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| Well, I have to admit that while I thought the story was charming and I also believe the boy when he said that he learned about feign death from games, I also don't think we should run too far with this. Most children in Norway - particularly the ones walking around in forests on school trips after being given safety lessons by their teachers before going out - know that wild animals prefer to run away from humans if they can, hence he tried to scare the moose first. Second, most kids know that if the beasts can't be scared, they are probably protecting something or feel trapped, so try to get away from what ever they are protecting, and you'll most likely be fine. And the boy ran as fast as he could, away from the beast. Now he was wearing a backpack, as most kids in Norway do when hiking or going to school, so when he got hit by the moose in the back, he wasn't harmed. This is when he applied the third lesson: stop being a threat to that huge thing standing over you. That he connected that to hunter feign death was just a fun little side thing, although I am pretty sure it helped him keep his cool at what must have been a very tense moment. So what the game taught him wasn't some magic skill that works in real life, but how to think strategically in a tense situation, and keep calm. And that is what we have always used games for, be it team sports or chess. On the other hand, it's a lot more FUN to analyse the incident as a game incident, and consider what he should have done, if just... Personally, I'd have used kidney shot, crippling poison, blind, gouged repeatedly until the sister was safe, then vanish and sprint. |
| QUOTE (Tennet @ Dec 18 2007, 06:53 PM) |
| lol the mooes? meese? part reminded me of something with brian regan... MOOSEN I SAW A FLOCK OF MOOSEN IN THE WOODSEN... |
| QUOTE (MANLY KAMINA @ Dec 18 2007, 06:53 PM) |
| .....What. The. Fuck? |