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On August 31 2011 14:43 Mr. Wiggles wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 14:38 Kurr wrote:On August 31 2011 14:37 Mr. Wiggles wrote:On August 31 2011 14:28 Kurr wrote:On August 31 2011 14:19 taLbuk wrote:
Poor kid, while throwing rocks is extremely dangerous, its pitiful to take out an act of violence like that on a child or otherwise.
Off Topic: If only Live Report threads got this kind of purge-treatment. <3 Mods. At what point is a child NOT absolved of blame for his actions? When he murders someone? When he sets a building on fire on purpose? I'm not saying shooting a child with a crossbow is justified, and I imagine the shooter probably doesn't feel great about himself (50/50 that he's either insane or he went in a fit of rage at the incident and did something out of character), but a very harsh punishment is in order. What can someone who just got rocks thrown on his car by an unknown child really do for justice? If he takes him to try to find his parents and making him take responsibility, it's kidnapping (because odds are the child is relatively far from home so no point in waiting with him there until they come for him...). If he threatens him out of anger, he's a dangerous psychopath. If he takes any physical action, it's assault or attempted murder. The child gets a slap on the wrist. I think it's fair that I get to point out my hatred for such a situation. The person who gets rocks thrown at his car, causing a lot of potential damage and being potentially very dangerous can either be cast as a terrible person by pretty much anything he does or simply do nothing. I mean, he could give him a stern talking to I guess but that accomplishes nothing. Odds are the child will not stop just because someone gets a bit mad at him. Again, not saying it's OK to shoot him with a freaking crossbow. But what the hell can someone do? And yeah, I can understand someone snapping when a possibly very expensive car gets dented and scratched. What about calling the police, since he's doing something illegal? Why do you have to take matters into your own hands? Well, odds are the kid won't wait there for 30 minutes for police to come by and give him a stern talking to and maybe contact his parents. If the child if 13 or under, odds are there are 0 consequences for him as well. *Edit : Plus I don't have a cellphone so I'd need to find a phone too first. Probably not, but still, a stern talking to is about all you could give the child, without committing an illegal act yourself. You could also tell him you're phoning the cops on him, or at least threaten it, that might scare him. The alternative is basically kidnapping the kid, or assaulting him, which is pretty reprehensible. Honestly, I'm not sure what the best thing to do in that situation would be, but it's obviously not committing assault with a deadly weapon. =/ (Not saying you think that, I just mean in general)
That was actually the point of my post. Do nothing or be the bad guy.
It's easy to see why someone would snap from being put in this situation.
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Throwing rocks at cars has just as good a chance of killing someone by causing an accident as shooting at them with a crossbow has of killing someone. Both parties are in the wrong but the crossbow shooter has poetic justice on his side.
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On August 31 2011 14:37 101toss wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 14:36 FragKrag wrote:On August 31 2011 14:35 Vei wrote:On August 31 2011 11:29 Flameling wrote:On August 31 2011 11:28 Zergneedsfood wrote:
On one hand, I was kind of amused Pretty much sums it up for me lol. User was temp banned for this post. I don't understand why this was bannable o_O because kwark doesn't believe this is funny I don't understand why that is bannable
Because the use of deadly force is not funny and should not be encouraged like that.
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Hard to have any sympathy for a little shit throwing rocks at people's cars.
Say what you will, but that can actually cause fatal accidents.
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Who shoots people with a crossbow? Still, that's awesome.
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My first response was LOL, not gonna lie.
But after thinking about it, I guess both sides were at fault, kid shouldn't be throwing rocks, and dude shouldn't be shooting crossbows. I'm glad the injury wasn't life threatening. The kid in turn probably isn't going to throw rocks at cars anymore. Everyone's happy.
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In a video my driver's ed class watched, they were talking about why not to make rude gestures at people. Someone flashes his brights at someone and gets attacked by a crossbow. "You never know what they'll have a crossbow" was the lesson i took away.
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You guys realize it IS possible to kill someone with a rock, right? How is that harmless kid stuff? It's summer, and lots of car windows are going to be wide open. At the very least, you WILL cause injury if you throw a rock at someone.
The crossbow bit is sick, but to absolve the kid of all responsibility is ridiculous. I doubt they will try very hard to find the guy who did this, because they know if they charge that guy, they'll probably have to charge the kid as well.
How would you react if someone threw a rock at you? Not shot the kid, but it's pretty damn scary, is it not?
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I just read the title and was like WTF? Who uses crossbows? And why does he shoot kids?
