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WE ARE SURVIVALISTS
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He who fails to prepare for the night, fails to prepare for the dawn.
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I am a survivalalist and by nature a survivalist is an OPTIMIST. I do not
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have one pessimistic bone in my body. If what I just said sounds odd to you
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then you are not yet a survivalist and you do not understand the modern
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survivalist at all. It has been very difficult to communicate to the public
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and the mass communications media, the concept of an optimistic, hopeful
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survivalist.
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A fireman is a fireman, not because he believes everything will burn, but
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because he believes much can be saved. Doctors don't believe in death, they
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believe in life, and a survivalist is not a survivalist becuase he beleives
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everything must be destroyed and everyone must die, he beleives that life and
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freedom can be saved, if people of good will are prepared. A fireman does not
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start fires, a doctor does not make disease and a survivalist does not make
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disaster.
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Crime, disease, war, revolution, fire, flood, periodic financial collapse
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and famine are the results of nature and the nature of man and unfortunately
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are not within the power of anyone on this earth to prevent.
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We all know that the sun will set each day, leaving us in darkness and we
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all know that warm summers give way to cold winters and that we can do nothing
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to keep the sun from setting ot the cold winds from coming, does this make us
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pessimistic? I think not! So then why is the survivalist called a pessimist
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when he makes ready to face events that are just as much part of history and
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nature as the sunset and changing of the seasons.
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Another misconception is that survivalists are predicting world disaster.
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On the contrary, we seem to be the OPTIMISTIC MINORITY that is predicting
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world survival. We are hard pressed to find any well recommended historians,
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economists, political scientists, sociologists or military strategists that
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can come up with a scenario that gives even a fifty-fifty chance of avioding a
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large scale catastrophe, yet we survivalist dare to be OPTIMISTIC about the
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future. We survivalists do not need to predict the probability of disater
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anymore than we need to predict the sun setting.
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Those who critize survivalists, are like men who refuse to look at a
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calendar, in the hope that through self-imposed ignorance they can keep from
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aging another year.
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"You survivalists will be disappointed if we don't have a world cataclysm",
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here is another accusation that is pure B.S. and I could not think of a milder
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phrase to describe it. We survivalists have loved ones we don't want to see
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hurt or killed, we have homes we don't want to see destroyed, we are not fools
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to think that just because we are suvrvivalists a world cataclysm would be fun
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for us or the we would not experiance danger, loss, hunger, injury, cold or
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even despair and death.
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We have spent time and money to improve our chances for survival and
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recovery from disaster, but we would have a great celebration if some day we
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could be assured that we had wasted our time. No, we will not be disappointed
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if there is no disaster to survive, anymore than the Red Cross is disappointed
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when there are no floods and storms or the man who buys an insurance policy is
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disappointed when his house fails to burn down.
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It may be said that the survivalist would much prefer the pleasant (but
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unlikely) surprise of being wrong to the (probable) deadly rude awakening that
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the nonsurvivalist will face if he is wrong.
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So, you see the survivalist can not lose because his survival prepartions
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will be of value regardless of what the future has in store. In time of
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crisis, those who have not prepared to turn to each other, will turn on each
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other.
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It is most regrettable indeed, that many people consider survivalists as a
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threat and regard them with suspicion and even hostility. This attitude is
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logically indefensible and is rooted in the nonsurvivalists own sense of fear
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and guilt. Subconsciously, the nonsurvivalist may hate the survivalist for
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reminding him of how fragile his lifestyle is. Now, let's get the facts
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turned around right. THE MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN AMERICA TODAY ARE THE
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NONSURVIVALists. Every person who has not made provisions for surviving
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without food, water, fuel and other essential needs from the outside, is a
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mortal danger to his neighbors.
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What will a man do when he and his family are freezing, hungry, thirsty,
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sick and starving? He may ask or beg his neighbors for help, but when they
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have no extra fuel, food, water or medicine to give, will he just go back home
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to die with his wife and kids? What do you think? We survivalists who stock
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up on food and other supplies, now do a favor to society because what we now
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buy is replaced on the shelves so there will be that much more available in an
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emergency. We survivalists won't be looting and killing for food. We won't be
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a burden on the medical facilities or a danger to the police. Since we will
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be able to turn to each other, we will not need to turn on anyone and we may
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be able to help at least some.
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Survival preparation should be regarded as a social obligation, one that
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every individual owes to his family and community and his nation. The
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nonsurvivalist is simply a poor and irresponsible citizen.
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So the reality is, that survivalists are optimistic, self-reliant
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individuals, who cannot help but see the imperitive of preparing for the worst
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possible events, while hoping sincerely, that they won't happen. Today's
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survivalist is an asset to his community and to the world and should be proud
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to be called SURVIVALIST.
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LIVE FREE BOX 1743, HARVEY,IL 60426
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