Posted by
Anticontrarian on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:51:25 AM
It’s a meaningless buzzword. Obviously if the cops or campus security had a magic Lockdown button that would actually achieve anything, they would have pushed it. But even if you could effectively “lock down” every building, how do you know who you’re locking in and who you’re locking out?
I’m reminded of the old Tony Boucher story where a guy goes around bolting all his doors and windows and finally drags a wardrobe across the doorway as a barricade. He says with satisfaction, “Now everything is nice and safe,” and a gleeful voice from inside the bed says, “Yes, now we’re all safe!”