Thursday, December 3, 2015

Taking Oaths Can Be Dangerous Business

Just looked over some old class mates from High School and beyond. My 6th cousin runs the 1st plank of "The Communist Manifesto" in the town where I grew up (code enforcement). Nicest guy you ever met. But I almost killed one of his employees a few years ago in my front yard. He was harassing my neighbor for having a flat tire on his minivan in his own driveway. I grabbed the sun glasses off the pricks face, my right hand wrapped around my pocket knife still in my pants pocket. It was all I could do not to follow my oath from Ft. Dix not to kill him in the street right there. The police, who came out, consisted of another guy I went to school with.
I guess I read too many books and sat in too many class rooms to go home.

Gene K. Chapman