Quote Originally Posted by pv4 View Post
As seen in Sydney yesterday, attackers with knives can be overcome with a milk crate.
without wishing to step on the good members inevitable thundering and potentially incoherent response, a couple of points from yesterday really stood out.

the rush to wedge whatever people saw or heard immediately into their teams talking points, from one side focusing on what he was yelling, to the other side announcing that it didnt matter what he said because he was a mental patient and not a terrorist.

the other, which was just plain weird, was the rush to yuk it up with everyone about the milk crate and chair. i know it sounds real 'oz', but these were people not only scared for their own lives, but willing to put themselves in harms way to protect others. add to the fact a woman got murdered and maybe we can save the hilarious gags and memes for a little later on. its almost as if we are so desensitised to that sort of thing now that we kind of celebrate when its 'only' one murder.

also, the whole 'look amurica, we dont need gunz' shit is just as wack. talking tough about not needing a gun on twitter tends to make you just as big an asshole as the people screaming they do need a gun.