(14 June 2013, 14:29)bigpaul Wrote: The American way ever since the Wild West has been to shoot first and ask questions later!
Ask anyone that has lived through combat if that does not work out better than the "wait and see if they are really here to kill us." approach.
Always easier to ask forgiveness than get permission, especially from the grave.
We also have a saying that goes; "Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."
It is always amazing to me that folks think looters post SHTF are simply going to take your goods and walk away leaving you untouched.
They are going to take willingness to negotiate as weakness, they are going to take your stuff, then they are going to kill you.
There are exceptions but those exceptions involve negotiation from a position of power from behind secure walls with covering fire available.