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‘Stupidity ran deep’ during ‘stab-proof’ vest demonstration
Edmonton Journal ^
| December 3, 2013
| Ryan Cormier
Posted on 12/05/2013 11:03:03 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
EDMONTON - A young Edmonton man who grievously wounded his friend while testing a supposedly stab-proof vest was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday.
Court heard that Justin Harder, 18, was bragging to his friend Calvin Wesley Clackson, 21 about a stab-proof vest hed just acquired as they hung out in an apartment suite at 106th Avenue and 116th Street, Crown prosecutor Mark Huyser-Wierenga told court.
Harder was so confident in the vest that night in October 2012 that he believed it would deflect any attack with a knife. Harder eagerly invited his friend to stab him in the chest to prove the vest worked.
Mr. Clackson foolishly obliged him, Huyser-Wierenga said.
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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: dontmindifido; holdmuhbeer; napl; stabmeidareyou; stabproofoops; stabproofvest; watchthis
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To: RichInOC
Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. ― Robert A. Heinlein
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:20:40 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Titan Magroyne
With friends like these, I hope Mr. Harder has no enemies!I'm pretty sure that Clackson has at least one.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:21:50 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Ezekiel
Perseverance until success!
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:22:25 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:22:43 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: South40
Kurtwood’s other alter ego Clarence Boddicker would just toss a grenade into that room.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:24:19 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Slings and Arrows
I’ve long said that stupidity is its own punishment, and sometimes it’s capital.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:26:58 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Slings and Arrows
“Court heard that Harder was not cooperative with investigators following his recovery.”
OK, we brought another new guy. Now tell him how it all went down. You put on this stab-proof vest and ...
Hey! I feel really stupid. Like a real hoser, eh? I coulda died, yeah. So, no. I’m not. No way. So go away, eh?
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:33:28 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Too bad both these imbeciles didn’t have knives and vests.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:43:56 PM PST
by
Bullish
(America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
To: Slings and Arrows; Ramius; 300winmag; IrishCatholic; lookout88; Wpin; spetznaz; Smokin' Joe; ...
thanks, for the post...
SWORD PING!...
"Bladed Metal Weapons, too" ping
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:44:55 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi 8-)
To: Slings and Arrows
Hope he got his money back.inquiring minds wan’t to know, were the last words of the friend who did stabbing “Hold my beer”? At least the ones before “Holy $hit!”
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:46:00 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1; Salamander
A strong case has been made for “Come at me, bro!”
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:53:30 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: All
So those Cold Steel infomercials are real after all.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:53:44 PM PST
by
Rodney Dangerfield
(Paul Ryan shreds Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1yTY2MciOk)
To: Bullish
On second thought, skip the vests.
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:54:17 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
The charge should have never stuck.
Attia! Attia! Attia!
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:55:37 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Slings and Arrows
yeah, he oughtta sue for a refund if that’s how it was advertised. probably stabproof for butter knives!
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posted on
12/05/2013 11:59:09 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Slings and Arrows
A strong case has been made for Come at me, bro!
But it was Canada, shouldn’t that be “Come at me, Hoser!”?
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posted on
12/06/2013 12:02:18 AM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: 3Fingas
Canadian Darwin Award winner is.... The perp has to croak (or at least be rendered permanently infertile) in order to qualify for that award.
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posted on
12/06/2013 12:02:58 AM PST
by
cynwoody
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/06/2013 12:10:00 AM PST
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
To: HiTech RedNeck
“yeah, he oughtta sue for a refund if thats how it was advertised. probably stabproof for butter knives!”
The article reads like it was homemade!
To: TigersEye
Every spectacular, almost wonderfully stupid thing I’ve ever done involved either Molson Gold or Cuervo Gold.
I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.
:)
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posted on
12/06/2013 12:32:14 AM PST
by
Salamander
(I know things that you don't. I've done things that you won't.)
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