Well the thing is, there's a difference between situations and things that are in almost no way related to the situation. While there's some merit to avoiding crowds in general, sure, it's really not like it's doable and will help you in the end. Chance, madness and nonsense can get you anywhere. Statistically, you are far less likely to get shot by an insane man in a movie theater or school than you are by a burglar in your own home. It's the same as not flying because airplane crashes happen. Sure they do, but it's an inherently unlikely chain of multiple things going wrong that causes them. These days you are more likely to die from an accident in your own home.Taite wrote:Underestimating a situation or under reacting is much worse in my opinion. Better safe than sorry. Just speaking on behalf of all the awfully cursed people.
Stuff happens. I think it's better to be calm about it, and learn to plan in your head how to behave if something goes wrong. Know your escape routes and know how to keep calm if someone, for example, starts shooting. And accept that sometimes, people just die. It's terrible, but it's neither impossible nor unnatural nor unlikely. I think avoiding public places and common, relatively safe activities isn't a good reaction to that. It's just surrendering to what sick people like this guy wanted to achieve in the first place.
(I know this might sound high-and-mighty coming out of me; but I'm not talking out of my ass either. I grew up in an incredibly volatile and dangerous setting where some of the worst things you can imagine happened right outside my door, but life went on.)
Good luck/get well soon.
