Two people I died - I think that means you should have skipped the scare quotes. Just because the guy was an inept terrorist doesn’t mean he wasn’t a terrorist. I mean, heck, he killed more people than the underwear bomber who set his crotch on fire on board an airplane.
Daaesh/ISIS/whatever we’re calling them this week basically want to scare people into converting to their brand of Islam. Apparently, they haven’t realize that “scared” is not the same as “cowering”, “paralyzed”, or “panicked”. Apparently, in the UK “scared” is synonymous with “pissed as hell and we’re going to f*** you up”. Go ahead, scare the British, you’ll get people shoving a narwhal tusk in your face, kicking you while you’re not only down but on fire, and in general saying “bring it on!”
The extinguisher was brilliant, but the narwahl tusk was inspired! Two brave civilians stepped into the fray, and brought whatever was at hand? Bravo!
~VOW
While the bravery of the police etc during these events is without questions at least they are trained, somewhat expecting something and have support, weapons etc.
These civilians where just going about their day and then were faced with death, blood and fear. They stood up and showed who they really are. We’d all like to think we’d do the same but until it happens nobody knows. These men do know now and they should be all awarded for their bravery and potential self sacrifice. On a different day with a different bastard they may have been dealing with a real vest. I’m humbled by them and their actions.
Narwhals actually are a “thing,” at least here among my kids. The other day I heard my 5 and 3 year old talking about narwhals and I wondered how in the hell they knew about them, but they’ve apparently hit the mainstream, at least with young girls.
I aspire to be the kind of GM who sics the players against a knife-wielding terrorist, and when a player says, “You said we’re near a Fishmonger’s museum? Is there like a narwhal tusk on the wall that I can grab?” I say, “Absolutely!”
There was also a third unarmed man who merely pummeled the bejeezus out of the terrorist with his fists once he was down on the ground (pithily dubbed “The Pedestrian” in the cartoon I linked to above).
