance = Zero Brains is another fine example of this deranged thinking.
"[It is] lawful for a man to kill a thief who has not in the least hurt him, nor declared any design upon his life, any farther than by the use of force, so to get him in his power as to take away his money, or what he pleases, from him; because using force, where he has no right to get me into his power ... I have no reason to suppose that he who would take away my liberty would not, when he had me in his power, take away everything else."
- John Locke, Second Treatise on Government, 1690
isn't it funny? liberalism came from men like locke.
look what it's become.
What was called "liberalism" back then is now called "libertarianism". The name may change, but the philosophy remains the same: liberty for all.
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