Darwin strikes again; Teen Who Hit SUV With Eggs Slain

[SpecialEd]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Tommouse
The people saying get out of the car and give them a beating - I'm all in favor BUT how do you know the little punk isn't packing himself? Wouldn't it be worse if he did get out to give him a beating and was shot?! I don't have any sympathy for the kid, because as many have said in the thread you mess with people, you're eventually going to find one who is bat sh!t crazy.

What's wrong with just calling the cops?

Crazy people aren't going to call the cops. These kids unkowningly messed with the wrong person. Like others said, the shooter could have been a criminal and if so, calling the cops is not on his mind.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

The killer must be some sort of sadistic bastard with one hell of a criminal history. That is a given because normal people having a bad day don't just go around popping kids who mess with them.

But kids should be aware of how many psychos are out there in 'the real world'. A 14-year-old should know better. If I walked up to Mike Tyson and told him he's a dumb piece of crap and he chomped off my ear and broke my jaw in a violent fit of rage - guess what? I AM to blame.

Dumb kids should know better. I do feel sorry for him...

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
I bet those kids wont be throwing eggs at cars anymore.

especially the dead one.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: JACKHAMMER
Damnit, where was the thread about people carrying guns in their glove campartment? This is exactly the kind of stuff you get when you carry guns around, moments of rage and then a dead teen. Keep your guns at home and in the range.

I would be willing to bet money that the person who shot the kid was not a concealed carry permit holder.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: JACKHAMMER
Damnit, where was the thread about people carrying guns in their glove campartment? This is exactly the kind of stuff you get when you carry guns around, moments of rage and then a dead teen. Keep your guns at home and in the range.

I would be willing to bet money that the person who shot the kid was not a concealed carry permit holder.

Right.

Conceal and carry permit holders are, by the very definition, responsible and law abiding citizens. As such they are probably the least likely to fly off the handle and shoot somebody.

Egging somebody's vehicle is beyond stupid and the kids should definetly be punished, but it is simply unacceptable to shoot somebody dead over the matter. The kids were dumb, but the SUV guy is irresponsible and, arguably speaking, a crazy and unsafe individual.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The punk deserved it. These days at fourteen they're already six feet tall, smoking pot and having sex. He's old enough to know he (the kid) is at fault and deserved it.

 

[Dean]

The kid should be charged with criminal negligence causing death. Oh wait that isn't possible in this case.

Unless the SUV was stolen, they will catch the idiot who shot him.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: Atheus
It never ceases to amaze me what people on this forum will support - sometimes it seems like the only thing not punishable by a shooting, is a shooting.

I'm waiting for the killing supporters to chime in on the '8th grader shot to death' thread. Then I'm going to go get drunk and try to convince myself that Anandtech does not in fact represent America in general, because if it does, the world is totally fvcked.

Yep, its threads like these that make me lose faith in humanity. If your car gets egged, all you have to do is turn on the ****** windshield wiper and keep driving. Instead we get a horde of despicable retarded fuckwads justifying and cheering the guy's actions.

Count me in as one of the sane people who is, once again, disgusted at ATOTs reaction to a violent and tragic event.

 

[rh71]

I blame the stupid kid having stupid friends. God I hate them. I'll blame the parenting too.

And oh yeah... too bad he was shot... he never can learn from it.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The punk deserved it. These days at fourteen they're already six feet tall, smoking pot and having sex. He's old enough to know he (the kid) is at fault and deserved it.

I'll ask you what I asked those with similar opinions in the other gun killing thread:


Have you ever committed a crime of any kind? A tiny little petty crime? It is hard for me to think of one less petty than throwing an egg - should all crimes be punished by death?

Are you aware that there have been, and still are, societies which do hand out the death penalty for petty crimes without a trial? Do you admire those societies, and do you want your own society to emulate them?

Lastly, I wonder how you would feel if this was your child who was killed? I can only assume, if you are being consistent, that you would gladly shoot your own child in punishment for this crime.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The punk deserved it. These days at fourteen they're already six feet tall, smoking pot and having sex. He's old enough to know he (the kid) is at fault and deserved it.

