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Today at her school, one of my daughter's teachers addressed this issue with the students. She told them they were to close the blinds, lock the door and pretend the room was empty. "It's statistically proven that terrorists will pass up a room with a locked door."

(I died a little when I heard this. These people have no imagination, no way of understanding what the enemy is capable of.)

I told her that if I ever see a news story about a terrorist attack on a school (any school in our country) I would text message her "GET OUT". At that point, she was to excuse herself and walk out of the building. We have a prearranged meeting point.

I'd rather her get shot in the back trying to escape than tortured and raped for three days before being executed.

(I can't believe that I'm actually thinking about the preferred way for my daughter to be slaughtered. What the hell have we come to?)