what would you have done?

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bush-honors-navy-hero-at-white-house/20080408171209990001


when i read things like this, i always end up trying to imagine myself in that person's shoes and thinking how i would react given the same circumstances. i like to think that i would have taken the same heroic course, but would probably in reality have been too stupefied to act quickly enough.

so, just try to imagine yourself in that situation, with only seconds to make your choice. what do you do?

 

if i was thinking clearly, i would probably run, or try to throw it away if i was with people i really cared about and i thought i had time.



but it's really impossible to predict how you'll react in such an extreme situation.


what the guy did was heroic, and i'm quite impressed by it, but i really don't think i could do it

 

My best friend was killed in Basra after trying to pull a family out of a house during separatist attacks in December '04. Shot through the neck died almost instantly. It was after that I left the Army.

 

i don't know. its incredibly difficult to put yourself in those shoes

i've practiced doing exactly that...falling on a grenade to protect the squad...but practicing that vs. actually doing it are 2 different things.

 

No kidding.

 

Dunno. In one of those situations your brain shuts off and goes into instinct. If it was a very good friend or he had a wife and kids at home i might, if not then i probably wouldnt.

 

it kinda sucks a person like that dies for nothing but oil, right?

 

i dont think the soldiers care if the war is for bad reasons, their mostly in it because they beleive once their finished the army will take care of them, which usually fucks them over too.

 

it's kind of admirable, but kind of stupid. poor guy probably watched too many movies.

 

He was crying!?!?!?!?!?!
That fuckin kills me since its his fuckin fault. What a phony bastard.

 

i'd like to think i'd save my buddies lives like that...

 

Dying by grenade shrapnel is probably one of the most painful ways of dying that I can think of. They pieces and bits travel something insane, like 14,000 times faster than the speed of a bullet, and they go right through you or are otherwise lodged into your bone.

I'm prettyy altruistic, so I think I would probably do it to save people I cared about.

 

ya but it would be a more then instant death.

Personaly id like to die in a way that would give my brain enough time to pump me some DMT for the journey.

 

he died about 30 minutes after the grenade exploded

wouldn't call that a instant death

for some sure its instant, but thats not always the case, so you may get the chance for your brain to do that for ya

 

You'd think a gernade would blow you into 100 peices if you jumped on it.

 

With my 5 years of military experience It doesn't take a jerry420 to know you RUN!

 

Probably toss it... I have a natural inclination to tossing things which are thrown at me. Years of tossing lighters and basketball could also come into play.

I dunno... at least there's a chance that it won't explode blow you up if you toss it.

Really gotta respect the guy though, that's a pretty damn selfless act...

 

i probably would have ran as fast as i could

 

my reaction would be

"get that thing away from me... I WANT TO GO HOME!"

 

I think I would've tossed it too... in that moment I don't think my brain would have thought anything except I don't want this in my hands, I probably wouldn't have even realized where I was or who was around me, at that moment, except this needs to be away from me *toss*

Though it is tough to imagine myself in that situation to begin with... I'd much rather be homeless than go into the military.