Championship's Atlanta 2006 - The Negative

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by sporno

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So.. I'm gonna be the one who is a realist and break the cycle of all the bad rep that I'm guessing you are getting for that radical statement.

Yes, this could happen. In our perfect little FIRST community this is not something we often think about, but sporno seems to be a realist.

When you travel in a big city such as Atlanta, or NYC, or Chicago, or Boston, or any other big city on this globe things like this can happen.

Will it? Hopefully not!

Was living in fear and carrying the the knife the best (and safest) way to deal with this? Probably not.. but I applaud if not admire you for realizing that this kind of thing could happen.

All of "real life" is not a FIRST event. I know we all would like it to be and for everyone to get along with everyone else, but you can't put your guard down just because you are in a city with friends and think you are safe.

You would be foolish if you did.

The buddy system is a great thing. I'm hoping every team and team member (young and old) used this system.

I don't care if you are 16, 30, or 80.. Walking around in unfamiliar territory with a buddy can greatly reduce your chances of bad things happening.