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2008-08-01, 02:58 | Link #589 | |
Toyosaki Aki
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Point is, there is a difference between being a coward and being suicidal. You can't fault bystanders for not putting themselves in a position to be slaughtered in the same way. I'm agreeing with you, it's more of a response to Guts criticizing the passengers.
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2008-08-01, 03:00 | Link #590 | |
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But it's perfectly normal for someone to do that. Yea... I hope the victim died on the first stab... It's not fun dying a painful death.
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2008-08-01, 03:01 | Link #592 |
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To be honest, I might have expected something a bit bigger than that. Part of the reason is due to the culture of fear that we have, and the idea that terrorists are out to get us. As a result, everyone seems to have the idea that if someone hijacks something or tries anything funny, you mob him (or them, if there are multiple ones) and put an end to it. Perhaps that only applies to people who look like they're of Arabic descent, or perhaps people need to be set off by painting the target with the kill term "terrorist" first?
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2008-08-01, 03:48 | Link #593 | |
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2008-08-01, 04:05 | Link #594 | ||
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- They reacted properly. They got out of harm's way and kept the criminal from running away till the police got there. Sure, one of them might have tried to play the hero... but probably not in time to save anyone. The most likely outcome is that there'd be several victims. - Going out on a limb... but I'd bet a busfull of Americans wouldn't have been any braver. Not unless you guys actually drill for those kinds of situations. |
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2008-08-01, 04:10 | Link #595 |
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The point missing here is that other passengers didn't have any weapons. Going unarmed against an armed individual is not a good idea. Besides inside a restricted movement space going against a person with a short melee weapon without weapons is never a good idea.
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2008-08-01, 04:20 | Link #596 | |
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And, to clarify, I am not ridiculing the witnesses for their actions. They performed quite well for their extreme situation. Rather, I postulated that the incident might have been handled differently in a country that is more use to these kinds of bizarre and horrific crimes (and sadly enough, America is such a country). (Having said that, I still doubt that the victim could have been saved.) |
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2008-08-01, 04:20 | Link #597 | ||
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2008-08-01, 05:14 | Link #598 | |
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I did read. They all got out and gotten the weapons... the other guy is dead. So why risk going back in? I was referring to the moment they were inside the bus by the time the attack started.
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2008-08-01, 11:57 | Link #599 |
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The guy calmly stabbed a stranger to death for no apparent reason, then gutted and decapitated the body and waved the head around. He was obviously a remorseless psycho, and probably the kind that can take huge amounts of punishment before going down. At least one passenger described him to be 6 feet tall and 200 pounds.
In a crowded space like a bus, no more than two people can attack him at once, and he will win easily, since the passengers were unarmed until they ran off the bus and met the trucker. By then, the victim was already dead, so attacking the perp would accomplish nothing other than getting hurt or killed. |
2008-08-03, 22:51 | Link #600 | |
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