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...or, "Why Are These People Stupid?"
Now, when I say that, I don't mean in the understandably stupid way. I expect bad decisions to be made, I expect tempers to run hot (although "punch Sawyer" is kinda wearing out as a solution to any given problem...especially since it /never works/.), and I expect some things to get dropped or hidden or misinterpreted. People are people.
But, PEOPLE!
You now know that there are /at least/ two other people on the island, one of which has proved a) more competent at everything than you, and b) utterly hostile. When this person kidnaps one of your own, nobody, NOBODY suggests changing your daily routine even a little bit just in case they come BACK? WTF? Nobody even suggests the freakin' buddy system? Nobody thinks that, hey, since he kidnapped the only heavily pregnant woman, maybe the only child among the survivors might be in some kind of danger as a secondary target? Maybe you might want to, I don't know, have the construction guy work on some defenses? The survivalist and the soldier set up some traps? SOMETHING?
Or, hey...y'know, since there IS another person whose been on the island for 16 years, why don't you go ask HER if she knows about Evil Bastard Guy and where he might have taken the woman. Sure, she's not the most stable plate on the crust, but damn, people. If you really gave a crap about your abducted person, you might...I don't know...give it a shot? She's been in the same bunker for 16 years; she's not likely to leave NOW. And she's failed to shoot Sayid once, and she's proven to have empathy for others' pain; you've got a pretty decent chance of getting her to listen.
And don't get me started on the case /or/ the hatch. Sheesh. I like Kate and Locke, don't get me wrong, but they've got some high quality crazy going on, there.
Now, when I say that, I don't mean in the understandably stupid way. I expect bad decisions to be made, I expect tempers to run hot (although "punch Sawyer" is kinda wearing out as a solution to any given problem...especially since it /never works/.), and I expect some things to get dropped or hidden or misinterpreted. People are people.
But, PEOPLE!
You now know that there are /at least/ two other people on the island, one of which has proved a) more competent at everything than you, and b) utterly hostile. When this person kidnaps one of your own, nobody, NOBODY suggests changing your daily routine even a little bit just in case they come BACK? WTF? Nobody even suggests the freakin' buddy system? Nobody thinks that, hey, since he kidnapped the only heavily pregnant woman, maybe the only child among the survivors might be in some kind of danger as a secondary target? Maybe you might want to, I don't know, have the construction guy work on some defenses? The survivalist and the soldier set up some traps? SOMETHING?
Or, hey...y'know, since there IS another person whose been on the island for 16 years, why don't you go ask HER if she knows about Evil Bastard Guy and where he might have taken the woman. Sure, she's not the most stable plate on the crust, but damn, people. If you really gave a crap about your abducted person, you might...I don't know...give it a shot? She's been in the same bunker for 16 years; she's not likely to leave NOW. And she's failed to shoot Sayid once, and she's proven to have empathy for others' pain; you've got a pretty decent chance of getting her to listen.
And don't get me started on the case /or/ the hatch. Sheesh. I like Kate and Locke, don't get me wrong, but they've got some high quality crazy going on, there.