i don't know if any of you readers watched the season finale of greys anatomy this week, but i did and it has stayed in my mind for days. i won't give away all the details, but there's a shooting in the hospital and one of the doctors discusses how she learned on oprah ways to talk a shooter out of killing you. apparently you are supposed to make yourself seem human to the shooter by telling him personal facts about your life.
the morning after i watched this show i was on campus and it sounds silly but i kept thinking about who has guns and what if some random cougar just went on a rampage and pulled a gun on me.
what would i say?
what makes me seem human?
how would i try to convince someone that i should live?
i decided i would tell him that my name is emma and i am a daughter and a sister and a granddaughter and a friend to people who love me dearly. i would tell him that i'm young and inexperienced and that i have my whole life to live. i would tell him that more than anything, i want to be a mother and a wife and to please not take that opportunity away from me.
it's a bizarre and disturbing scenario to think about. i pray it never happens to me, but thinking about it has stimulated my brain quite a bit. you have to admit, it's a pretty intriguing subject.
what makes you human?
why should you live?
2 comments:
because i have to take care of a bunch of needy human beings...and who would all die if i ceased to exist. thats what i would tell him...and i would probably then get shot in the head...and then you would all survive beautifully without me. i am sorry, i just traumatized you.
I totally watched that...it was CRAZY! and I had the same thoughts runny through my head the next day...I actually tried to repeat some fast facts to Jared, but it was sort of hard...your not the only one with weird morbid thoughts :) haha
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