In an armed conflict where I needed an ally, if I had to choose between one Nepalese Gurkha foot soldier armed only with a Kukri knife, or five people picked out of the phone book who each had a gun, I think I would pick the Gurkha.
Ping...
Monday morning quarterbacking. What do ya think?
If he did in fact plead with one of the guards to give him a gun so he could help, he should be applauded for that too, and the security guards should be better trained to act when confronted by such a killer as Murray..but all of that is where the story is not as clear I am sure.
If Bourbonnais went about bragging about his own actions and publically down talking the security guards as opposed to working with them...then that not only throws doubt (IMHO) on his own strory, such actions would certainly unavoidably lead to a disagreement and break with the church and its leadership.
Whatever the case, if Bourbonnais distracted the gunman at risk to his own life just before Jeanne shot the gunman, then Bourbonnais deserves praise for that act of bravery and should not be labeled as someone who should have run the other way. As I say, if that is in fact what he did (confront the killer) then his actions added materially to the outcome IMHO.
In an armed conflict where I needed an ally, if I had to choose between one Nepalese Gurkha foot soldier armed only with a Kukri knife, or five people picked out of the phone book who each had a gun, I think I would pick the Gurkha.