[Mullenite]

This thread flows on from my eating pigeon thread and I would really like to see some discussion on it.

I find it interesting (odd) that ppl who are apparently preparing for a SHTF or worse scenario are perhaps too civilized to really survive.

This is not a judgment on anyone, rather a statement to ask if you "really" are ready. " I couldn't eat fido" or "eat a rat, you must be joking" are IMHO signals that maybe you really aren't as ready as you should be.

Peeing in a hole to pasteurize the wee for drinking is a valid and really useful thing to know as are so many other "yucky" things. Survival is just that the difference between living and curling up and dieing.

Yes some things are at best eewww but if you know how to; very few animals will kill you because of being disease ridden and theres the trick....knowing the difference between what will hurt you and what wont and in fact how to render the what will harmless (high heat cooking etc).

I see my greatest survival asset as my mind and try and expand my knowledge daily. When we close our mind to options because of something we may have heard or cultural indoctrinations, I really feel we are setting ourselves up for failure.

Anyway, this isnt pointed at anyone in particular. It's just my view and I would really like to hear yours.