Once again, French surrender monkeys saved by brave USians

[NICE MOBIUS]

One thing missing from the popular narrative of cowardly french, is that there are reports that the first person to try and thwart the gunman was a Frenchman, who got injured and failed in his attempt.

So, really the headlines should read:

Lucky Americans copying heroic Frenchman outnumber and take down terrorist armed with a knife

Still very heroic!

[giblets]

Yes Gribbler, the guy who wrote the frikking article in the first place clearly doesn't agree with his own ideas. You monumental ******.

You're arguing with Grumbler. I'm afraid you might be a ****.

[Bereta_Eder]

If they didn't do anything he would probably either take them hostages or just start shooting.
So a frenchman tried to stop him outside the bathroom but he got shot.
Then skarlatos woke up and shouted get him to his friends.
Then stone charged him with skarlatos behind because the aisle would fit just one man.
Then the gunman tried shooting at stone and skarlatos, and that's the key point, his guns blocked.
So they fought him down with the help of spencer and norman.

The key thing was that his gun blocked or both stone and skarlatos would die but at the same time if passengers near by mobilized they could take him down in the uproar.

"Foolhardly" and very heroic. Often those two are entagled.

[Sava]

[kentonio]

You're arguing with Grumbler. I'm afraid you might be a ****.

Sorry, trying to work and do this stupid **** at the same time. I definitely qualify for **** status for that.

[NICE MOBIUS]

http://vdfp.virginia.gov/government_...d-Svensson.pdf

:shrug:

Does this mean that the UK basically has the best firefighters in the world? I'm too lazy to know for certain, but they certainly seem to be massively better than American firefighters.

Also, I remember that this was in the news from last week: Three Firefighters Killed in Washington Blaze Identified


Virtually every time there's major fires in the US you hear of US firefighters dying - it has occurred to me in the past that it seems like a curiously American thing...

I remember this story too: Loss of 19 firefighters in Arizona blaze 'unbearable,' governor says

As well as being incredibly sad, it does seem unbelievably careless...

Wildfires Have Killed 1,086 Firefighters in U.S. Since 1911

That's averaging 10 a year - for a century!

And that's only 'Wildfires'!

Something is definitely wrong and something should be done to help protect the lives of American firefighters better?

[giblets]

The British have wisely decided to have fewer wildfires :b;

[Sava]

easy to fight fires when it is always moist damp and ****ty outside

[The Mad Monk]

By having fewer forests.

[Sava]

and when all your actual forests were cut down 1,000 years ago by your inbred island scum ancestors

nice xpost

[The Mad Monk]

Thank you.

[Sava]

tmm so what are you doing on monday morning

it's monday right?

[kentonio]

We also have a lot of brick buildings compared to the US and Scandinavia. Maybe that helps?

[The Mad Monk]

Bricks make sense when you are out of wood.

[Sava]

when you think about it, it really is something of a historical quirk that britain was at all relevant throughout history