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Old 09-04-2010, 07:47 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe View Post
According to the article, the bus rolled 10 feet - that’s 1/4 it’s total length, and she was screaming. That’s a bit odd. The issue here, and it would be unfair to dismiss her feeling and attitudes toward bus safety, is that she was this wound up about it prior to the trip, necessitating her following it.

Ok, I don't want to go overboard with my defense of her, but screaming when a school bus starts to roll is not entirely unreasonable. I mean, chicks (and even some dudes) scream when a bee flies near.
The "fact" that it was only 10 feet is moot. The scream likely happened when the bus started to move, not when it moved 10 feet and stopped. What shoudl she do? Wait for it to move more than 10 feet before losing her sh*t?

Anyway, not trying to stir the pot here. Just saying that when you really think about how some things are worded, they can easily be taken more than one way.
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