tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988046816576439468.post5758912367595090527..comments2023-11-05T00:19:25.417-07:00Comments on Rifleman Savant: Dude sez: Onlier Operatorers don' need no steenking Four Rules.Kevin Wilmethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368887768008126052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988046816576439468.post-44806944362337422922015-03-22T23:33:17.171-07:002015-03-22T23:33:17.171-07:00I certainly wouldn't argue against you on that...I certainly wouldn't argue against you on that. Given that he never really went beyond the "trust me, it's super-secret-ninjitsu stuff that I can't tell you about" evidentiary standard, but somehow felt the need to pop up in a public place to let us all know how <i>necessary</i> it all is, I was reminded of another Jeff Cooper anecdote, in which he related his standard answer to the question of whether or not he was really in the spook business. IIRC, it went like this:<br /><br />"No, I am not. And if I were, I would still say I am not, so what kind of a damn fool question is that?"<br /><br />Indeed. <i>That</i> strikes me as the attitude of the competent. And I would think that anyone who could actually walk all that tacticaler-operatorer talk, would either eschew the talk entirely, or at least understand that "trust me, I'm Onlier than you" may not be the ironclad certainty it's so often presented as.Kevin Wilmethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368887768008126052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988046816576439468.post-43261087513318440322015-03-22T21:20:16.247-07:002015-03-22T21:20:16.247-07:00I call shenanigans on the alleged "operator.&...I call shenanigans on the alleged "operator." For exhibit A I point to a discussion of firearm safety by a retired US Navy Seal: http://joellambert.com/274/firearms-safety-shoot-like-navy-seal/JoeJhttp://squareholes.castlejefferson.org/noreply@blogger.com