Hollywood has always portrayed the sailor as a drunk, a womanizer, a gambler, a brawler, and particularly foulmouthed.
For 21 years I took umbrage to that image,,,I don't pick fights,or gamble!
If you believe in the Constitution, and the rights we all have because of that document, then you have to be able to accept any, and all kinds of behavior, as long as it doesn't physically injure anyone, destroy property, or deny anyone those same rights.
If you want to look at me as strange because I'm in the model railroading hobby, go ahead. Just don't touch the trees, they break easily.
Second ammendment.....YES
I got my sword at the Bristol Rennaisance Faire.
I can usually hit what I aim at with my compound bow.
I vote my heart, not my party.
I'm interested in archiology, geology, history , and a whole lot more.
If being a model railroader makes me the poster child for wierd,
so be it. I've been called worse.
Finally, It is usually in the "groups" which "society" calls strange, that the finest human beings can be found.. I'm honored to be part of one of those groups, here on the gauge.
Pete