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hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
20. and just because I haven't read something does not mean it has happened.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 01:45 PM
Feb 2013

If you have an example please post it. I am willing to learn. I think a fully trained crisis officer would be a better trainer than an actor, even f they have martial arts - there is a lot more involved here than fighting.

Now Elvis Presley wanted an appointment by the federal government to fight drugs, and he certainly knew drugs, but that does not mean he was qualified to be a drug czar.

Congratulations to you for saving people, some people are frozen in a crisis, some are afraid, and then there is the person who actually does something i.e. you. And you know there is a lot of judgement and intelligence you have to act in such a crisis - it is not just save them, but how you save them, a drowning person can drag you dow if not saved right, but the judgments are so quick in your mind it is hard to realize you are making decisions. - I do think that sometimes it is worth staying around, not so much for the glory as to give a full recount of what you saw to the emergency personal, but I was not there and only you can judge if that was necessary

What I was saying about actors saving people was not so much to denigrate one person as to say that you are not unqualified because you are an actor, but actors are people too with many skills, and might be qualified, but I have no example of Seagal being one of them, If you do, please let me know.

I used Dumb and Dumber because the Arizona sheriff is not an impressive guy, seems more like a glory hound than a qualified trained person himself and instead of using a trained crisis person, went for the glory of using an actor to attach his name and be newsworthy.

Seven-Eleven clerk trains hospital staff in micro-surgical techniques. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #1
Don't care much for him pipoman Feb 2013 #2
He never worked as a cop but even if he had cali Feb 2013 #15
By definition pipoman Feb 2013 #19
school security is more than martial arts it is crisis management as well. hollysmom Feb 2013 #23
It's one aspect of security.. pipoman Feb 2013 #31
I think it is not as important as is strategy hollysmom Feb 2013 #34
Go through a police acadamy.. pipoman Feb 2013 #36
I am not sure what exactly you are saying about police training. hollysmom Feb 2013 #38
I beg to differ with you, Light House Feb 2013 #24
Don't expect the bad guys to take a dive like stunt men. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #3
SNL: "Seagal will show the volunteers how to fend off attackers with simple editing tricks" pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12
lol. but i believe he is a trainer in active shooter for the parish he works in loli phabay Feb 2013 #33
movie experience comes in here - Dumb and Dumber hollysmom Feb 2013 #4
Steven Seagal was an accomplished martial artist long before he became an actor.. Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #7
He likes to cite California... Historic NY Feb 2013 #9
While that may, or may not, be the case, it doesn't negate the rest of what I pointed out Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #13
and just because I haven't read something does not mean it has happened. hollysmom Feb 2013 #20
i believe he is an active shooter trainer for the sheriffs office he works for. though using him gi loli phabay Feb 2013 #35
He supports the Dalai Lama, Tibetans resisting repression...and Joe Arpaio? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #11
we are all complex beings, you can like one part of someone and not another part hollysmom Feb 2013 #21
What could possibly go wrong? Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #5
I feel better already! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #26
Richard Chamberlain snags job at Harvard Medical School. longship Feb 2013 #6
ChaRight!?! Next an actor with a monkey co-star will become President. upi402 Feb 2013 #25
File this under "things that will not end well". Initech Feb 2013 #8
Good lord these people are delirious Smilo Feb 2013 #10
Thats about like making GWB president...... Uben Feb 2013 #14
"How to effectively keep sex slaves in your basement 101" Dash87 Feb 2013 #16
So he's gonna show them how to eat a dozen hot dogs without throwing up Hugabear Feb 2013 #17
Remember folks, make sure you guard the cafeteria at all cost! Hugabear Feb 2013 #18
is this from the onion? upi402 Feb 2013 #22
Well he did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. grantcart Feb 2013 #27
Ted Nugent and Chuck Noris team up to train LA police. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #28
They couldn't do any worse that the LAPD trainers. Light House Feb 2013 #29
OMG! He believes his own movies? Cleita Feb 2013 #30
My cousins know him personally..... llmart Feb 2013 #37
Sheriff Joe would make a great James Bond villain. Initech Feb 2013 #32
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