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steeljack · 22-04-2007, 05:37

ok , maybe the title of this thread is a bit off ......but in light of recent events here in the US , the mass killing on a college campus in Virginia , talk came up at dinner tonight amongst a group of friends about how each of us would we have reacted in a similar situation , I made a statement and was roundly condemed for saying that I thought the young men who were involved in this tragedy were a bunch of wimps , it seems from news reports that the only guy who made any effort to confront the gunman was an old guy 70 odd years old , I asked where was the spirit that the folks showed in fighting back on the United flight that crashed on Sept 11 in Pennsylvania when the terrorists tried to take over the flight , but it seems to me that someone could have tried to intervene whilst the guy was re-loading multiple times , but it seems most of the guys were either hiding under desks or jumping out of windows .
So , what do you folks think ? am I being too harsh or not ?
What would I have done ? I dont know , but I would hope I would have tried to do something......

22-04-2007, 05:37	#1
steeljack God Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SF/ Bay Area California Posts: 4,002 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 1338	is John Wayne dead ? ok , maybe the title of this thread is a bit off ......but in light of recent events here in the US , the mass killing on a college campus in Virginia , talk came up at dinner tonight amongst a group of friends about how each of us would we have reacted in a similar situation , I made a statement and was roundly condemed for saying that I thought the young men who were involved in this tragedy were a bunch of wimps , it seems from news reports that the only guy who made any effort to confront the gunman was an old guy 70 odd years old , I asked where was the spirit that the folks showed in fighting back on the United flight that crashed on Sept 11 in Pennsylvania when the terrorists tried to take over the flight , but it seems to me that someone could have tried to intervene whilst the guy was re-loading multiple times , but it seems most of the guys were either hiding under desks or jumping out of windows . So , what do you folks think ? am I being too harsh or not ? What would I have done ? I dont know , but I would hope I would have tried to do something......