tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7695469090181036414..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Stupid Kills.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11868428143925925372010-02-12T07:21:50.608-05:002010-02-12T07:21:50.608-05:00Getting shot after throwing snowballs and ice at p...Getting shot after throwing snowballs and ice at people is an <a href="http://www.hodgman.org/travel/genealogy-boston-1996/19960601-1-06-boston-massacre-tombstone.jpg" rel="nofollow">American tradition</a>!staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4707189205188364892010-02-11T23:52:50.066-05:002010-02-11T23:52:50.066-05:00It's sad, but we have had a few cases here in ...It's sad, but we have had a few cases here in Cincinnati where one sibling killed another for trivial reasons.<br /><br />We may feel better calling these cases accidents, but at times it's murder.<br /><br />Sorry for the Obama bit the other day Tam. Had JFK lived, America would have been done with the Kennedys as a political family back in the 60s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32085812631290200602010-02-11T23:12:57.634-05:002010-02-11T23:12:57.634-05:00The kid fucked up, and he is old enough to both kn...The kid fucked up, and he is old enough to both know it and be punished for it.<br /><br />I make no apology for being Draconian in the matter, that for the sake of the accidents like this which can be prevented.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27185477411202689222010-02-11T19:09:55.036-05:002010-02-11T19:09:55.036-05:00Steve,
That works for me, I have to give the Vols...Steve,<br /><br />That works for me, I have to give the Vols cred and they are next door!<br /><br />KelKeadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83375212103095601252010-02-11T17:45:43.104-05:002010-02-11T17:45:43.104-05:00Keads -
She's from Tennessee. That far enoug...Keads -<br /><br />She's from Tennessee. That far enough south?Steve Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51125509807036852622010-02-11T16:32:42.505-05:002010-02-11T16:32:42.505-05:00Tam,
I'm sorry but you must be south of the M...Tam,<br /><br />I'm sorry but you must be south of the Mason-Dixon line or be from there before you can use the word y'all. <br /><br />If you are wondering I am in North Carolina and can use the word with reckless abandon! <br /><br />KelKeadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85931555410431522572010-02-11T16:17:08.457-05:002010-02-11T16:17:08.457-05:00Gerry, Kristopher,
Think carefully about what he ...Gerry, Kristopher,<br /><br />Think carefully about what he said. ;) I was going to respond the same way y'all did, but then I got it.<br /><br /><br />MrWolf,<br /><br />Here in America, small children have snowball fights all the time and survive. Maybe we're just tough that way? But it needs to be mutual; you shouldn't throw things at people who have not agreed to have things thrown at them.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22227091242029679682010-02-11T15:12:23.927-05:002010-02-11T15:12:23.927-05:00Michael: Then I guess you haven't a clue what ...Michael: Then I guess you haven't a clue what rules we are talking about.<br /><br />Which one of these four rules did that kid actually follow:<br /><br /> 1. All firearms are considered to be always loaded.<br /> 2. Always keep a firearm pointed in a safe direction.<br /> 3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.<br /> 4. Always be sure of your target and know what is behind it along the bullet's trajectory.<br /><br />If that idiot teenager had followed any single one of these rules, his older brother would still be alive.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82280734371574829492010-02-11T15:11:11.028-05:002010-02-11T15:11:11.028-05:00'Pelting the younger with snowballs'.
We...'Pelting the younger with snowballs'.<br /> We had this a few weeks ago, with the cop in D.C., and I mentioned that anywhere else in the world it would get the merry prankster a punch in the mouth. An assault with chunks of ice is no more a 'snowball fight' than rape is consensual sex. <br /> I'm certainly not advocating responding to such an assault with gunfire. Teenagers often over-react. But I say again:- PLEASE do not try this when traveling. I think North America is the only place where this is considered acceptable 'fun'. And in this case, not even there.MrWolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35366378787009154542010-02-11T14:07:00.014-05:002010-02-11T14:07:00.014-05:00Michael said...
