Add extreme abuse to those life histories as well.
D.
On 22/07/2012 9:56 PM, Keith Hudson wrote:
Arthur,
My comment is that I strongly doubt the literal accuracy of this news
account. Men are more inclined to be heroic in emergencies because
males, intrinsically, are more risk-taking than females. For example,
in the Zeebrugge ferry disaster in 1987 (in which 193 passengers and
crew died), I remember reading at the time that one young man, in
dangerous circumstances, helped many passengers to escape from being
trapped below. But the total weight of evidence from many ship
disasters over the years says that men take to the lifeboats
disproportionately to women and children. There were examples of this,
I believe, during the Ttitanic sinking.
All stories of tragedies tend to get enhanced from the word go. I can
well imagine three young men throwing their arms around their girl
friends and then trying to flee together or take cover. But if three
of the six were to die then it's only 8:1 against three men rather
than girls being hit.
Incidentally, I'm glad that the police didn't kill Holmes at Aurora.
As with Breivik's massacres a year ago in Norway, and his arrest, we
need to know a great deal more about the early life stories of these
men (usually social isolates) to identify other potential misfits at
as young an age as possible in order to hopefully deflect their
development.
Keith
At 04:26 23/07/2012, you wrote:
Way off topic but sort of intriguing.
Arthur
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: FW: 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting: Three heroes died in Aurora
taking bullets for their girlfriends - NY Daily News
Interesting. The response of the male seems to be to protect.
Instinctive?
Who knows. Maybe Keith has an answer or would care to comment.
Arthur
'Dark Knight Rises' shooting: Three heroes died in Aurora taking
bullets for
their girlfriends In final acts of valor, Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn and
Alex
Teves used their bodies to shield their girlfriends as accused madman
James
Holmes turned the Aurora cineplex into a shooting gallery.
Read more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aurora-shooting-died-bullets-sweeti
es-article-1.1119395#ixzz21Oy21I65
http://tinyurl.com/c9sj52m <http://tinyurl.com/c9sj52m>
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aurora-shooting-died-bullets-sweeti
es-article-1.1119395
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