EPTNorwegian student risks 35 years in jail in the US - Page 7
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Knap4life
Slovenia333 Posts
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Unreliablex
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Valashu
Netherlands561 Posts
On April 24 2012 16:57 SafeAsCheese wrote: No It's an extremely long pile of horseshit. At best, most of it is false and spun heavily. Any source for THIS? | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45044 Posts
On April 24 2012 17:15 GenericTerranPlayer wrote: and people ask me why i don't want to study in the united states On April 24 2012 20:52 Knap4life wrote: This is why i will never live in the US. Yeah... no. This isn't really the norm in America. (Unfortunately, Arizona has had a lot of recent problems, but that state doesn't even remotely represent all of the United States.) Anyways, it seems like he did a bunch of stupid and confusing shit, but was trying to be careful not to intentionally harm anyone during the process (and didn't really know what he was doing the whole time), and everything snowballed out of control and a bunch of idiots ganged up on him. It's a pity that he's being accused of something so terrible though; obviously he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. | ||
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Attican
Denmark531 Posts
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kukarachaa
United States284 Posts
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Meiya
Australia1169 Posts
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h41fgod
Sweden377 Posts
On April 24 2012 21:11 kukarachaa wrote: the story is presented with extreme bias towards one side, that said no matter how u sugarcoat it he still slammed his gas in the crowd full of people and injured two of them i am sure there is way more to this as well So your right to defend yourself (even by peaceful means) goes out the window if accidentally take a wrong turn? From the article, our only source so far, he only hurt them trying to escape them. Last I remember, it would have been fine to shoot them in the face in Florida. | ||
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
But I have to say, the guy did damage 3/4 people with a car? If he didn't know the road signs etc... wtf was he doing driving? Sucks to be him, but everyone knows Americans "Don't take no shit" when it comes down to the law. Also who in their right mind actually winds down the car window when someone is screaming and shouting at them? Nice way to get sucker punched, from above... Man up and get out or keep the window shut and drive. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45044 Posts
On April 24 2012 21:16 h41fgod wrote: So your right to defend yourself (even by peaceful means) goes out the window if accidentally take a wrong turn? From the article, our only source so far, he only hurt them trying to escape them. Last I remember, it would have been fine to shoot them in the face in Florida. Obviously not, and obviously he was extremely confused, but I'm curious as to why he drove all the way through a one-way street, as opposed to realizing quite quickly that he made an illegal turn, and instead pulled back out of the one-way street and drove legally around to find his car shop. After all, everyone was jeering at him because he was driving illegally, endangering their safety, and messing up their party (not that that justifies any violence, of course). It also definitely sounds like the article is extremely biased in defense of the driver, regardless of the fact that the incident was started by his lack of knowledge of the rules of the road (like being able to read basic street signs). Again, this doesn't justify mob mentality or him getting beaten up, but the idea that a pious, intelligent foreigner was attacked by terrible Americans for no reason is just plain wrong, and that seems like what the article is trying to portray (and what some people in this thread assume is happening). It glosses over what the driver does wrong, which causes the partyers to get pissed. | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
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Nekovivie
United Kingdom2599 Posts
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unit
United States2621 Posts
On April 24 2012 19:28 freewareplayer wrote: If your way of driving includes civilians breaking every persons nose that took a wrong turn, then i hope to god that no European will learn that and come back here. Whoever learns that, you can keep them. funniest part of his statement, the best drivers i know are european lol there's just better driver education over there so the overall driving skill level is higher | ||
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`dunedain
655 Posts
Talk about losing streak. One bad move after the other. I hope he gets acquitted though. He's obviously just being used as an example and his "crime" doesn't even come close to the punishment they mention. I guess the people who got injured believe they deserve restitution of some kind for their problems. If that was me, there's no way I'd let a kid go to jail because he ran over a toe. The woman who got scratched has nothing to bitch about too, just get some antiseptic. I mean seriously. | ||
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AgentChaos
United Kingdom4569 Posts
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byFd
Germany620 Posts
shouldn't drive if he can't keep his eyes open :D | ||
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
Anyone from US, please tell me what is wrong with your hill billies?  | ||
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Excludos
Norway8162 Posts
That said, its still an extreme overreaction by everyone involved. I especially love how the police woman who goes to arrest him jumps back and pulls her gun on him while he sits there quietly with his hands on the steering wheel. Tbh this isn't even worthy of anything but a ticket and maybe a lawsuit from the people he hurt. 5-35 years is completely out of the window retarded. | ||
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KainiT
Austria392 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8162 Posts
On April 24 2012 22:03 KainiT wrote: I stopped reading after he (or was it his mother) "paniked" the second time. Seriously, does anybody believe this kind of story? Yes. like I said. The story is very biased, and they might have neglected to show everything. But Norwegian media is not allowed to lie. | ||
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