DXP #197 delves into some heavy territory. After yet another caller challenges our proposal to arm schoolchildren with rocks we discuss death and whether we are personally and professionally ready for it. We “pre-brief” a bit about our upcoming interview with scholar Bart Ehrman, leading to a discussion about (if Jesus never rose from the dead) what exactly happened to precipitate the emergence and eventual empire-wide conquest of Christianity. Biebers involve email chains and the apocalypse.
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First, 16 of the 30 kids will be girls, and none of them could hit the guy with a rock. The ones that are not clutching their hair with both hands, would hit another kid or the floor with her rock. Now of the 14 boys in the class, maybe 4 or 5 of them could throw a rock hard with hope of hitting someone 20 feet away. Rarely however would even one hit the guy in the head. Just think how hard it is to hit a catcher’s mitt, and that’s when you are not spastic with fear.
You know how many kids are for sure not going to hit the shooter with a rock without a bucket of rocks?
So what you’re saying is that you wouldn’t be too worried walking into a classroom with 30 kids armed with rocks ready to throw them at you?
Frankly, no, I wouldn’t be very worried.
They would be picked off like flies.
Ha. Ok. Well, personally, I’d rather walk into a room with 30 frightened kids without rocks in their hands than into a room with 30 frightened kids with rocks in their hands.
Well sure but you could say the same thing if they had spit wads or pea shooters. It would just be an aggravation, not actually much of a threat.
Remember, there are not 30, but 4 or 5 that could actually do any damage. If those 4 or 5 throw randomly, you could duck the 1 or 2 (max, if they are lucky) that might actually connect. If they throw together, on signal, then just hold your elbows in front of your face until it passes, then get back to business.
I mean if it was 4 or 5 major league pitchers, then MAYBE they could do something. But how many of even they would have the nerve? Look how many wild throws to first a pitcher makes under duress.
Finally, if the psycho knew that classrooms were going to follow this strategy, he would just wear a helmet and goggles. Oops… on to the next idea.