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4.19.2007
I'm No Hero
We had a bit of false alarm this morning in the law office. Quick summary: I walked down the hallway with my coffee only to have my law partner point to the back door and whisper "get out." I gave him the "what's going on?" look only to have him quickly reply in a concerned and quiet voice, "just go!"
Man, I went.
So I walk out the back door and around the corner only to find the rest of the office staff already there.
Like I said, it was a false alarm. Maybe we're all understandably on edge this week. But I was struck with how quickly my heart began beating after I had been told to leave when I had no idea what was going on.
But I quickly thought about those who have been criticizing those at Virginia Tech for not trying to stop the gunman during his killing spree. I experienced 1% of their fear, and I had no thought other than self-preservation.
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WHY did you have to "get out?" Was there a gunman?
Were the crabs comin' to get ya? I hear they're lookin' for a new home these days.
Don't be so sure of what you'd do.....no matter what NONE of us know exactly what we would do in any given situation...and sometimes it takes a minute to let it soak in and then you do what you have to do OR self-preserve only. I can only pray and hope I would do the right thing!
Did a filthy Republican enter the office?
With the way Barry's buddy Alberto is being fried by the US Senate Judiciary Comm., I hope the Capital Guards are on high alert w/ guns drawn. This little Mexican could go "postal" @ any minute.
His girlfriend's husband walked into the office!!
I guess if you werent such a pussy you would have gone and at least seen what was up.
Don't be too hard on yourself, dude. Discretion is the better part of valor, etc., etc.
Each of us hopes to be brave when it comes our time to be brave. Sometimes, as happened in Virginia, the time is thrust upon us.
Honor those who made the choice when it was their time, and use their example as a guide for how to act when your time arrives.
It simply wasn't your time. Live long and live well.
It was just some lawyer shooting off his mouth.
Barry..you didn't tell us why you guys had to hide in the back of the building.
OH, I KNOW I KNOW!!!!
Wait, I'd better not say then that would reveal my "true" identity being privy to insider information and all. I often wonder how Batman kept his identity secret from all the bad guys, I mean don't you think at least once he'd mistakenly introduce himself as Bruce Wayne? I mean just once?
"Who are you?....." " I'm Bruce Wayne... OH CRAP I MEAN BATMAN BATMAN!!! I'M BATMAN!!!!"
In order to keep my identity secret, everyone who meets Barry today needs to say to him, "I'm Batman."
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