act-dead to survive the death-act

from what i read on the news and saw on tv terrorists in mumbai would roam the building and kill people. if you try to run away you certainly make yourself a target and if you rather sit doing nothing then you probably have better chances if you pretend you're dead. do you think acting dead could help you survive a terrorist hostage situation like the one that happened in india? it's possible.

lie down among other people's dead bodies, cover yourself with blood in the face and hands, take very very small breaths and stay still. that requires training. acting schools could offer that. the act-dead kit will basically have capsules to simulate blood stains and shot wounds.

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Wiretapping critical thoughts

If I ever publish a book or have my paintings exhibited I want to have a hidden recorder placed behind the frame of the painting or inside the cover of the book so that I can listen to people's raw thoughts about my work. If I own my work, I should be entitled to unfiltered access to its criticism. When that becomes my constitutional right in the form of a Patriotist Act, I wouldn't hesitate to exercise it. You?

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Fuck!

Does anyone have a good explanation why we use a word that means sexual intercourse for situations that are personally frustrating, troublesome or unpleasant? Is that how people think of sex? Isn't sex supposed to be fun, exciting and pleasurable? When in trouble we say Fuck! does it mean we wish to have sex instead? If it's a wish why isn't it taught as a polite thing to say to someone? Fuck! I don't know...

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