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By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Friday night bytes… har, har

Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Friday night bytes… har, har — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:47:14 +0000

[...] the truth is I’ve been bothered all day by the EAV shooting that I wrote about yesterday. I spilled it all out to Rusty at lunch and hopefully I made more sense then than if I’d been [...]

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:08:48 +0000

I freely admit that I took some sick sense of pleasure at first. However, as it sinks in, I’m taking a look at the situation as if I was the one pulling the trigger.

Weapons are not something I like. They are, to me, a necessary evil. I don’t want to kill. I don’t like to kill. I don’t want to have to pack heat. But I will defend myself if I must. And I would probably be farked up in the head for the rest of my life.

This guy did what he had to.

I cannot question about the number of times he fired a gun. I would probably be nervous as hell myself and would shoot multiple times.

Not arguing with what you said; indeed you made good points about how there are fundamental problems that go beyond self-defense and mere policing.

By: CatherineAtlanta

CatherineAtlanta — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:50 +0000

It’s all sad. Sad that Mr Robber was demanding money at gunpoint. Sad that Mr Shooter felt the need to carry a gun in his car.

Mostly it’s sad that in thousands of years of existence we still haven’t figured out a way to solve our problems without killing each other.

I’m sad today.

By: Asides #53 | BlackGayBlogger.com

Asides #53 | BlackGayBlogger.com — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:01:19 +0000

[...] but I really hope an Amadou Diallo type situation doesn’t arise. That would really set shit off. Amber’s post sums up a lot of what I’m feeling, though. Something is just not [...]

By: wesleywhatwhat

wesleywhatwhat — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:35:39 +0000

the long and sort of it: an attempted robber got what he deserved.

not gloating, just stating a fact.

i DO feel bad for the shooter, however. it’s too bad that he had to go through that.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:51:37 +0000

That is a friend of mine, I am pretty annoyed with him for that analogy but just do not have the mental energy to argue it and really don’t want that tangent to overwhelm the thread.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:13:09 +0000

And, it has happened. On the linked thread, someone has brought up rape. Is there a Godwin’s Law for this? :\ It can be a way to silence conversation when convenient, but not something to really get too involved in otherwise, not like those nasty feminists.

*sigh*

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:25:29 +0000

YEs, thank you. To me this seems obvious but apparently it takes a lot of explaining.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:06:23 +0000

Shooting the guy pointing a gun at you – OK. People celebrating that some guy shot some other guy because he had to – fucked up. It’s not that the victim shot the criminal, it’s that people seem to be gleeful about it, which is just fucking weird at BEST.

By: Rev. Bob

Rev. Bob — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:08:43 +0000

If society wants to stand in judgment of criminals, society has to be better than those criminals. That means at minimum, we can’t do the things criminals do.

Not original, but I think true.

p.s., what a gorgeous house!