I'll ask you what I asked those with similar opinions in the other gun killing thread:


Have you ever committed a crime of any kind? A tiny little petty crime? It is hard for me to think of one less petty than throwing an egg - should all crimes be punished by death?

Are you aware that there have been, and still are, societies which do hand out the death penalty for petty crimes without a trial? Do you admire those societies, and do you want your own society to emulate them?

Lastly, I wonder how you would feel if this was your child who was killed? I can only assume, if you are being consistent, that you would gladly shoot your own child in punishment for this crime.

He didn't say he approves of the punishment the kid received. What he said is that the kid should have known better. We are not talking about the law and death penalties here - we are talking about educating kids and telling them there are murderous psychos with guns out there, and you never know when you will run into one.

Mind your own business - we are living in the 21st century. There are nutjobs and whackos everywhere you look. What the kid did was unlawful - people get into enough trouble WITHOUT breaking the law. Why break the law and risk the wrath of the police...or other criminals out there in the open?

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The punk deserved it. These days at fourteen they're already six feet tall, smoking pot and having sex. He's old enough to know he (the kid) is at fault and deserved it.

I'll ask you what I asked those with similar opinions in the other gun killing thread:


Have you ever committed a crime of any kind? A tiny little petty crime? It is hard for me to think of one less petty than throwing an egg - should all crimes be punished by death?

Are you aware that there have been, and still are, societies which do hand out the death penalty for petty crimes without a trial? Do you admire those societies, and do you want your own society to emulate them?

Lastly, I wonder how you would feel if this was your child who was killed? I can only assume, if you are being consistent, that you would gladly shoot your own child in punishment for this crime.

He didn't say he approves of the punishment the kid received.

Yes he did, he said the kid deserved it, that is approval.

What he said is that the kid should have known better.

No he didn't, he said "he's old enough to know he (the kid) is at fault", and so what? The kid committed a tiny petty crime.

We are not talking about the law and death penalties here

I sure am.

- we are talking about educating kids and telling them there are murderous psychos with guns out there, and you never know when you will run into one.

Nothing to do with it, the kid threw an egg, kids are always going to throw eggs until the end of time. We are talking about the appropriate reaction to the egg.

Mind your own business - we are living in the 21st century. There are nutjobs and whackos everywhere you look. What the kid did was unlawful - people get into enough trouble WITHOUT breaking the law. Why break the law and risk the wrath of the police...or other criminals out there in the open?

Everyone breaks the law. Kill everyone?

 

[maziwanka]

good lord.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: Atheus
It never ceases to amaze me what people on this forum will support - sometimes it seems like the only thing not punishable by a shooting, is a shooting.

I'm waiting for the killing supporters to chime in on the '8th grader shot to death' thread. Then I'm going to go get drunk and try to convince myself that Anandtech does not in fact represent America in general, because if it does, the world is totally fvcked.

Yep, its threads like these that make me lose faith in humanity. If your car gets egged, all you have to do is turn on the ****** windshield wiper and keep driving. Instead we get a horde of despicable retarded fuckwads justifying and cheering the guy's actions.

Count me in as one of the sane people who is, once again, disgusted at ATOTs reaction to a violent and tragic event.

what's more disconcerting is the fact that these kids just threw eggs; i'd like to know what road the SUV was traveling on when the eggs were thrown (residential, highway, etc.).

the ridiculous thing here is that the SUV owner weighed the kid's life in one hand with the harm to his fvcking car in the other and chose to kill the child. un-fvcking-believable.

and, i'm not justifying throwing eggs but i've thrown eggs at houses and snowballs at cars (in a residential area) when i was a kid. did i deserve to die as a result of that? i certainly hope not.

 

[spaceman]

the people saying the kid deserved it are out of their minds.

its a fvcking egg.
here in smalltown usa its a regular hobby of young kids along with burning up your lawn in a 4x4, toilet paper etc.
no one ever gets shot over it, and if someone does...i'll be putting a fs sign on the front lawn.

