@Berrybunchfamily I am not sure I completely understand the syntax, but you said "freedom" enough times for me to like it and agree. 😂

@sinbach 😂

Let me try another way.

In the Falklands, not long after the British had retaken the islands, a journalist got annoyed at a plane flying low overhead and the very loud noise it made - interrupting his interview with an islander.

He asked, pointedly, how badly that noise annoyed the woman.

She simply replied that that noise was the sound of freedom!

If we don't exercise our freedom, we lose it - even if it still stays legal.

I always think of syntax as a computer term...shows how English I am 🤣

Andy B

@Berrybunchfamily @sinbach I was there in 1982 It was probably a SeaHarrier jet from either 800 sqn or 801 seems so long ago now I was 21 aboard Hms Hermes

@andyharris Thankyou for your service.

Andy B

You are very Welcome

@sarikorpi what if i told you that i might not be able to explain it as you would like? would you be offended and never talk to me again - or unfriend me on DD? what if I said it was out of love and that you and I express love differently, therefore you might not understand or what if I said that i believe there is a programming difference from creation between protector and nurturer and while both are needed, both approach safety and love in a different manner? would you be offended even more? what if i told you that i am traveling together on a book tour with an amazing woman today that has had a fatwa issued against her and is speaking out against Islam and while she is NOT afraid of those that might wish her harm, I have it in my DNA to help protect her in every way that I can. What if I told you that I love being able to protect those that I love, even while traveling, and not having to ask permission from the government to do it?
Still not convinced? I didn't think so 😄

@sinbach Thanks for your answer!

I think you might be underestimating me and what I'm capable to understand, even as a woman 😉

If wearing a gun is because of giving protection, like as a bodyguard, I don't have problems understanding that. I think my husband would react in a similar way as you, if he had to go on a tour with a woman that had been given fatwa. So I do respect your way of thinking and I can see the love behind your actions.

I even understand how sometimes obeying God could mean breaking the law. God sure can lead us to act so, for His greater purposes.

And no, I'm not that kind of a person who get offended too easy. So as long as I'm concerned, I have no problems for us remaining friends. 😇 I don't mind us having different views in some areas, but I do like to change thoughts and express my opinion! In that way I might learn something or understand things in a new way. If that's OK for you. 😊

@sarikorpi @sinbach My daughter was in her car in a fast food drive through. A huge man came up to her window and starting hitting it and yelling for her to get out of the car, he wanted to hijack her car. After several minutes of this, she finally pulled out her gun and when he saw it, he left her car and started doing it to the car behind her. That is one of several reasons I could tell you that it is good to carry a gun! The streets are NOT safe!

@sarikorpi 😂 stop! NEVER quit questioning and challenging ideas and concepts - NO MATTER WHO PEDDLES them. i am the LAST person you should trust and the first person you should challenge. I am literally surrounded by friends and loved ones that question my judgement every second - as they should. 😂
Bless you my dear sister

@sinbach Thank you dear brother 😇🙏