On June 11 2009 13:14 sith wrote: The guy who stopped him was pretty brave. R.I.P. man, you did good.
Yeah, he's being called a hero, I don't think the OP particularly mentions this.
Yeah.
Stephen Tyrone Johns, a six-year veteran of the museum's security staff, later "died heroically in the line of duty," said Sara Bloomfield, museum director. ....
"Never take your guard force and security people for granted," he said. "They did exactly what they were supposed to do to protect people in the museum."
Evidently as the man entered the museum and started firing the two security guards immediately returned fired, Johns was hit and later died at the hospital. Saved who knows how many people inside the museum had he been able to get past them.
ladies and gentlemen of team liquid when i posted this i was in the midst of studying for finals so i did not go into details. if i have offended you by not calling Stephen Johns a hero then i apologize.
On June 11 2009 13:14 sith wrote: The guy who stopped him was pretty brave. R.I.P. man, you did good.
Yeah, he's being called a hero, I don't think the OP particularly mentions this.
This. A real hero.
EDIT: @the person who said that that 88 year old is from a "different world" Think about this: There is an armed guard in a museum. Our world is so fucked up that assholes, after past mass murder of Jews, want to keep on killing Jews. And this is in Washington. I used to live in peaceful Sweden, and over there there are security checks, concrete slabs against bombs and police at synagogues. And the threat is real.
i read somewhere that in europe, anything nazi-related is a big no-no. can anyone besides inlagdsil verify?
and i remember an event way back. a Waffen SS guy was found and when they went to go arrest him, the guy came out of his house full uniform with an mp40 and went to hell full of holes.
On June 11 2009 16:40 theron[wdt] wrote: i read somewhere that in europe, anything nazi-related is a big no-no. can anyone besides inlagdsil verify?
and i remember an event way back. a Waffen SS guy was found and when they went to go arrest him, the guy came out of his house full uniform with an mp40 and went to hell full of holes.
Depends on what country, generally it's a no-no, but in some places people will be more outraged than others.
On June 11 2009 16:40 theron[wdt] wrote: i read somewhere that in europe, anything nazi-related is a big no-no. can anyone besides inlagdsil verify?
and i remember an event way back. a Waffen SS guy was found and when they went to go arrest him, the guy came out of his house full uniform with an mp40 and went to hell full of holes.
Depends on what country, generally it's a no-no, but in some places people will be more outraged than others.
In Italy you can find "Hitler beer" with his picture on the bottle. That would be illegal in most european countries though. Don't think it's a major selling brand :p