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Old 12-06-2005, 09:49 AM   #50 (permalink)
highthief
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Originally Posted by flstf
I agree. The boxcutter routine will not work again and even if they use a gun. Once people realize they are going to die anyway they will be very difficult to control.
Then why do people keep letting themselves get kidnapped in Iraq, knowing it is a likely death sentence?

Because people freeze and don't know how or when to act. The rational aspect of the brain gets overruled by the irrational "oh, I'm screwed" portion of the brain.
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