kiremma wrote:
This whole thread reflects the general social media response to news reports of split-second decisions made by those in the real world (e.g. law enforcement, military, etc.). Such as, an event happens in which a major, perhaps life-altering decision in made in a split-second. Nerves . . . fear . . . adrenaline . . . safety . . . environment, all playing a role. The media then gets ahold of and reports the events of the situation. Finally, after sitting back and developing a response over time, thousands/millions of internet users and pundits start posting/talking about what should have been done, and what "they" would have done (had, of course, the situation played out over a significant amount of time rather than a split-second).
Plus, in some other countries, both purple and green people have that sort of life-altering thing happen a lot less often. So it seems entirely legit to ask why police in the US tend to "alter lives" a lot more than, say, police in the UK or Germany.
And lastly, police are supposedly trained for and know they'll be in stressful situations. The rest of us...not so much. But from what I've read about, say, purple people having their "lives altered", in a lot of cases it's because they didn't do exactly what they were ordered to fast and perfectly enough (they didn't raise their hands fast enough, they raised them too fast, they turned around, they didn't turn around, etc). So nerves, fear, adrenaline for them with an "imperfect response" - and they get their "lives altered." And it's their own fault for not being calmer. Kind of ironic, dontchathink?
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