10.20 How to Avoid Being Murdered - Advice that Works

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20. “Murder!”, He Says - Update: 23 Septr 2021

Healthy longevity gets a short, sharp stop by murder which you may avoid by being seen as useful or helpful.

 During the Hitler Holocaust a Jewish inmate in the Dachau death camp was taken out of a gas chamber death line because a jailer recognized him as master of calculating machines.
 “Dishonorable!” You say? Well, I say “Vas you dare, Chahlie?  Yourself! Selected for death?” Do not volunteer to leave this sphere simply to avoid dishonor. Give heavy thought to whether you are really accomplishing something good by sacrificing much of your one chance at consciousness. At the 9/11/2001 NY WorldTrade  Center, firemen were ordered into an obviously collapsing skyscraper to certain death. Not carrying out the order made more sense. In faceless, horrific situations, a choosing a survival that one might not consider in a more civil time may be right. The point is: Do not be swayed by emotion, sentiment and political correctness; use intellect to weigh voluntary death for a purpose.

 In the biography of Professor Tony Tu, titled Nomadic Academic Life of a Professor, he recounts how in Taiwan in 1947, “Many people made speeches and these people were later executed. My father was too busy and had his assistant do so and his assistant was executed … .” 

At time of political unrest it is best to lay low and keep quiet.

   In your behavior, constantly be aware of the feelings of others. Be ready to apologize sincerely for bumping a person or causing inconvenience, Give everyone equal respect; and in social situation where you may be inconvenienced or even insulted by another, do not show any emotion other than trying to be helpful.
   Above all, if you can help it, do not be the cause of another person's unhappiness. If a bad social situation seems at hand, make a quick exit. Do not volunteer for danger without giving it heavy thought. Case-by-case judgment is the way to go. If in doubt, get out. Do not present tempting or desired target, e.g., being richly dressed, showing jewelry, gold, expensive attachment; or being an otherwise obvious rich person. Dress shabby and contrive to look homeless. Act like you are not smart! Accosted for money by someone threatening, give what you can and always keep eyes averted from the robber while at same time keeping him in view by side vision so you are alert to a move he may make. Some murders take place during robbery because the criminal fears a victim may identify him and sometimes the decision to murder rests on noticing how carefully a victim is inspecting the face of a robber.

   If or when it becomes obvious an assailant is going to murder or seriously harm you, either run away – if you judge you can – or defend self by sudden surprising, shocking force.

   Do not excite envy, do not tell a person how happy or successful you are, do not send year-end card showing you and contented family, or have photo of beautiful wife and pretty child on office desk. If anything, try to excite pity or superiority in others by mentioning your sadness or troubles. And do not consent to private appointments with persons you either do not know or whose motives for the meeting seem suspicious or cannot be accounted for by a legitimate reason.

“Everybody Run, the Home-Coming Queen has got a Gun!” is a song title that should remind us of the shootings at school and movie house, or at Sunday church meeting or other crowd-events. In a recent one, students got killed because they sat up front. "I try to be a good student and sit close to the front and this is what happens," said Carr, a 20-year-old sophomore (2nd year college). Stay away from parades, avoid political retreats (cf. the Norway shootings); do not go to cult movie openings and keep away from musical festivals; or, if you do go, be ready to duck behind bullet-proof furniture.
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