SnowgodCCR said:

Perhaps you should read a psychology book sometime, there are actually three instinctive reactions for a human in that situation: Fight, Flight (run), or Cower. Your average 6 year old would display the third choice, a person trained in self defense would probally display the first choice, and the second choice is the one that most would take if given the option. It is the people who will stand and fight when they have a viable and safe escape route who are the odd ones, and the ones who protect the ones who cower and run. It's because of people of good physical conditon thinking that the natural way is to cower helplessly and not defend oneself that massacres like the one at Virginia Tech can happen. Had a class full of students stood and fought the attacker instead of allowing their 7X year old professor to do it for them, the outcome would likely have been different. We need to start teaching that violence isn't the answer, except when it is- ala Martial Arts psychology. I don't pick fights over insignificant garbage, hell, I'd say that I don't pick fights at all, but I am damn ready to protect me and mine should the need arise. There is a difference between being violent, and being capable of violence if the needed, and that's what we need to teach, instead of all this lovey-dovey mushy-soft society crap.

attn_ho said:

hmm. troubling. in theory youre right, however, better ways to achieve an effect might be:

a unit on defense in a dangerous situation,
a run through of an armed attack in a school setting.
a homework assignment.
a field trip to a firing range, or karate as a gym unit or class.

heres a non effective way to make your point.
terrorize twelve year olds by making them think theyre going to DIE NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!

RubberSoul said:
Dude, you need to take an entry-level newspaper class or something. I can never figure out what you're prattling on about until I scan through more than I want to of your obtuse articles. Do us all a favor and move the little content you usually have to the top in the future, please.

Colinism said:
I can't believe you took that post seriously even after I posted that You tube vid.

attn_ho said:

i guess my sarcasm meter needs to go back to the shop.
i often dont watch the youtube vids.

yourfashionwar said:

emotional distress, baby!

The tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress has four elements:
(1) the defendant must act intentionally or recklessly;
(2) the defendant's conduct must be extreme and outrageous; and
(3) the conduct must be the cause
(4) of severe emotional distress.

ZPO said:
I'm appalled that the school leadership and teachers pulled such an ill-advised stunt.

The greatest disservice are two of the lessons they taught their students:

1) Don't trust your teachers - they will lie to you.

2) The proper reaction to a threat to your life is to ineffectively cower helplessly.

Of those two lessons, I consider the second the most injurious. They have taken concrete steps to raise another generation of sheep.

creativename said:

Seriously though, if you can't get over this experience something is really wrong with you. It was fake, you survived. Get the fuck over it.

FearTheReaper said:

Here's another idea: Don't read my articles dumbshit. That's how you avoid something that annoys you, you don't read it.

FearTheReaper said:

Here's another idea: Don't read my articles dumbshit. That's how you avoid something that annoys you, you don't read it.

TheFox said:

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Yeah, but I have a few questions for you:
Were you in the sixth grade for any of that?
Were you evenly matched - either physically or through weaponry?
In how many of those situations were you an innocent bystander?

FearTheReaper said:
And ZPO, if you did not run when a gun was pointed at you before your training, then you probably actually have some mental problems

Colinism said:
Listen all you assholes that keep saying this was a stupid way to teach these kids how to survive another VT need to remember that our authority figures go out of their way to devise measures that we can use to defend ourselves from harm.






A newspaper OMG thats funny.

aleksa said:

The article seems to be easily understood by everyone else.