ON THE MENTALITY OF THE HERD

Now I'm not hoping to come across as an asshole. But what is it about human's in large groups that make their brains shut down?

I mean, you put a large group of people together and they will fall into a "herd" mentality. A perfect example of this is all those morons in Rhode Island who got hurt and killed in that Nightclub Fire.

Apparently when the fire started, the crowds cheered and applauded the flames. (How about yelling "FIRE!") And then, when it became abundantly clear that all were in peril... EVERYONE tried to escape out of the front door. It's been reported that no one tried to leave out of the multiple doors on the side of the building.

So the herd made for one door, trampling and trapping masses of people in a fiery grave.

Now, if people were better than animals, wouldn't they have taken a look around real quick and made a smart decision and gone out a side door?

I still believe it, we aren't as advanced as we sometimes think.

(Not to mention, that building was woefully inappropriate for indoor pyrotechics.)

Oh well, my heart goes out to those who've lost loved ones. For that I am truly sorry. I just think that the loss was totally senseless.