tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093923435560402759.post2464357243426474406..comments2022-03-27T15:36:53.427+01:00Comments on So, in my opinion...: UnderstandingGraham Kitchenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739211596797486870noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093923435560402759.post-16558485553999721732011-09-17T01:50:00.693+01:002011-09-17T01:50:00.693+01:00I feel the same as you about RV's and hunting ...I feel the same as you about RV's and hunting for sport, Graham, but here's the rub: I met plenty of RV-driving, gun-toting citizens on my trip across America, and I liked them almost without exception. I wish I didn't, but they were so good to me in the campgrounds and on the roads along the way that it was too wonderful to believe. No, I haven't changed my stripes. I'm not buying a gun or trading in my bike for an RV, but I certainly have softened my view of the people who think differently than I do.<br /><br />A few people asked me before I went on the trip if I was going to carry a gun. They saw that as an absolute necessity and some were even annoyed with me when I told them I wasn't. Well, it wasn't necessary! All the way across no one even so much as said a cross word to me. That's something I don't think the people in the RV's ever get to experience. They don't know how many kind people there are out there because they are in their not so little boxes. Ditto for the gun-rights fanatics who believe that everyday could be your last in the great shoot out of life. What a great thing to see things from the perspective of a bike, where you find out that the world is not such a bad place after all. <br /><br />My best to you guys as you finish up your trip. It was such a great summer! DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com