by
Ray Jason
My Sea Gypsy Tribe essays, which
outline my unusual strategy for dealing with the possibility of a major
societal Collapse, have now been orbiting the Blogosphere long enough to
generate considerable discussion. These
articles have been republished by at least four influential websites. The debate in the “comments” sections has
been undeniably “lively.” In this
article, I will address the two main objections that were raised. But before doing so, I can happily report
that nobody exposed a flaw significant enough to lessen my belief in the merit
and achievability of my concept.
Pirates
It was quite amusing to observe that almost all of the comments about the threat of piracy were from landsmen. Those of us out here in the cruising fleet do not even lose nanoseconds of sleep worrying about this supposed danger. This is not because we are devil-may-care adventurers who laugh at fear, but because we understand how TINY this threat actually is. You have a much greater chance of being killed by a golf ball while walking your dog near a country club, than by getting fed to the sharks by buccaneers.