http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/how-to-survive-a-terror-attack-run-and-hide---dont-play-dead-say/
This protocol in a
terrorist gunman situation is the product of people who don't trust
you and believe that only they can solve a problem. The advice is so
bad that the video produced by security 'experts' shows victims
cowering in a cupboard as the police kick the door in. Police
response is so slow that the chances are much higher that a terrorist
will kick the door in and inflict certain, and possibly
painful and humiliating, death. Hiding and waiting for police with guns to show
up only increases your peril as in all forms of warfare blue-on-blue
is a very real danger. The only useful advice is to not play dead.
Another destructive
aspect is that terrorists now know how their victims have been
trained and how they will behave. In a desperate effort to reassure
weak and helpless people the government has given them what they want
and the terrorists valuable information in formulating a battle plan
in the process. A well coordinated cell could easily shepherd
victims like startled pheasants onto waiting guns.
Finally, the protocol
advertises weakness and surrender and can only encourage further
bolder attacks.
The alternative, a suicide hostage
approach, can legitimately raise objection on two counts. The first is
the danger that a suicide hostage may incorrectly assess the
situation and the second is that a weapon retrieved from a dead
terrorist in the hands of a victim without a gun culture is just a
dangerous. Both of these objections are a function of irresponsible
western governments who have banned guns and encouraged passivity and
submission. Both, at least in part, can be overcome by an individual
who abandons the victim mindset.
Becoming a suicide hostage is a superior tactic in a terror situation and a superior strategy to live life without fear - the chief weapon of terrorists and governments around the world.
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Guy Walker
