The goal of passive resistance is to think and talk your way out of the situation. With passive resistance you can:
Try to calm the attacker. Try to persuade him not to carry out the attack.
Try to discourage the attacker. Pretend to faint, cry hysterically, and act mentally incapacitated or insane.
If you are at your residence, tell the attacker a friend is coming over or that your spouse or roommate will be back soon.
Not to be contrary, but they forgot to tell you to vomit.
Some people carry weapons to ward off attackers. Unless you are trained and not afraid to use these weapons, they can be very dangerous. The attacker might be able to turn them against you. Also weapons are prohibited on the University of Florida campus.
And the campus police are here to make sure you obey the law. Besides, you don't want to end up like Josephine.
Oh, wait...
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I notice that the campus police are there WITH THEIR GUNS to make sure you obey the law. Ironic, no?
I don't know R.J., sounds more like hypocritical to me.... I mean, after all they aren't even, officially, one of the 'Only Ones'!
Heh heh... Good point, e. david. Yet, I think the campus cops SHOULD be armed. So, of course, should the students, if they choose.
I got a glimpse into the mindset of the public in the PDRK at my daughter's college once, though. We were unloading all her stuff, and a campus cop showed up to see what we were doing. He and I got to talking, and I asked what he had on his hip. He said, "A gun." When I gave him a look that said "No sh$t, Sherlock", he realized I was actually interested in it. Then he explained his answer. Most parents don't even recognize a gun in the holster, and when they find out that the campus cops are carrying, why, they're "SHOCKED...SHOCKED, I tell you!"
I continue to marvel at colleges that e.g. oppose sexual assault with their words, yet enable it with their actions. Perhaps they deal with their cognitive dissonance by simply ignoring it? Mark Odell
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