the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I like to think I'd react a certain way...

Which way?  I'd like to think I could have played dead without being too obviously NOT dead.

Run faster than speeding bullets while simultaneously controlling my bladder and bowels.

That's a lot to ask.  I think SunMo's plan might be more feasible.

[Rome]

You should all take a field trip to the nearest incinerator and jump in.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

That wouldn't be a big deal.  SunMo would just use the force to keep the flames away from us.  He pulled a similar feat in one of his former lives with Shadrach, Meashach, and Abendigo.

[PhillyPhreak54]

This is no macho bullshtein, but if I'm in that room I am rushing the dude. How many people were in there? He has to turn and look other directions in order to shoot people, so when he's not looking, he's getting rushed. Is it stupid? Yep. But so is sitting there as a dead duck target for some nutjob to pick me off. So if I'm going to die, which is likely to happen if I sit still, I'll take my chances with fighting the guy.

If I can't get out and run, I am not going to die just laying there and waiting for death.

[ice grillin you]

i dont think thats being macho nor do i think youre bullshteintin...but i think once in that situation theres little chance you would have done that

he went in classrooms totaling over 150 people and every single one of them either died hid under a desk jumped out a window or died

not a single one made even a small attempt to stop the guy...much less bum rushed him

[rjs246]

not a single one made even a small attempt to stop the guy...much less bum rushed him

Not true. I distinctly remember reading about students/teachers who risked their necks to keep him blocked out of their classrooms altogether. but you're mostly right, people for the most part don't want to ensure their death by charging headfirst into it.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Obviously no one knows what they'd do until the shtein really hits the fan, but I've thought about a situation like that since 9/11. When its apparent that I'm fixin' to die, I'm going to try to stop it and be willing to die trying. Because I am not going to lay/sit there while someone is picking people off.

The training I've had for situations like that, albeit in a prison environment,  would help somewhat - but it still comes down to when it really happens how will you react and you dont know until you're faced with it.

But I can't see myself just laying there if I had an opportunity to rush him when he turned his back to blast someone else. I might take one center mass or in the head but most likely when he turns he will not get off an accurate shot.

[ice grillin you]

they werent in the process of getting shot at...they held the door shut after he left their room

some others jumped out windows

but again when he wasnt in their room

im talking about while hes blasting away at people you rush him..which is what phreak was saying

[SD_Eagle5]

i think it would've been the perfect opportunity to see if i could control The Force and stop bullets

post of the day

[rjs246]

I think it's splitting hairs, but I won't disagree.

[Cerevant]

I still marvel that at Penn State, a dude (honors geek for that matter) jumped the chick who was firing an assault rifle on the HUB lawn.  She only got off a half-dozen shots or so before he stopped her.  Could have been a lot worse.

[Phanatic]

If some brave kid did jump up to charge him he was first to take a bullet and would have just fell in the isle. No way to know one way or another really.

That article is chilling.

[Father Demon]

Horrifying read.  It chilled me up, and made me well up a little as I thought about what they all went through.

[Susquehanna Birder]

But I can't see myself just laying there if I had an opportunity to rush him when he turned his back to blast someone else. I might take one center mass or in the head but most likely when he turns he will not get off an accurate shot.

I totally agree with you there. And it would be a privilege to let you take a round or two before I finished the dude off.

(BTW...I'm not sure I want to read that. I'm sure it was a horrifying experience, but I don't feel a need to live it myself.)

[BigEd76]

40-yr old track coach marries 16-yr old student

Yes, it's a southern state