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I wonder what Donald would have done in the same situation? Run off to the nearest McDonalds?
We should all be aware that adults act differently under under extreme stress (how many of us keyboard experts have experienced this level of stress?)
It reminded me of Beevor's fantastic book on D Day. There is a chapter devoted to how armies fight and he collected much research. Overall, the figure was 1/3 freeze, a 1/3 fight and a 1/3 assist the other third to fight. Any force that could get up to 35 or 40% to do the fighting would have a very big advantage. Of course, this narrative does not fit in with history as we have written it as the winning side. A war movie where a 1/3 of our guys freeze would not make great box office. We still dont have the knowledge to predict how individuals will react under such stress and, obvioulsy, we cant re-create that stress in training etc . It's simply wrong to expect every enforcement officer in the USA to become John McClaine when the poo hits the fan. And even more wrong to label anyone who does not become Rambo as a corward etc. Typical example of the media (and politicians) taking a complex situation and turning into Black and White:
coward or hero - thats all the media wants with no room in between
And yet, Trump seems to expect this of his teachers - they will all act as heroes under the same set of circumstances. That lack of geniune thought and reason within the debate going on in the USA is more scary than the shootings.
Presume the same people criticising this guy would also call out any of the lads who were at the Somme who froze on the spot when under extreme pressure?
When there's a nutter with a machine gun rampaging round even SWAT teams don't just run in gung ho shooting like Neo at the end of the Matrix. They secure the perimeter, then they slowly work their way through the building clearing room by room. It's all about not putting themselves at risk recklessly. It seems people would only have been satisfied if this poor sod had sacrificed himself in a futile gesture.
But of course it's so comforting that there's a scapegoat for this as it can all be blamed on him and the gun control debate can be forgotten about.
That's because you're comparing the wrong things. Human instinct doesn't know the one from the other, it understands only the violence spectrum. And when you end up in the highest, instinct kicks in and no rational beeing is rational anymore. This would require the level of training SWAT teams get, but you're not telling me this officer was actually a Navy SEAL.
So instead on focussing on the problem: how to avoid the highest violence spectrum in schools, the US president starts kicking down on a man who froze when violence came to his school and he was supposed to act, even though he wasn't trained nor armed for the occasion.
Evn if you'd seriously consider his solution, where teachers are supposed to tote machine guns in case a disgruntled student shows up after first going to the local gun store (in any other country this sentece would make people laugh), you're forgetting that they're not trained to handle those weapons, nor recognise the threat. All in all, next time you'll have a kid open fire, kill a couple of his fellow students, maybe a teacher or two too, and in the best of circumstances have a teacher beeing able to use the gun properly and take the kid out. How's that going to help keeping violence away from schools? 5 dead instead of 17. Well done USA!
And in the meantime the whole bloody country is taking it out on an old guy who's been a victim of a stupid system as much as the kids, but who'll probably kill himself now or in a few weeks because he can't live with the shame of it. Well done Trump.
Build a wall?
Christ, how long is this joke going to play out?
"Trump" sounds a lot like the French word for being wrong. We need to get rid of this madman. I'm starting to long for the days of George Double-yuh.
If this guy had gone in and taken on the shooter, the media would have portrayed him as a super hero with a visit to the Whitehouse, medals and a Clint Eastwood directed movie. He did not so he is branded a coward and the target of Trump and the media.
The whole thing is grotesque and I do feel so sorry for USA citizens who have the insight and common sense to see what is happening and identify who the real bad guys are but can't do much about it.
I didn't realise Casey Ryback was a member here.
Fire drills are important and must be conducted frequently. The required "plan of action" is a rational one but must become an automatic one, for when the real situation demands it, automatic impulses are the best we can hope to rely on. People who are insufficiently trained, may "know" what to do but will get hopelessly lost in chaos in a real situation.
Psychologists will tell you that when children are in mortal danger, our biology, intended to preserve our offspring for the sake of our species, will kick into gears and reduce our own self-preserving tendencies below a certain bar, in favour of the safety of those children. However, this may be statistically true, but when individual cases are closely examined, like you or I, it may be established that self-preserving objectives lead to what others describe as cowardice, i.e. that your body freezes down as it were and you are unable to react even if your mind tells you that you should. Even the best trained soldiers can experience this.
In my head if a terrorist got on my tube train I'd roundhouse him to the floor and then disarm him to the cheers of my fellow passengers but the reality would probably be I'd cower in my seat like a frightened field mouse and probably a bit of wee would come out.
I guess I'm just not arrogant enough to assume I would be able to override natural human reactions to extreme stress with 'bravery'.
The one thing you find with real heroes is that they never feel the need to bang on about how brave they are all the time.
These kids are our future. THIS is how change happens. The NRA is quaking in their jackboots, and in total fear of this wave of DEMOCRACY. Safety before profits?? This is RADICAL.
Relax! Statistically at least one out og fifty 'good guys' with a gun would be able to save the day. So we just need to make sure there are at least fifty people with guns in every classroom. The strategy is bullet proof! (Pun intended)
Otherwise just give the job to @Thunderfinger. His bravery and capabilities knows no bounderies! He will know what to do! And he doesn't even need a gun, only a finger!
Then by all means, give him the finger!
And you know where you can stick that old boy.....
Just as long as the other guy isn't carrying an assault finger.
Fritzl is dead, if that is who you had in mind.
He was alive and well last time I checked and I think he used more than a finger.
“The way they performed was really a disgrace,” he added. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”: