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Old 22-04-2007, 17:17   #15
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Re: is John Wayne dead ?

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp View Post
'The element of surprise' - I think there's your answer. He was the one who used the element of surprise. Someone just opening fire on you doesn't give you much time for rational thought or come up with ideas of surprise of your own. How many times have things taken you by surprise and then with hyndsight you can see how you would have reacted differently. All very well to analyse from the safe distance but there and then would any of us have been able to think straight?
As I said......they had received no preparation for this. That is the key. Most people breeze through life never thinking that something like this might happen to them. I am not one of them.
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