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Who the hell rides to work with a crossbow in their car... I would be curious to know, was the crossbow loaded and ready to use, or did he take the time to stop, load then fire. If it's the second one, he should go to jail for a long time because he can't say that he did it in a fit of rage.
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On August 31 2011 14:48 Newbistic wrote:
My first response was LOL, not gonna lie.
But after thinking about it, I guess both sides were at fault, kid shouldn't be throwing rocks, and dude shouldn't be shooting crossbows. I'm glad the injury wasn't life threatening. The kid in turn probably isn't going to throw rocks at cars anymore. Everyone's happy.
I'd say both sides are probably unhappy, seeing as the kid got shot with a crossbow and the guy (presumably) had some damage to his car and also now has to worry about the fact that he shot a kid with a crossbow.
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Why was the kid throwing rocks at the car in the first place? If someone throws a rock at my car for no reason, I'd probably do something about it. There's no way I'd let em get away freely.
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On August 31 2011 14:38 Terranist wrote:
it's pretty sad that someone would shoot a crossbow at a kid. this is the real life equivalent of mr. wilson going medieval on dennis the menace, only not very comical and a lot more disturbing.
@everyone saying karma is a bitch, get real. most of us did stupid things as kids, whether we knew better or not. however, none of us deserved what this kid got.
I dont say karma is a bitch or shooting a kid is ok but the kid did nothing "stupid" - it made something extremely dangerous for the drivers and the ppl around plus it aint nice to "destroy" someone else's belongings.
i wont say he deserved to get shot but he did deserve a very rough and threatening punishment. throwing stones at cars is nothing you can forgve easily and should get punished. and i case of him being a kid he wouldnt have get any punishment at all. i think he will learn from his failure and step up and thats what it was good for - still its ok to shoot at a kid!
i once got thrown stones on my car but it was in my village and i was at like 30 kmh - but still: you dont know what happened in this moment and make stupid stuff. and even when i got that kid which did it there was no way to punish it since it wasnt at his house. the kid never learned its lesson and i really dont like those kids being able to do whatever they want without getting punished at all.
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On August 31 2011 14:48 Subversion wrote:
Hard to have any sympathy for a little shit throwing rocks at people's cars.
Say what you will, but that can actually cause fatal accidents.
In Australia they take it very seriously, because it can and has caused fatal accidents. Its quite a regular occurrence in the news to hear of major accidents/people dying because somebody is throwing rocks.
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I read the OP and the first page of comment and its sad to me that people are giving the bowman credit. He clearly over reacted and should be in jail. The bowman is not safe for society, because what if the next time he fire a bow at someone and it kills them? And someone throwing rocks at car hardly warrant a bow fired at them... Tell the other person to stop throwing rocks? scream at them? scare them? Someone acting out in a violent manner should not be praised.
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On August 31 2011 14:49 applejuice wrote:
You guys realize it IS possible to kill someone with a rock, right? How is that harmless kid stuff? It's summer, and lots of car windows are going to be wide open. At the very least, you WILL cause injury if you throw a rock at someone.
The crossbow bit is sick, but to absolve the kid of all responsibility is ridiculous. I doubt they will try very hard to find the guy who did this, because they know if they charge that guy, they'll probably have to charge the kid as well.
How would you react if someone threw a rock at you? Not shot the kid, but it's pretty damn scary, is it not?
In general, people aren't trying to absolve the child from any sort of guilt. He is an idiot for throwing rocks at a car, and would hopefully get charged for doing something illegal. Stating that the guy who shot the child with a crossbow is despicable and grossly over-reacted is not the same as saying that the child shouldn't have gotten in trouble for throwing rocks.
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we need to make a new section for these sort of stories, they have been cropping up very frequently and are starting to give me nightmares
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Why does this story remind me of a mix between Assassin's Creed and GTA4
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On August 31 2011 14:35 Vei wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 11:29 Flameling wrote:On August 31 2011 11:28 Zergneedsfood wrote:
On one hand, I was kind of amused Pretty much sums it up for me lol. User was temp banned for this post. I don't understand why this was bannable o_O
When a mod sees a thread like this, there is bound to be collateral banage.
It's understandable when you consider that so many people were inconsiderate about a boy being shot with a deadly weapon. I'm sure that if a gun was used in this situation, there would not be people saying it was funny. It seems like people are disregarding the fact that crossbows were used as weapons of warfare for hundreds of years. I don't think very many people would be laughing if the guy ran out of the car and disemboweled the kid with a sword.
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wait, kids still throw rocks at cars thesedays?? *face palm*
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