tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497636.post115946055504021956..comments2023-09-01T06:59:11.128-04:00Comments on The Jagged Edge: A Soapbox MomentMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05320529091465918706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497636.post-47270196462349606912006-10-11T07:16:00.000-04:002006-10-11T07:16:00.000-04:00Yes, this guy was out for blood at no matter what ...Yes, this guy was out for blood at no matter what the cost. Again though, negotiating wouldn't have helped. His aim was to kill, period.<br /><br />I do like the idea of arming school officials or having a school 'marshall'.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320529091465918706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497636.post-66486895609284864272006-10-10T23:23:00.000-04:002006-10-10T23:23:00.000-04:00We found out what would happen, unfortunately, a w...We found out what would happen, unfortunately, a week later, when the nutjob in Pennsylvania killed five of ten girl hostages when the cops did make a move after a short amount of time. <br /><br />I just wish all these sickos would kill themselves first, and save everyone the suffering.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430116366949977093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497636.post-1159792192791140772006-10-02T08:29:00.000-04:002006-10-02T08:29:00.000-04:00Very well said.We are going to have more situation...Very well said.<BR/><BR/>We are going to have more situations like this one. Law enforcement better make some changes in their tactics before more people are harmed and/or killed.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320529091465918706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497636.post-1159587167329396262006-09-29T23:32:00.000-04:002006-09-29T23:32:00.000-04:00I hope there's room for two on your soapbox...In t...I hope there's room for two on your soapbox...<BR/><BR/>In the same vein, what's up with all of these people - most of whom would crumble under the pressure of deciding between paper or plastic - getting upset about the decision to go in at all. From what I have read of the situation, it became obvious to the police from the released hostages that the man was in there to do some perverse nastiness to some of the girls; sometime after that, he cut off communication with law enforcement, which all but signed his death warrant. I wonder how many of these armchair negotiating ankle-biters would have reacted had it been their daughters in there. <BR/><BR/>Appeasement and negotiating can get you killed just as quick as action to end the threat - the difference is one takes guts and shifts control of the situation; the other takes a natural born instinct to make like an ostrich and stick your head in the sand. Personally, I think I may prefer the latter - it gives me somewhere to rest my boot!misawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08202064532880561775noreply@blogger.com