The Survivor

God loves entertainment. Jesus as human enjoyed playing with friends. I mean, a love story, a song about cars, crazy Christmas family issues, or a movie about candy are not "Godly" but not bad either. Watching episodes of the Monkees or listening to their music, are not Christian but also not bad. I just heard this song on my Christian hiphop station on accuradio.com: Mouthpi3ce's "Turn it Off." Exactly what this topic is about.

Nothing is "poorly written." Do not worry.

I used to enjoy my Star Trek and Doctor Who and Marvel movies, but the content is just getting worse and worse. Trek I still like my five shows. TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT. I watched the first season of Discovery and with the gay characters being constant, I was done. I watched the first season of Picard and I was enjoy most of it (was not happy with the death of some favorite characters). however, after a tear jerker of an ending, the final scene with another one of my favs, Seven of Nine, made me yell at my video. I am not watching anymore new Treks. Not movies, not shows. Who Being British, yea they are going to be more comfortable with gays and such. I felt the show was going down when they brought on the first gay companion. And with the last two seasons all these same gender couples, I calling it quits on any new Who now as well. Marvel Those movies were pretty good, but they started sneaking in gay people here and there. Now, with the new phase coming out, like Loki, they got a lot of gays and trans and other sub-humans joining the future franchise that has forced me to be done with it. At this point, for shows, I need to stick with my pre-2020 content. Now, I like some other shows and movies, like horror. I got no problem watching a supposedly, immortal guy (because writers and profits say so without regards to plot) killing people left and right. No problem. But once there are characters of trans/gay confusion, I am pretty much turning it off. That makes me upset and cringe. That lifestyle is affecting my offspring, so I hate it.

We be too busy exploring the universe finally. Hate being stuck and confined to this planet again.

Rant on what? I been through mine and seen plenty. Wanted to hear if anyone have been through any real, or hypothetical, of the same involving the similar scenario. Wanted to see what others would do if/when faced in that situation. For example, I knew a bloke many, many... many long ages ago whose wife told him to hurry to the hospital because their son was in a terrible situation. He was far of a drive from work and desperately tried to make it. A police officer pulls him over and he decided to stop. He is waiting, frantically, for the two officers to take their time walking over. They wanted his ID. His car paper things. They did not believe him. They saw him panicking. Thought he was drunk. Ran his plates!! All he wanted was to see his boy. Every. Second. Counts. Son perished. Father never made it to the hospital. Heck, he never made it to the hospital that weekend! He was arrested and held for 48h for "resisting arrest" because, you know.... cops always right (but, ummmm, shhhhh, I know a few hundred things I can share about that later at another time). (No, that was not me as any person in that story else I be honest about it.) But hey, all is well. Then he eventually got laid off in the 1990s. And then, ummm, could not get rehired because of a dumb "criminal record", and, uh, well..... now I feel bad thinking he still owes me $39 from a poker game in 1987. But that another story....! I go by a personal rule... "learn from the mistakes of others so that you do not have to make them yourself." My rule. Copy write me. You do not need to go by it. But for me, well, let us say, I have survived longer than I should have. So again, why rant? That be bragging about something. I came to ask a question about other people to see what they would do. They can answer or not on what they would or would not do, regardless how they think I should think. Because, you never know when you might get a real inspiration story out of it from someplace you knew knew one could come from. Thanks.

Nice!!! I deal with them police. Some of he kinder ones, I will say.

That is my personal judgement. Thank you. Better than someone telling me I am nuts for thinking up such things.

Ah, but the child is not alone. The cause has happened. The child is en-route, or already, at the hospital. Or, maybe you have the child and you are the one trying to get them to the hospital. Either way, you need to get to where the child has to be or is. That is where I am trying to get at. What will it take for you, the parent, to get to where your child is to save them, or be with them during their last few moments in time?

Honest and heartfelt. Respectful.

Ask in another post and I "may" answer, as those will bring some more painful memories, even more recent ones too. Oooooh boy. I "might." We can only deal with so many memories in a day at a time. But, this post is about a child. I hope you can understand. Else, may lose track of the topic. My OCD would go BOOM (no pun). I will say this, I failed my current company's security tests because apparently, charging at an active shooter is NOT the recommended method of action. I had to lie on my third try to pass the test by saying... duck and cover. Made me sick to answer that question. Goes against decades of training and insanity to answer that.

I ask types of questions like these now and then to see how humans will respond in the most dire situations that I have myself been through or witnessed. Everyone will do something different. Many have. Others not been through them. Always curious how people respond. Humanity. The human condition is something I still learn. Am always curious at times. That is all. Some parents will risk everything for their child. Imprisonment even if it means saving their child. A man will risk his life to save a dying stranger. People go to different lengths for at different times. I am just asking one of those times.

