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Worth mentioning that the Taliban has just conducted another terrible attack this morning > The Wardak attack is turning into the single deadliest attack against the Afghan intelligence in the past 17 yrs. We are hearing now at least 40 dead more than 50 wounded. (some officials still insist not all are NDS officers - includes local upriser militias they were training) https://twitter.com/MujMash/status/1087338155072…
> Each time they would laugh afterwards, like they were just playing around, or like it was a big party or something. Terrorists in TV and movies are never like this. They're always super-serious evil, like Voldemort, like nobody ever is in real life. I wonder how much violence could be prevented if Hollywood didn't give us such a bullshit view of human nature.
According to his tale, he was almost killed by special forces snipers. I know you could not blame them due to the confusion, but it would have been terrible to survive the attackers just to be killed by the people that were supposed to save you.
> Each time they would laugh afterwards, like they were just playing around, or like it was a big party or something. Terrorists in TV and movies are never like this. They're always super-serious evil, like Voldemort, like nobody ever is in real life. I wonder how much violence could be prevented if Hollywood didn't give us such a bullshit view of human nature.
Turns out 4-5 guys with AK's and some grenades took over an international hotel in central Kabul and killed 40+ people. What's the excuse for the hotel not having any security?
https://ewn.co.za/2018/01/23/afghan-hotel-attack-stirs-fresh...
"KABUL - A bloody Taliban raid on a high-end hotel guarded by a private company in the Afghan capital ...
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“There were 15 guards on duty at time of the attack and none of them engaged the attackers,”
According to his tale, he was almost killed by special forces snipers. I know you could not blame them due to the confusion, but it would have been terrible to survive the attackers just to be killed by the people that were supposed to save you.
A bit like the Asiana Airlines crash in SF, where 1 out of 3 dead was a passenger who got flung out of the plane, survived, but died after getting run over by a fire truck.
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A lot of people that go through and NDE come out the other side with crippling PTSD.
If we’re taking about actual Near Death Experiences (NDE), the research shows an interesting pattern: Near-death experiences: clinical implications http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-60832007000700015&... > “Compared to non-experiencers, NDErs report greatly increased concern for others, decreased fear of death, and increased belief in an afterlife, increased religious interest and feeling, and lessened desire…
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And to have the bad guy quite literally sitting on top of you. I cannot imagine the mental fortitude it takes to maintain your composure to keep perfectly still and silent in that situation.
Other things that could have killed him was a cough or a sneeze
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A lot of people that go through and NDE come out the other side with crippling PTSD.
If we’re taking about actual Near Death Experiences (NDE), the research shows an interesting pattern: Near-death experiences: clinical implications http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-60832007000700015&... > “Compared to non-experiencers, NDErs report greatly increased concern for others, decreased fear of death, and increased belief in an afterlife, increased religious interest and feeling, and lessened desire…
During that time, I didn't realize until later, different layers of my personality were stripping away and each layer was a new thought about my life.
Then the fireworks started...I didn't die. I rememer.I didn't really feel relief...just happiness and a new feeling that just existing and making the best od life was good enough.
Since then i've found my attitude towards a lot of things has changed. I used to worry about my health a lot, not quite hypochondriac but sometimes pretty close, i'd get overwhelmed with anxiety about dying from different things. In all the years since then I haven't worried about it any more.
I find little things that would frustrate me or i'd put a lot of energy into worrying about don't bother me any more. Generally my interactions with people.have improved. I find i expect less from them now while at the same time I find myself generally caring about people's lives and the things that happen to them more than I used to.
I also lost interest in watching graphically violent movies or just senseless violence on general.
I dunno...I know it's not the same as a real near death experience but reading your comment really made me think of that time.
> Each time they would laugh afterwards, like they were just playing around, or like it was a big party or something. Terrorists in TV and movies are never like this. They're always super-serious evil, like Voldemort, like nobody ever is in real life. I wonder how much violence could be prevented if Hollywood didn't give us such a bullshit view of human nature.
It seems pretty evil to me if you laugh about murdering humans like it's some sort of game.