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First of all, I do not know what this thing is about http://9gag.com/gag/aXb5qVb ... But I have noticed 1 thing. Why are they using the bright side for shielding ? That is sort of shouting "Warning, here I am" no ?
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@critialcloudkicker That's an awful idea to begin with.
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@northernnarwhal America seems opposed to the alternative, aka, remove guns from crazy people
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@scoot They really like their Second Amendment there. Thankfully gun registration is more prevalent in Canada.
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@northernnarwhal *a little bit of googling* Now this would argueably be a better ( Abeit still rather dolety ) alternative methinks. Because everyone in school has a backpack, so it would be easier to instantly use. http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/768650
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@critialcloudkicker It would really suck to be a tall kid.
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@northernnarwhal ( is actully for badminton/tennis ) http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/768651
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@northernnarwhal @critialcloudkicker At least the vital organs minus the brain would be shielded from the back.
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@northernnarwhal Asside from that, it does not look like they had different sizes black/orange shields anyway
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@critialcloudkicker It would be damn shame if that tall psychotic killer came and yanked that backpack from the kid.
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@pony It's okay, none of us use our brains these days anyway
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@critialcloudkicker If someone told me to wear that to school I'd probably tell them to bugger off.
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@northernnarwhal MURICA! We won't go down without a fight! I think the problem is that we don't have enough guns to stop the crazies. Sane people need to get on the ball and start toting. http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/184/f/e/happy_4th_of_july_by_bakki-d7p1eol.jpg
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@northernnarwhal It would be a damn shame if a psychotic killer came and had actual intent of killing this one kid. He/She is probably going to find him or her, and when he/she does no amount of protection appart from force-fields and other science fictiony stuff will help anyone
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@critialcloudkicker Morale of the story, if you want to kill someone, armor does not protect ( period )
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@pony So you're saying the solution to guns is more guns?
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@northernnarwhal And training on how to use them for teachers.
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@critialcloudkicker I don't think a psychotic killer would walk into a school with a gun if they didn't have the intention of killing someone.
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@northernnarwhal Of course teachers need not actually be trained in gun use... I guess I got carried away there.. maybe just tazers.
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@northernnarwhal Kind of my point.
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@critialcloudkicker I think the bottom line is that bullet proof backpack is silly and wouldn't work in practice.
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@northernnarwhal The fact that since the start of this year there have been at least 30 people who conjured a plan of walking into a school with a firearm with intent to fire and executed said plan is the silly bottom line here. If you gave me the option to go to school with or without a shard of Kevlar at the back of my backpack or not, I would happily take the shard of kevlar
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@critialcloudkicker It wouldn't really help in the long run, if the guy really wanted you dead he could easily overpower you.
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@northernnarwhal Agreed, we need to take the guns away from people who shoot up schools, but since that is not happening any time soon I'd wager I would rather see a kevlar shard/mat in my backpack than nothing at all.
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@critialcloudkicker It costs more and I still don't think it would make that much of a difference in the long.
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@northernnarwhal I would buy my own Kevlar mat and sow it into my own backpack if needed be. It's a "Why do you never leave your house without a fork" kinda thing
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@critialcloudkicker Probably because I'm not paranoid to do that sort of thing.
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@northernnarwhal Some people are optimists, they take a happy stroll though the park and suddenly find themselves in a thunderstorm, get pneumonia and die. Other people are pessimists, they die due to stress. I am one of those people who takes a fork with them under the presumption "I would rather have a fork and not need it, and not have a fork and need it", I think of myself as a realist.
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@critialcloudkicker Who the hell gets pneumonia from a thunderstorm, anyway? Also it's a question of pragmatism. I mean, if that's the case I might as well also start carrying around a life support machine with me everywhere I go on the off chance I suffer a heart attack.
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@northernnarwhal Yes, only the life support machine would wreak havoc on your spine because you would need to carry it everywhere. Pretty sure a fork does not do that
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@critialcloudkicker My point is that there is such a thing as overpreparing. Sure, it's better to have anything than the inverse, but I can't think of a good reason why I should be carrying around a bloody fork with me everywhere I go.
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