Where are all the men?
They’re wringing their hands and waiting to see what Oprah has to say about this.
Of course, we do not know the circumstances nor how we would act, but I was surprised in the lack of action.
The New York subway hero said a similar thing. He was surprised that out of the 50 to 100 people standing around waiting for a train, only 3 or 4 bothered assisting the student that was having a seizure. And I wonder how many people would have jumped into the tracks to rescue the student.
Well, I’ve done it both ways, most times the shooting happened too quickly and besides I was confident that the shooter was only shooting the guys, or guy that he wanted to.
Once to protect a woman and child I did jump in and take the gun.
Here is a favorite video of when those guys jumped the shooter at the White House. It would be nice if someone posted a frame from it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJu_UswXWtw
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Sadly, no one attacked that assassin while he reloaded.
Its a generation gap.
When I was in school and two kids got into a fight, the teacher would say “Let them fight it out”.
Today, young men are taught from the first grade or earlier that violence is never justified, that fighting is wrong, etc, etc, ad nauseum. They are innoculated with a victim mindset.
Compare this with the situation on that airplane in PA which was hijacked by Muslims.
Most young people today, faced with somebody attempting to kill them, are trained to flee, or lie there like a victim.
If it looks like somebody is going to try and kill you, what do have to loose by fighting back? Nothing. If you don’t succeed, you’re dead. If you do succeed and stop the guy you’re not. Either way, the only possiblity for survival is to fight back. Its a no brainer. Even animals have it figured out. But the politically correct cloud which we have permitted to form over us is engulfing us with destruction.
AGAIN - make no mistake about it - the Jihadists are watching this with interest, taking notes, and planning new moves against us - probably colleges or schools as they targeted in Russia.