06-23-2009, 11:46 PM
Paul B. wrote:
We have debated your 'othismos' theory at length previously,including forces generated by crowds, and one objection I have to it is that whenever Mass Casualties occur in crowds, they are invariably when the crowd in a confined space meets an 'immovable object', such as a wall, or a barrier in football stadiums and suchlike. I have not come across a case of Mass Casualties occurring in the open, without 'immovable objects', or for that matter in instances of crowd pushing against crowd, as in a riot for example.I am skeptical that such events happen.
Have you come across examples of the type of crowd crushing you envisage in such circumstances?
Quote:Look into forces generated by crowds and the self-organization of groups to learn more.
We have debated your 'othismos' theory at length previously,including forces generated by crowds, and one objection I have to it is that whenever Mass Casualties occur in crowds, they are invariably when the crowd in a confined space meets an 'immovable object', such as a wall, or a barrier in football stadiums and suchlike. I have not come across a case of Mass Casualties occurring in the open, without 'immovable objects', or for that matter in instances of crowd pushing against crowd, as in a riot for example.I am skeptical that such events happen.
Have you come across examples of the type of crowd crushing you envisage in such circumstances?
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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