After PS Scenarios

I propose we start a thread of possible scenarios that we might run into after 
PS.  I am posting 3 possibilities to get us started thinking of what our 
response might be.  There is no right or wrong answer to each scenario.  The 
task now is to come up with realistic possible situations that we might run into 
and as many as we can think of potential possible actions we can think of to 
understand and properly handle it.  At the time of being confronted with a 
similar situation we then have a better chance of determining the best or most 
ethical choice.  I have the feeling if we are ready for any scenario then it 
won't happen. Any and all are invited to contribute possible situations and/or 
possible resolution actions to take.  Remember free choice allows for any action 
at the time.  It helps to be aware of what the possibilities are. That is the 
purpose for this discussion. I hope during the situation at the time that we can 
take the time to ask those around us what they see as possible ways to handle 
before action is decided and done. 


#1 Scenario: Free Food

Situation:  You hear from a friend or a passing traveler or over the short wave 
radio that free food  (all you can eat) is being served at a well know place 
with in walking distance of your place.   Could be the remnants of a well-known 
church, town hall or even a privet residence.  What do you do?  Immediately send 
someone to check it out?

Dangers and Possible actions to take: Free food after the PS without a ketch is 
unlikely.  May be worth waiting on before investigating.  For those that 
investigate the food you eat may taste like chicken, or pig.  It may be served 
freely by what looks like kindly robed priests.   Where did all the meat come 
from?   Well a percentage of those that leave are taken prisoner and become the 
meal for the future.   Yes, there is an endless supply as long as there are 
people that come and eat.  So every precaution is taken so no one finds out what 
happed to Joe, Tom or Susie etc.  If one checks with the priest, bandits on the 
way back home must have killed them.  They just don't happen to say they were 
the bandits. It may not be priests that serve the food - there are endless 
variations.  Wait and talk to someone that actually eat the food and get him or 
her to describe if it was boiled, fried meat or soup with meat in it.  Did it 
have any grains or vegetables in it? This would be unlikely. Ask if they saw any 
of the animals, or meat rations they were supposedly eating.  If no source for 
the food has been seen by anyone and people sometimes disappear never to come 
back home then one can know what this is about.  Cannibalism can take many 
forms.  The smarter cannibals will have their food come to them.  To handle this 
situation one only needs to pass the word along the grape vine as to what is 
really going on.  Soon the source of food will be dried up and the scam exposed.  
Be weary as to what this gang does next when it has to move on.


#2 Scenario: Arriving starving mother and crying baby

Situation: A starving mother carrying her crying baby with one or more small 
children arrives at your door requesting water and food if you can spare it. 
What do you do?  Do you immediately invite her into your survival quarters and 
start to take care of her and her children's needs?

Dangers and Possible actions to take:  There will be a strong urge to help and 
this may be the correct action. For a while the service to self will use every 
known way to gain entrance or take over another's camp.  Is this mother part of 
such an attempt or is it someone you should help?  There could be a waiting gang 
of service to self-individuals waiting just out of site to see what you do.  The 
woman could be sent in and instructed to find out strength and number of guns, 
and report back or to sometime in the night when every one is asleep make sure 
the place is un-locked so a midnight takeover can occur.

How does one sort all this out?  One could keep the woman and children outside 
your quarters (possibly in a separate tent) and out of site of the exact 
strength or number of people in your camp.  One could while giving water ask 
questions that may help to determine orientation and purpose. Mean while two of 
your own people sneak out of camp in opposite directions (chouse off the beaten 
path directions) go out to a distance that is out of site to the camp and each 
walk in a clock wise direction to make a large "D" shape around the camp.  This 
being done carefully and slowly so as to not be spotted by someone or some gang 
hiding at the perimeter.  Once the scouts come back and the answers to the 
questions from the mother analyzed as to intentions and orientation, then a 
determination to help or send on her way can be done by consensus.  Sometimes 
giving a person an education on what you know about finding food and water and 
sending them on there way will be all that you can do. The pamphlet that Nancy 
and Helen prepared could be used as a training guide. It could also be handed 
out to friendly neighbors for education.

#3 Scenario: Death wish person(s)

Situation:  One or more persons in your camp (could even be a relative) living 
with you or possibly a stranger that just shows up one day with this attitude.  
They may be destructive of things around the camp.  Things just brake in there 
presence.  This person becomes obsessed in that they want you to kill them. They 
may not tell you this in words but there actions speak of it. They are tired of 
living and want you as their executioner and are willing to take anyone around 
them down at the same time.  You ask them to leave. They won't leave and try in 
every way to push your buttons (tender points or ways to get at the person 
emotionally) to make you mad enough to kill them. You are tired and hungry and 
short tempered yourself.  What do you do?  Your beginning to think it would be 
so easy to kill them and put them out of their misery. 

Dangers and Possible actions to take:  Killing this person is the last thing you 
want to do.  You will feel treble afterwards if you do.  The other person got 
their way and used you. Yet if left unhanded he or she could produce much harm 
(physical or emotional) to anyone who tries to get close to him or her.  Along 
with much possible destructive action.  The first thing to do is to get 
understanding of the situation by all who are not in this condition.  Those with 
you buttons are liable to be pushed (or attempted to be pushed) by this person.  
Now what to do next?  You could probably indicate to the person that their goal 
is to die and that they are trying to get someone to kill them.  You might get a 
"so what" back.  You can indicate this is a coward's death in that you are 
attempting to take another down with you and that there are better ways to die.  
Point out how much energy they are expending at trying to get them selves 
killed.  That if this was directed in a survival way for others it could do 
benefit for the many and by the way you might die in the process or you might 
not die. Come up with some doable examples of goals that the person might see 
they can do to help others.  Attempt to get the person into action helping in 
some way. Finding firewood, building a better shelter, looking for food, etc.  
See if you can get them shifted off themselves as the easy way out.  If all 
attempts at shifting goals doesn't work what to do next?  Do you chain or 
restrain them at a distance from your camp?  Possibly out of shouting distance.  
Some times food water and rest is all that is needed to help shift the goals off 
death. This should be the first course of action if you can afford it at the 
time.  But this would be rewarding a down statistic on your lines and so you 
will get the next person wanting food doing the something. So in general if you 
do this they must get much less food than those that produce valuable results 
during the day.  This is just my current thoughts on this subject.  This is a 
bit of a tough one and has lots of variations depending on the circumstances 
more ideas of how to handle on a gradient would be good. 


