Marcian Tobay

Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake

where there was only one set of footprints, that is where marcian carried you. i just realized my avatar could be considered jingoistic, maybe its me?

Originally Posted by Zikar

Am I the only one kinda disturbed by the jingoism present here?

Originally Posted by Father Xmas

It's just that sometimes the opposite is true. Sometimes people assign a negative motivation. If you were the driver and survived but your passengers didn't, their families will blame you. They will say you didn't do enough or worse say you protected yourself while putting their loved one in harms way. They say why couldn't it been you.

Like I said, people don't realize how little time you have to react. We are not all Hollywood stunt drivers who can deftly handle a car with the same agility as a football/soccer player dribbling down the field. And sometimes as a result, people die.

Originally Posted by Father Xmas

According to his wife.

"At the very last second (Brian) braked really hard and turned right so that he would be put in the path of the SUV and not me and the baby, and that is the only thing that saved us both."

Of course she's going to assign noble motivations to his actions so his death doesn't seem in vain.

Later in the article the accident has described this way.

"A Chevy Blazer, with four occupants, crossed the centre line when the driver tried to take her sweater off while driving, asking the other front passenger to take the wheel at the time.

When Wood braked and swerved slightly, the Blazer continued forward, its momentum driving it over top of the Subaru, the wheels crushing the roof of the smaller car killing Wood and causing his wife to suffer a non-life-threatening head injury as well." (emphasis mine)

To me it still sounds like he was simply trying to avoid the accident but simply ended up taking the brunt of the impact.

I guess what gets me is how easy people assign a noble motivation rather than a simple survival trait of trying to get out of the way of approaching danger, to his actions. I think it's more our psychological need lessen pain and sadness of an accident by assigning a noble intent. This way it doesn't seem like his death was meaningless.

People die all the time. People die in traffic accidents. Unless you've been in one you don't realize how little time you have to think and react to someone running a light at speed or crossing over into your lane. Time slows down at the moment of impact but not before. There is no time for noble choices, you simply react as best as you can.

Sadly most of us aren't wired to dodge successfully with a two ton car. And people die.

Originally Posted by Father Xmas

Let me put on the asbestos suit and get the fire suppression gear ready.

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It's not like he fought off a wild animal or a mugger or took a bullet for his wife. He swerved to avoid a car that crossed the median. Depending how close they were when the other driver crossed the median he may not have thought of anything other than to try and avoid the collision.

Yes it was a terrible tragedy. Yes the other driver should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. But I think people are reading into this a lot more than they should. He was trying to save both himself and his wife, he only partially succeeded.

If the rolls were reversed, if his wife was driving and swerved but only enough that the husband survived, it wouldn't be the same story. She wouldn't be cast as the noble hero, it would simply be a tragedy.

Now where did I put those Space Shuttle heat tiles?

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

Hope they comment on the Party Pack.

Originally Posted by Chaos Creator

I'll take that bet. I don't think it is that at all.

Originally Posted by Veritech

are we talking someone that supported the concept of a single Empire? that a unified one galactic government was a good thing as opposed to the chaos that existed during the Old Republic?

Originally Posted by Johnny_Velocity

Here's hoping for a Boomtown revamp with an Apex Task Force! (And perhaps a revamp of the level range for Boomtown.)

Originally Posted by Teldon

Bout time llamas got the representation they deserve in game.