Posted on 10/02/2023 5:31:26 AM PDT by DoodleBob
Too bad he wasn’t removed from the gene pool. He certainly deserves to be.
And it didn't involve an amorous pursuit, nor an annoying salesman -scenarios you introduced (and where the intent of the perp was a given).
In any of the cases, it is the perspective of the victim (who does not have psychic abilities) that is important. Just because a situation doesn't frighten you, doesn't mean the same for others.
When someone tells you to stay away, you stay away. If someone is disturbed enough by another's behavior to be so warned yet they continue to close in, they risk the fight/flight response which may get them killed.
To me, these two idiots clearly were trying to be funny. I would've kept walking, just as the delivery guy did. He was walking away, but then turned and shot the prankster who kept following him with the phone. Again, I have no sympathy for these pranksters, but we'll have to agree to disagree on whether it was self-defense or not. The jury sided with you.
Next time… double tap.
I don’t blame you for thinking how you think, but when I see the twitter video you linked, it’s only potentially funny from a distance to me.
Imagining the scene’s point of view from the vic’s position, and given the rather serious and pissed off look on the perps face, I can’t reach that conclusion. If they were smiling and laughing while doing it it would indeed seem more like a bunch of punk kids just being obnoxious, and I’d have a different opinion.
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