Quote Originally Posted by SPJ View Post
Heard the fable in so many versions when I was a kid.

The morals of the tale are

to take charge of a situation/crisis actively and to defuse it before it gets worse.

1 a handbag or briefcase to defuse a short blade.

2 wrap a t shirt around your forearm to defuse the short blade

3 slam the door when the bandit existing

4 use a belt to whip against a short blade to keep the distance

5 use a rock, sand

6 use


or drive the bus and run over the bad guys

Think and think something bigger than a pocket knife.

Outweapon, outnumber, outsmart

etc etc

Never let a disturbed and hurt girl/person drive a bus.

Use a cell phone to text 911

etc etc

Protect yourself first then save others if you can.
Word. They had ample opportunity, but nobody took the initiative. Finally when one guy did, he was alone. Pretty common story. We see it in sociopolitical settings all the time. Many feel the same way, but nobody wants to stick their neck out because the first usually loses their head... so to speak. Nobody wants to be that martyr. The irony is that there doesn't need to be a martyr if there is cooperation. But you know how people are, many have the "wait and see" attitude. Then when the tide swings their way, magically they grow some balls.