Canadian Maniac Decapitates Fellow Passenger

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Did the other 35 passengers think 1:35 odds was not good enough to go help?

I was just thinking that. Cowards!

[Asher]

The 1:35 odds diminish rather rapidly when you consider the cramped interior reduces it to 1:1 or 1:2 odds, where he has a 9 inch butcher knife and you've got your hands.

[Zkribbler]

...but he's most likely to be looking at the guy he's standing. Even I'm brave enough to attack someone from the rear.

[Winston]

So the guy was stabbed because he had the volume too high on his headphone set? That's not an unreasonable assumption, I think.

Maybe we could bail this guy out and have him patrolling public transport here.

Everyone will be happy. Or dead, I'll grant that. But you can't make an omelet anyway, so there.

[Winston]

Whoha. I had no urgent need to see that.

[Asher]

It was quickly removed. Nice work guys

[Winston]

Yes, that was quick.

[Hercules]

I find the response to the episode disturbing. Both to the act itself but also from the response of some people who think an appropriate response is a cheap quip: not just to this incident but other similar events.

In the circumstances, I actually think the passengers and driver reacted and behaved well: no way would you try to tackle this guy head on: apart from aisle issue limiting the number who could respond and the odds, he would sue you for assault or something or breach of his human rights to attack somebody.

It's remarkable that there was only one death (appalling), the passengers could have really panicked, the driver swerved and so on..

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Asher
A colleague of mine from Texas said "If somebody on that bus had a gun this wouldn't have happened."

It's a peculiar thing to say. Considering that he immediately stabbed a prone victim in the neck, the chances of somebody else having a gun stopping this in time is pretty slim.

On the other hand, if the psycho had a gun, this would've been much worse...

Texans and their guns.

Yeah, I hate to think what would have happened if this psycho had had a gun. Sure, they'd have eventually shot him down (assuming someone else had a gun too), but he'd have taken a lot of people with him.

[Lonestar]

It's the Prairie provinces. Everyone knows that the most criminals in Canada come from there.

Look at the 2007 murder rates by city in Canada:

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080717/d080717b.htm

City         Murder Rate
Winnipeg         3.6
Saskatoon        3.6
Edmonton         3.3
Calgary          3.1
Trois-Rivieres   2.7
Sudbury          2.5
Regina           2.5
Vancouver        2.4
Toronto          2.0
Saint John       2.0
Montreal         1.6
Hamilton         1.6
Ottawa           1.6
Thunder Bay      1.6
Halifax          1.8

[Asher]

Now add in your similarly sized American cities for a good laugh.

[Asher]

City         Murder Rate
Detroit          47.3
Washington DC    29.1
Houston          18.2
Chicago          16.4
Dallas           15
Los Angeles      12.4
Winnipeg         3.6
Saskatoon        3.6
Edmonton         3.3
Calgary          3.1
Trois-Rivieres   2.7
Sudbury          2.5
Regina           2.5
Vancouver        2.4
Toronto          2.0
Saint John       2.0
Montreal         1.6
Hamilton         1.6
Ottawa           1.6
Thunder Bay      1.6
Halifax          1.8

[BlackCat]

Asher, you now that yankystan is a highly developed society that reaches these high scores due to intensive use of firearms - you canucks can't compete unless you upgrade from knifes, mooses, canoes etc. If you guys doesn't hurry in upgrading you might risk a cultural flip of several of your (relatively speaking) important cities.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by BlackCat
... yankystan ...

For some reason, I find this term incredibly funny.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Asher

City         Murder Rate
Detroit          47.3
Washington DC    29.1
Houston          18.2
Chicago          16.4
Dallas           15
Los Angeles      12.4
Winnipeg         3.6
Saskatoon        3.6
Edmonton         3.3
Calgary          3.1
Trois-Rivieres   2.7
Sudbury          2.5
Regina           2.5
Vancouver        2.4
Toronto          2.0
Saint John       2.0
Montreal         1.6
Hamilton         1.6
Ottawa           1.6
Thunder Bay      1.6
Halifax          1.8

Is Detroit in Colombia?