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Offline mechanic

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #30 on: April 28, 2009, 09:09:32 PM »
Yes indeed, in Northern Ireland much more so than in mainland Britain.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2009, 09:20:13 PM »
Quote from: mechanic on April 28, 2009, 08:52:44 PM
Good point although the rule does not work for everything. Sueing a fast food joint because the coffee was too hot and scolded your lips is justified but also very silly. That is besides the point.

On a larger scale many of those who did panic must surely have been just caught in the wave of confusion and terror rather than directly or emotionaly harmed by 9/11. How many people in the panic moved to NY after 9/11 and only ever saw it on the news?

Panic is silly, a soldier who panics is useless. Soldiers have hot metal whizzing past them all day and rarely panic because they are trained to realise that panic is silly. Silly being defined in both these cases as a course of action that does nothing to remedy a situation and often increases the damage.

I'm not talking about everything. I'm not talking about soldiers and I'm damn sure not talking about hot coffee. I'm talking about a city that saw nearly 3000 of it's citizens die in a matter of minutes less than ten years ago from a suprise attack on a city at peace. Now these same people see a similar situation unfolding before their eyes and some of them panic. Of course some of them are going panic. There's nothing silly about it, it's tragic. I live in Texas and only saw the attacks on television. Had I'd been in NYC yesterday and saw this incident my initial reaction may have been fear as well. For some reason you feel the need to argue the point because a countryman of yours made a bad joke and you're trying to cover his bad taste and ignorance with abstract bulls**t. I'm not buying it.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2009, 09:52:37 PM »
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2009, 10:12:14 PM »
Quote from: Sundowner on April 27, 2009, 08:17:03 PM
Who's running the show? Is anyone thinking these things through before approval?
(Yes, it's not officially AF1 unless the POTUS is on board. But still... :huh)

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2009, 10:45:01 PM »
Quote from: Shifty on April 28, 2009, 09:20:13 PM
I'm not buying it.


I'm not selling anything. If it happened in london I would say the same. Panic in any form is silly, end of discussion as far as I'm concerned.

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #35 on: April 29, 2009, 09:18:53 AM »
Quote from: mechanic on April 28, 2009, 10:45:01 PM

I'm not selling anything. If it happened in london I would say the same. Panic in any form is silly, end of discussion as far as I'm concerned.



Quoted for sensibility.

When watermelon hits the fan... keep your eyes on wear it flings and move out the way rather than panicking and waving your arms around like a school girl.

Cool calm and collected is the only way to be in a crisis.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #36 on: April 29, 2009, 09:25:16 AM »
Quote from: Xasthur on April 29, 2009, 09:18:53 AM
Quoted for sensibility.

When watermelon hits the fan... keep your eyes on wear it flings and move out the way rather than panicking and waving your arms around like a school girl.

Cool calm and collected is the only way to be in a crisis.

Agree 100%.   I tend to stray from "paranoid people" myself.   
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #37 on: April 29, 2009, 09:25:31 AM »
Notice the crowd is runing/screaming TOWARD the buildings. Plus it's not like you'll freacking outrun a jet plane anyway, how far can you run for this jet to travel the last mile. People don't think straight when mass histeria spreads. :frown:
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #38 on: April 29, 2009, 09:26:20 AM »
Wonder how much money their little jaunt cost us taxpayers... and which lucky spectator passengers were on the manifest. *rolls eyes*
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #39 on: April 29, 2009, 09:30:43 AM »
It would make sense to run away from where the plane seems to be about to impact.  Ground or building.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #40 on: April 29, 2009, 09:37:08 AM »
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #41 on: April 29, 2009, 09:45:42 AM »
Considering the fact that no one got hurt....

I can't help but laugh my bollocks off at just how completely and utterly retarded this situation is.

How do people qualify for these decision making jobs? Bwahahahahahaha. Bloooddddyyyy hell.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2009, 09:46:24 AM »
Nice job being dicks about it y'all.  Hey, let's all point and laugh at the people who are scared!  :aok 
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #43 on: April 29, 2009, 10:23:23 AM »
That's not entirely accurate............. Orders are the same for escorting the President or escorting a hijacked aircraft.  From the ground, you don't know the difference.

Quote from: SFRT - Frenchy on April 28, 2009, 09:39:31 AM
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #44 on: April 29, 2009, 10:29:26 AM »
Quote from: texasmom on April 29, 2009, 09:46:24 AM
Nice job being dicks about it y'all.  Hey, let's all point and laugh at the people who are scared!  :aok 

 :aok  Tell em Mom!  I'm with ya.
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