The Madness Of Crowds

By James Rummel

One of the aspects of self defense is being aware of your surroundings, particularly the behavior of people nearby. If someone is moving against the flow of foot traffic, for example, or if someone is wearing heavy winter clothing on a hot summer day. Pay attention to the patterns, and these anomalies will stand out.

Long time reader knirirr brought the following fascinating and historically important photo to my attention.

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This is a street party held on August 15, 1945. That is known as Victory Over Japan Day, and for most it signaled the end of World War II.

Why all the kids? Massive numbers of children were evacuated from London and other major targets of German bombing raids during the war. They were mainly sent to small towns where they were cared for by total strangers until after the war. The picture depicts the tea party thrown by some of the townspeople for their charges before the children were shipped back, probably to the great relief of just about everyone involved.

It isn’t just movement and dress that depict harmful intent, it also expression and body language. All …Read the Rest

Source:: Hell In a Handbasket