Quiksilver said:
Yeah, this guy is real intimidating... Please. My girlfriend is bigger than he is.
You said a guy who's been stabbed 50 times isn't worth saving? So he'd already been stabbed 50 times by the time he screamed? Hardly.
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For those of you with kids, would it have changed anything if the victim was your son? Is it still right to run off the bus? What if you knew your son was involved in drug trade in some way, would that suddenly make it "none of your business" that he's getting stabbed to death?
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So it seems that since you don't know the kids name, his life story, his value, that it makes it right to run off the bus rather than get involved?
Well, in Confucius ethics and philosophy, it is permissiable, their value is family and friends first. Strangers last. Care for those closest... by a lot... But, I don't think you care to hear that.
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By what I heard, the man's knife was a combat knife, so I should imagine that it is very large and very sharp. Most people arsenal usaully involve tackling the guy, no one going to charge at a very sharp knife and other actions likely require a skill level few possess.
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This discussion reminds me of an article I read in a magazine (sadly I forgot what it is, I think it Times, but don't take my word on that). They found that in the incidents and studies examined, it found something very interesting. They found people trend to retain their identity and freeze (rather than panic). One incident tell how one man, who is one of the few suvivors of a Scandinavian ship sinking, he noticed that when the stop began to tilt, while he (a retired soldier, trained to react) was climbing to the exit, most of the others was just sitting there. Another incident it told at the wedding party showed that in emergencies, identity remain intact. When the fire alarm first went off, the leaders that lead people out were people who have a "leadership" position like the bride, the waiters (they lead their tables out), and so on. Even the people who go to help were the doctors and so on.
Basically, in situations never trained or experienced, people automatically freeze up and only when directly threaten (like the knife) that even the idea of running come into the head enough. To do something else, it found that people needed to be either trained/drilled or be one of the few exceptions (which noted those who do trend to have a thinking that they are their own master of their destiny along with some other qualities). This is why people do fire drills, or suppose to.
