"Part: 17 Listen to Michael Davis's In Search Of Heroes Interview" by Ralph Zuranski
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Ralph Zuranski: That’s pretty hard to believe, isn’t it?
Michael Davis: They plead not guilty because of something that happened to them when they were seven years old, or something. I think people should be responsible for their actions. I think that we as a society should stop making excuses for people when they do bad things. And I think that if you do a bad thing, say you’re sorry, beg for forgiveness, and go on with your life. Too many people say, “This is why I did it, and this is why, and this is why.”
My solution is to take responsibility for your own actions. Which may or may not happen. I’ve made some horrendous mistakes and the biggest mistakes I’ve made was to not take responsibility for my actions when I did these things years ago.
Now when I do something, I say, “I’m sorry. My bad, my bad.”
Ralph Zuranski: If you had three wishes for your life and the world that would come true instantly, what would they be?
Michael Davis: That’s hard! First of all we’d find true peace. Absolutely true peace. And even if you disagreed with someone it wouldn’t end with dropping another bomb on you. You can still be an individual. You can still disagree. But your fighting would be confined to verbal jousting. “I don’t like you.” “I don’t like you either, but I’m not about to bomb your country because I don’t like you.” So peace would be the first thing.
The second thing would probably be to see my sister again, because at that age when she died, I didn’t really have a whole time to bond with her. Like any other brother and sister, we were mortal enemies. I loved her and she loved me, but she was my big sister and I was her little brother and it was my job to be a pain in the butt. That’s like in the little brother handbook. I was a pretty good kid, but my sister, for the most part, was always getting into trouble. She used to get a spanking fairly regularly. My mom could give a good spanking. Long story short, I told you I was only hit once?
Ralph Zuranski: Um hmm.
Michael Davis: Well, the day that I was hit it was because I talked back to my mother. I did something stupid and then I talked back to my mother when she asked me if I did it. I said, “Yeah, I did it. So what?” She said, “Alright. Tonight you’re going to get your butt kicked.” I said, “Whatever.”
I can’t tell you what she used to beat us with because in the year 2006 it would be child abuse. (Laughter) Back then it was just good parenting.
Ralph Zuranski: Um hmm. It definitely got results.
Michael Davis: You know how some people have this little paddle hanging up in the kitchen for spanking? “Go get the paddle.” My mom had a .45 automatic hanging up there. “Go get the gun. I’m going to have to shoot you in the leg so you won’t do this again.” (Laughter)
Ralph Zuranski: I guess that got your attention!
Michael Davis: So my mother is coming into my room to beat me. My sister sees her coming into my room with the item she’s going to use to beat me. My mortal enemy, my mortal enemy, comes in. I’m thinking, “What’s the big deal?” She comes in and stands between my mother and me and says, “You can’t beat him with that. He’s not ready for it.” That’s when I knew true fear. When my sister stood up for me.
So, we got closer as we got older and I just wish I could see her again. That would be my second wish. I guess I will see her eventually.
I’m not very materialistic, man, so I don’t really have a whole lot of stuff that I would wish for. My life is pretty full. But I guess if I had a third wish, it would be for any stupid mistake that I’ve ever made—and I’ve made a few—for me to be able to rectify that.
You know what? That’s a bad wish. Take that one out. I wish for…I said world peace, and to see my sister again. A pot of gold? Some Skittles?