The 14 year old may very well hav...Michael said... <br />The 14 year old may very well have not broken any of the rules.<br /><br />What?? Did Dick Chaney do it and Karl Rove got the kid to cop to it?<br /><br />Damn that Bush!<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25869424514491658722010-02-11T13:52:54.968-05:002010-02-11T13:52:54.968-05:00The 14 year old may very well have not broken any ...The 14 year old may very well have not broken any of the rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50091843435875873922010-02-11T10:54:57.581-05:002010-02-11T10:54:57.581-05:00Age 14-16 is that period in life where successful ...Age 14-16 is that period in life where successful suicide attempts have been made over not being allowed to go over to a friend's house; it is the age when never having been denied anything as a small child can come home to roost with monumental consequences.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9550278068149254032010-02-11T10:37:59.337-05:002010-02-11T10:37:59.337-05:00I have had two cases of "whoops" that we...I have had two cases of "whoops" that were straight up ambush murders. One was the SECOND TIME a gun "went off" and hit his wife in the head fatally. <br /><br />But the killers cried, acted all hurt, and how do you prove it DIDN't happen that way? So the old "suffering enough" thing flew.<br /><br />Drives me crazier, it really does. To me the boiled baby cases are exactly the same.<br /><br />But jurors really do not like to believe that people kill family members. And they just love to forgive, and adore a happy ending. So when they have a chance to gratify three of their own desires...staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15315923876686175282010-02-11T09:53:43.799-05:002010-02-11T09:53:43.799-05:00I guess Col. Cooper was from that generation that ...I guess Col. Cooper was from that generation that didn't have to be <i>told</i> that guns weren't toys, or he might have added another rule:<br /><br /><b>A Gun Is Not A Toy. Don't Play With It!</b><br /><br />I teach all the other rules, but I always make that one Rule #1.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15529960410484690492010-02-11T09:34:09.555-05:002010-02-11T09:34:09.555-05:00A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar.....A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar..BANG!<br /><br />Corpman!!! My Glock just went off and I killed my boss.<br /><br />Yea, thats the ticket.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20374635611335759052010-02-11T09:28:49.864-05:002010-02-11T09:28:49.864-05:00Pointing a gun and pulling a trigger and saying it...Pointing a gun and pulling a trigger and saying it was an "accident" and you "didn't mean to kill them" is like pushing someone off a 200-foot cliff and then saying it was "just a joke" and you didn't mean to kill them.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33535894639918436712010-02-11T09:25:26.312-05:002010-02-11T09:25:26.312-05:00Senseless deaths and by people, from the sounds of...Senseless deaths and by people, from the sounds of it, that should have known better.<br /><br />I agree with your assessment Tam. Nobody "accidentally" pulled the trigger. At the very least, if we were only going with spirit of law, we have a manslaughter. Someone died due to anther's negligence or if you don't like that word "stupidity".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19945070981147296922010-02-11T08:22:39.819-05:002010-02-11T08:22:39.819-05:00*that's "take it away from her", not...*that's "take it away from <b>her</b>", not "here".Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36866927314635744242010-02-11T08:22:03.099-05:002010-02-11T08:22:03.099-05:00My sister once tried to fasten a .357 revolver in ...My sister once tried to fasten a .357 revolver in its holster by bracing the muzzle against her sternum. I politely asked her not to do that again; she rolled her eyes and said "Yeah, yeah, a gun is always loaded but <i>it's not loaded</i>." Why I didn't take it away from here and smack her in the mouth right then and there, I'll never know. <br /><br />She has since, THANK HEAVENS, lost interest in firearms.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67485543142228065522010-02-11T08:15:55.139-05:002010-02-11T08:15:55.139-05:00No, it's not corruption. Juries just won't...No, it's not corruption. Juries just won't convict in these cases, any more than they will when parents boil their children to death in cars.<br /><br />"Whoops!" is a pretty successful defense, if you want to kill someone you know and love.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59552891625446707512010-02-11T07:29:47.809-05:002010-02-11T07:29:47.809-05:00I imagine a quick glance at who, and for how much,...I imagine a quick glance at who, and for how much, Adam and Eve contribute politically might be enlightening. "Pillers of the community" always seems to be more accident-prone then criminally inclined it seems.Will Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454533450309633627noreply@blogger.com