- Jun 16, 2000
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There is this Chinese kid in my Humanities class, speaks very poor English, you can tell he immigrated here. Anyway, today we were discussing a story about a guy who keeps burning down the barns of people he works for. His 10 year old son eventually told one of the owners, while his father was in the process of burning it down. The owner goes and shoots the guy.
The kid in my class says "That man is stupid, human life is more precious than objects. You Americans always want to shoot everyone."
My professor decides to debate him, asking him what he would do if someone was trying to burn down his house. The kid says he would not use a gun. The prof said "ok, hypothetically, you have only 2 choices. Shoot the man trying to burn down your house that you worked 30 years to pay for, and save it, or let him burn it. You have no insurance." The kid wouldn't give an answer, kept saying he would shoot a warning shot or try to shoot him in the leg.
It went on for about 15 minutes. The kid kept saying that Americans are horrible because guns are so commonplace, we think its ok to shoot people trying to rob us...apparently its ok to defend yourself, but not with a gun? Assault with a deadly weapon is the same regardless of what that weapon is. He also went as far as to say he WOULDN'T shoot someone with a gun to his own mother's head, and that it would NOT have been ok to shoot Hitler, knowing what he would go on to accomplish.
Kid, go back to China if we are so terrible here.
The kid in my class says "That man is stupid, human life is more precious than objects. You Americans always want to shoot everyone."
My professor decides to debate him, asking him what he would do if someone was trying to burn down his house. The kid says he would not use a gun. The prof said "ok, hypothetically, you have only 2 choices. Shoot the man trying to burn down your house that you worked 30 years to pay for, and save it, or let him burn it. You have no insurance." The kid wouldn't give an answer, kept saying he would shoot a warning shot or try to shoot him in the leg.
It went on for about 15 minutes. The kid kept saying that Americans are horrible because guns are so commonplace, we think its ok to shoot people trying to rob us...apparently its ok to defend yourself, but not with a gun? Assault with a deadly weapon is the same regardless of what that weapon is. He also went as far as to say he WOULDN'T shoot someone with a gun to his own mother's head, and that it would NOT have been ok to shoot Hitler, knowing what he would go on to accomplish.
Kid, go back to China if we are so terrible here.
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