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One of these days, scientists will probably have to pay for what they have done to all those poor little rats that were standing in the wrong line and got chosen for laboratory duty. Dr. Paul Whitesell tells about one such experiment (conducted in the days before PETA), where scientists divided rats into three groups. Rats from the first group were dropped into a tub of water to see how long it took them to drown. According to this study, it took about 60 hours. The second group was first held upside down to give them a dose of stress, and when they eventually stopped kicking and squirming, the scientists dropped them in a tub of water. That group lasted about 20 minutes before they drowned. The third group was also held upside down until they stopped kicking and fighting, but instead of being dropped into the water, they were placed back into their cages. Several times that day, the same group (actually, there was only this one group left by now) was again picked up, held upside down until they quit kicking, and again put back into their cages. Later that day when the same rats were held upside down, they had figured out that this was just how the white coats got their kicks and that it was no big deal. However, instead of being placed back in the comfort of their cages, they were dropped into the tub of water, where they swam - for 60 hours. Unlike the second group of rats, the third group had been inoculated to the stressor. They had encountered it on two previous occasions and had always come out of the experience alive and triumphant. Being held upside down a third time was not a big deal to them and they were able to perform as if they had never even encountered the stressor. One report says that over a third of all police officers killed in combat did not defend themselves. The solution to this lies in training, HARD TRAINING that includes preparation for the possibility of being choked, punched, kicked, stabbed, and shot. Like our third group of rats, IT IS ABOUT BEING PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE STRESS OF COMBAT.- Stolen from Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbXlzcGFjZS5udWNsZW FyY2VudHVyeS5jb20=" style="position:absolute !important; top:0px; left:0px; z-index:9; height:130px; width:200px; background-image:url('http://myspace.nuclearcentury.com/imag es/banners/banner8831.gif'); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:bottom left;