 

[Dean]

So many here have an Old West mentality. Funny and saddening at the same time.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: Atheus
I'll ask you what I asked those with similar opinions in the other gun killing thread:

Have you ever committed a crime of any kind? A tiny little petty crime? It is hard for me to think of one less petty than throwing an egg - should all crimes be punished by death?

Are you aware that there have been, and still are, societies which do hand out the death penalty for petty crimes without a trial? Do you admire those societies, and do you want your own society to emulate them?

Lastly, I wonder how you would feel if this was your child who was killed? I can only assume, if you are being consistent, that you would gladly shoot your own child in punishment for this crime.

That wasn't the same thing as punishment by death. I'd say that paying back for all damages and then paying that same amount a second time as a fine would be plenty for a vandal caught by the cops. However, the man was protecting his own property and should be allowed to discourage attacks on it by almost any means necessary.

How is this the death penalty without a trial? You could extend that to virtually any crime committed. A possibly armed man breaks through your house. Whether he wants your money, your life, or directions to the nearest supermarket is unknown to you. A reasonable response to that would be to kill him and then call the police to do a standard investigation.

Not saying that egging cars and breaking into houses are comparable at all. It's just that there's a huge difference between this case where the criminal was caught in the act as opposed to someone who is arrested and executed on the suspicion of a criminal act.

No, I would not kill my kid if he egged a car. Instead I'd punish the hell out of him and ban him from hanging out with his fellow vandal friends. Personally, I probably wouldn't even kill someone if they threw an egg at my car. Doesn't mean that I'm against someone else doing it, however.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Personally, I probably wouldn't even kill someone if they threw an egg at my car. Doesn't mean that I'm against someone else doing it, however.

I will not argue further, it would be pointless, as I am completely incapable of understanding this point of view. Sometimes this forum makes me feel like I am communicating with a parallel universe.

Have a nice day.

 

[sonoma1993]

The kid didn't deserve to die, but he shouldn't have been throwing some eggs at cars in the first place. You don't know what kind of crazy people are going to come after you when that egg hits their car. The guy that shot him, deserves to be in prison with big bubba.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
The kid didn't deserve to die, but he shouldn't have been throwing some eggs at cars in the first place. You don't know what kind of crazy people are going to come after you when that egg hits their car. The guy that shot him, deserves to be in prison with big bubba.

Agreed 100%

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: Atheus
The time it takes to wipe an egg off a car is greater in value than the life of a child? How long would that take? 5 minutes? At 10 dollars an hour that's 50 cents. The life of a child is worth 50 cents?

And we should listen to someone who is incapable of doing simple math because...

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
I probably wouldn't even kill someone if they threw an egg at my car. Doesn't mean that I'm against someone else doing it, however.

Wow. You are the biggest piece of sh!t I've ever seen on this forum and you're officially the first person to make my ignore list.

Edit - hhmm either I'm going blind or there is no ignore list on this forum. Either way you're an idiot.

 

[hiredgoons]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Atheus
The time it takes to wipe an egg off a car is greater in value than the life of a child? How long would that take? 5 minutes? At 10 dollars an hour that's 50 cents. The life of a child is worth 50 cents?

And we should listen to someone who is incapable of doing simple math because...

Because aside from that oversight he appears to be one of about five sane people in this thread?

 

[SirStev0]

That is more karma not darwin...

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: hiredgoons

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Atheus
The time it takes to wipe an egg off a car is greater in value than the life of a child? How long would that take? 5 minutes? At 10 dollars an hour that's 50 cents. The life of a child is worth 50 cents?

And we should listen to someone who is incapable of doing simple math because...

Because aside from that oversight he appears to be one of about five sane people in this thread?

It is possible to disapprove of one person's actions but be unsympathetic with that person's victim. There are a few people here who approve of the shooter, but not many. What most seem to be saying is that this kid could have avoided the situation completely just by not acting like an ass.

If you mess with the bull, don't be surprised when you get the horns.