virgil47 wrote:
It was a cowardly act by the so called scruffy individual. It was not however an ambush as he did not lie in wait and attack from a concealed position. To shoot people when they are seated, drinking coffee and using their laptops is the kind of sneak attack only a coward would employ. I hope the police find this guy and give him his just reward.
After watching the news I'm very concerned by the police response to this atrocity. The news media are not helping the public perception of the shooter. Some of their comments appear to glorify this pervert.
I hope the news media and the police that are involved use the atrocity as a learning experience and correct their perceived deficiencies before more police needlessly lose their lives.
WTF?
Can we stop with this 'coward' @#$%...
We were attacked by 'cowards' on 9/11...
We were attacked by 'cowards' on 12/7/1941
The fact is, whenever someone gets their ass handed to them, all the sudden the other side is 'a coward'...
A sneak attack is a good strategy, and far from being cowardice, takes BIG balls to go after 4 KNOWN armed targets vs. only one of you..
We got our ass kicked on 9/11 by SMART people.
We got our ass kicked on 12/7/1941 by SMART people.
These officers were killed by someone with big balls, but not necessarily very smart, and probably a @#$%ing nutjob.
It #(%&ing sucks, I hope they catch the guy and I hope he resists with a firearm still... That way they won't have a choice but to remove him from the gene pool.
But I'm tired of all the #(%&# about people being cowards just because they got the better in a situation.
Does it suck, F yeah, but that in no way means someone is a coward just because they won the battle (in a war they will eventually lose).
Just like a damn lib.. 'I don't like it so I'm gonna label it something that noone can disagree with'...
Edited to add: Underestimating your enemy, labelling him 'dumb' , 'a coward', etc etc is a surefire way to get your ass in a sling, AGAIN. How many EMPIRES have fallen because of someone underestimating the enemy and their intelligence/means/weapons,etc etc.
You must ALWAYS understand and respect your opponents strengths. Technically speaking, he did a good job (ignoring the situation itself, of course), 1 person took out four armed targets, obviously there was some planning, and it seemed to be executed pretty well, since it obviously worked.
To ignore the fact that it was successful, would be a folly leading to a repeat situation.
NEVER underestimate your opponent. Ignorance = death.
