Ethics Daily has posted a story about Paige Patterson's response to the Virginia Tech massacre.
Patterson's instructions to the student body at Southwestern Seminary was for students to rush any gunman that entered a classroom.
You don't have to be a fan of big game hunting to see that he's got a point. His point is not a criticism of the victims of the shooting, they did not have time to prepare a response to such a situation.
Patterson's remarks are addressed to those who have plenty of time to prepare a response should an incident like the shooting spree that happened at Virginia Tech recur.
If a gunman invades a space that you occupy, it well worth contemplating whether it would be best to die trying to shield someone else from his bullets.
Remaining passive in the face of this kind of hostility could only give the shooter time to reload and injure more people.
2 comments:
My only criticism is that he confined his remarks to the male students ...
I agree. Paige Patterson and Bruce Prescott both make good points on this.
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