Not exactly the scenario I described, but not bad. I do not understand why people would just assume the child is by themselves on a floor waiting only for you. Interesting. Maybe some people are reckless parents I guess. Let us assume you were called by the other parent, duh, that your child is badly hurt and has a few minutes left to live, maybe, and you need to be here or there. Oh, and you are a half hour away (memories I prefer to not recall, but too late!!!). There, that better? So, now what would you do as fast as you can as EVERY SECOND COUNTS! There, did I ask better? Again, do not tell me what I should be thinking. What would you do?

Not about how I should be thinking.

I have my reasons to gather input from other people. Just looking for what people would do. Not what they think I should or should not have done, or what I should be thinking. So please STOP telling me what I should be thinking (seems to be an ongoing trend in these boards lately against me). Just tell me what YOU would, or would not do. Thanks.

I did not confirm or deny anything I did or did not do (in terms of what laws may or may not have been broken to get to a life to save or to be there when lost), but I have been through it all and seen it. I been wondering for ages and finally just wanted to ask away here in these boards. That was all.

Bomb attacks, you me both. I think three in my lifetimes. Once I was flagged, but a different story. Chat, you know what I mean, waiting for them to walk up to the car while you are in a panic while your mate is probably on the phone screaming for you to hurry because the ambulance is rushing to the ER or something. I remember many times having them pull out guns when I simply just said "hello." I remember having to have my hand on ready when i see them smile at me. You know, they follow rules just like everyone else, but at times, you got more pressing matters to deal with.

Never once did I say this is a fake situation. As stated, I have been through it and experienced it. Please do not tell me what is logical or not.

Well, now believe it or not, all these decades of both sides of the law, I actually never heard that one before. Yea, I do not hear everything. Call 911 while on the drive for a heads up. Well, most do have cell phones so they have that benefit to do so. Not bad for the ones that can. Nice.

If that is what YOU would do, then that is your choice. For others, they can not stop. Every second counts. Your child slit her wrists or is in a car wreck. You know every second matters. Can you chance knowing you got to your child the moment the doctor says, if only you were here 30 seconds ago?" All because you stopped for a police chat? Also, no. Not every police officer will help. Some will question you. Some want your ID. Some want you out of the car and will cuff you on the spot. Personal experiences in one way or another from the eyes in my head, believe me. So, not everyone will want to chance stopping. By the time someone got done reading this, they wasted their time instead of getting to that child of theirs. Every nano second!!! I did ask what YOU would do, and you answered. Thanks.

You have a child. Your child is very sick to the point of dying or possibly dying. You leave work, the market, the football game, whatever. You are driving home to wherever you going. Home, hospital. Not matter. You going to where your child is right now. You are speeding. Going through red lights, but carefully. Just as a firetruck would. You use the breakdown lane. Whatever. You are doing what you can to get yo your child FAST but without harming some other human. You not that heartless I mean, come on, you not me. Here comes your problem. Police. Paid people to do what they feel they must. To server and protect. They feel they are protecting others from what they see as a reckless driver, but they are not serving you by letting you alone. Slowing down for a chat with delay those last few seconds to possibly see, or save, your child. Letting the cop on a high speed chase to your destination might be fine and dandy too, but they could then jump on you, preventing you from saying your goodbyes, or being the ONLY PERSON TO SAVE YOUR BABY GIRL (or BOY). Takes a split second, one breath, for a life to be saved or loss. Oh boy do I know it. My experiences? Oh, they be mind shattering being both sides I been on. But this not about me. This about you. What would you do, or what have you done (if willing to share). DISCLAIMER (for a board administrator)- If this is not the right board for such a question, please move it. Thanks.

I am not going to ever disagree with this statement in any context.... unless I have to.

This is the third or fourth Christian message board I have been on in the past few decades. So far, no one kicked me. So, that is a plus. I do wish there was more activity in the Men's forum (is on invite only to request a password from one of the admins). I want to post more in there but need more men to be active for, well, answers and comments and such. I think maybe I was the last to post there, or the next to last. I think I even had, or still do, in my signature to remind other men to use it. I am someone who pops in now and then because, well, time..... but I like it here. I feel there is a category for all my needs and I feel this place is quite active once you get people rolling. Lots of people pop in and out of the chat channel too.

I do not trust MSN or CNN too much (they lean too much to liberals), but this is interesting to cross reference with other sites: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-confirms-the-first-us-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin-the-california-patient-was-hospitalized-for-days-before-getting-tested/ar-BB10sCl9?li=BBnb7Kz

Okay, fine. Fair enough. I will still hire you.