You appear to consider “playing dead” as a absolute, like if you simply “play dead” you are invisible.
You are not taking into account the second part -— that the shooter did not notice that you were PLAYING dead.
Obviously ANY distraction, like Waleeds movement kept the attention away from “A”.
Therefore we can take it as a FACT that the movement of Waleed, and the diversion of attention towards him and away from others in the room, was ABSOLUTLY a contributing factor in the survival of “A”.
You said — “Obviously ANY distraction, like Waleeds movement kept the attention away from “A”.
Therefore we can take it as a FACT that the movement of Waleed, and the diversion of attention towards him and away from others in the room, was ABSOLUTLY a contributing factor in the survival of “A”.”
As we see from the account, the killer returned two other times “looking for signs of life”. Now, it is another stated fact (which we have no reason to doubt) that Waleed moved. And being that he was wounded, perhaps seriously, he might not have been able to stay still. In any case — he moved.
Now, the main premise to the entire story is that this movement saved the student’s life. But, we see from the facts that this is a false belief — which the student says is simply a “belief”
So, since we know that the killer is *looking* for signs of life — and we know that Waleed moved — yes, it is also very clear that when the killer shot Waleed, his *attention* was on Waleed as he was shooting him dead.
But, we must not ignore the fact that the killer was *looking* for signs of life and had returned twice, doing so. That means that once he shot Waleed, he’s doing what he came in the room to do — looking for signs of life.
Another fact of the matter is that the uninjured student is laying next to Waleed. Thus, the killer shoots Waleed, he is now dead. The killer is *already there* at the “live body” of the uninjured student. The killer doesn’t have to go across the room, doesn’t have to step across desks, doesn’t have to move anywhere. The killer is already there — right at the uninjured student’s body — who is feigning death.
We know that the killer is looking for signs of life, we know that Waleed is now dead, we know that the killer is right there since the uninjured student is laying next to Waleed...
Therefore — it’s apparent that what saved the uninjured student’s life, as Waleed is now dead, and the killer is right there at the live student’s body — was — the fact that the uninjured student played dead very well.
Waleed simply died, nothing more. He’s dead now. The uninjured student is alive, but feigning death. He feigned his death very well, while the killer — after killing Waleed is looking for signs of life.
Regards,
Star Traveler
[...Therefore we can take it as a FACT that the
movement of Waleed, and the diversion of attention
towards him and away from others in the room, was
ABSOLUTLY a contributing factor in the survival of “A”.
Correct.
But was it done to intentionally save another’s life?