Apr 17
This is what the tough guys at the NRO have to say:
At the very least, count the shots and jump him reloading or changing hands. Better yet, just jump him. Handguns aren’t very accurate, even at close range. I shoot mine all the time at the range, and I still can’t hit squat. I doubt this guy was any better than I am. And even if hit, a .22 needs to find something important to do real damage—your chances aren’t bad.
Spirit of Self-Defense [John Derbyshire - fighting keyboardist]
Blaming the Victims … Because They’re Total Wusses – Swampland – TIME
April 17th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
You know, I’ve had the thought that peopel shoudl ahve rushed the guy but you knwo what? Woulda’m coulda’m shoulda’. The circumstances were thus: Guys and girls in class were paying attention to their lecture, not exactly roaming the halls and doing what they will, where they will adn with an unobstructed path to this guy (not if they were sitting down in class).
And when the shots started beign fired — their first thought wasn’t “How can I stop this” as so much “What the…? Ohmigod!”
Typical human reaction. Not a crime.
It is indeed yellow journalism to blame the victims, or even to dwell on what COULD have happened in the ideal circumstances for each individual who was in that building yesterday.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
[...] Posted by John F on 17 Apr 2007 at 06:54 pm | Tagged as: The Life With the massacre at Virginia Tech, the United States enters an unfamiliar and yet unforgotten territory of national mourning due to a domestic tragedy. The senselessness of what happened, the blame game of what went wrong, response times, woulda’-coulda’-shoulda’ and the like. [...]
April 17th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
BTW – if my typing skills get any worse, I should be banned from comments in the future :p
April 17th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
That’s OK. I misspelled “girlfriend” a few posts ago.
April 18th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
They DID fight back:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/18/171917/480