by Andy_S on Mon May 10, 2010 9:25 pm
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The suggestion that this situation can be equalled to a chef cutting him or herself in the line of their work beggars belief.
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A violent attack is a shocking experience, no question. However, it is not an uncommon one in some parts of the country, indicating that those who frequent such areas have the situation in the back of their mind as they know it can happen. . A chef cutting himself with a knife can also be a shocking experience (particulary as chef's knives are large and very sharp), but again, chefs accept that accidents happen. In both cases, people can and do go into shock, but in both cases, they do not necessarily go into shock and can continue to function. I don't believe this beggars belief.
Not sure how relevent this is, but the most dangerous situations I have been in have been (1) trapped in an updown canoe as a child (b) covering massive massive riots in South Korea and (c) being caught in a coup in the Philippines. In the first situation I panicked and nearly died. In the two latter situations I found I was extremely calm.
Tesshu:
Interested to hear of your family's experiences. Russia was the largest, and perhaps most savage and intense area of operations in recent world history. Still, I'm suprised to hear that bayonets (or trench knives and shovels, for that matter, which soldiers certainly trained to use) were frequently, rather than exceptionally, used.
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