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  #11  
Old July 16th 05, 09:05 PM
Dave
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fbloogyudsr wrote:
> "Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote
> > Wash. Boy Dies Fleeing From Angry Driver ...

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> A more complete article.
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> http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/l...-4585288c.html


Okay, so change "bottle rockets" to "bullets." Either one being fired
at a car can scare the **** out of an unexpecting driver, since they're
not something you're supposed to be shooting at strangers at random.

If both these kids had been killed, I'd still have no pity for them.
The only person in the whole thing that I'm sympathetic to is the poor
17 year old girl who for the rest of her life will have to live with
the fact she ran over someone.

At the age of 12 any human should know better than to be shooting
explosives at people and they should know better than to run into
traffic.

Dave

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  #12  
Old July 16th 05, 10:48 PM
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fbloogyudsr wrote:
> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote
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>> "Skip Elliott Bowman"> wrote:
>>
>>> SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy who was firing bottle
>>> rockets at
>>> cars was chased into traffic Friday by an angry driver and killed by
>>> another
>>> car, authorities said.

>>
>>
>> Congratulations on your Darwin Award, Wash. Boy! You genuinely
>> deserved it.
>>
>>> The driver and his passenger, both 22, were arrested for
>>> investigation of
>>> manslaughter, the Washington State Patrol said.

>>
>>
>> Why isn't the surviving punk being investigated for attempted murder?
>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>> someone else in the resulting crash.

>
>
> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
> head out of your ...


Actually he is right. What the two boys did was criminal.
  #13  
Old July 16th 05, 11:07 PM
James C. Reeves
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"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
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> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote
>> "Skip Elliott Bowman"> wrote:
>>
>>>SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy who was firing bottle rockets
>>>at
>>>cars was chased into traffic Friday by an angry driver and killed by
>>>another
>>>car, authorities said.

>>
>> Congratulations on your Darwin Award, Wash. Boy! You genuinely
>> deserved it.
>>
>>>The driver and his passenger, both 22, were arrested for investigation of
>>>manslaughter, the Washington State Patrol said.

>>
>> Why isn't the surviving punk being investigated for attempted murder?
>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>> someone else in the resulting crash.

>
> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
> head out of your ...


Huh!? Think of what the initiating event was.


  #14  
Old July 16th 05, 11:43 PM
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"223rem" > wrote
> fbloogyudsr wrote:
>> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote
>>> Why isn't the surviving punk being investigated for attempted murder?
>>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>>> someone else in the resulting crash.

>>
>>
>> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
>> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
>> head out of your ...

>
> Actually he is right. What the two boys did was criminal.


Well, yes. And if you notice I never claimed they weren't.
But death is not the penalty for malicious mischief, especially
for juvies.

Floyd

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Old July 16th 05, 11:49 PM
223rem
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fbloogyudsr wrote:
> "223rem" > wrote
>
>> fbloogyudsr wrote:
>>
>>> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote
>>>
>>>> Why isn't the surviving punk being investigated for attempted murder?
>>>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>>>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>>>> someone else in the resulting crash.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
>>> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
>>> head out of your ...

>>
>>
>> Actually he is right. What the two boys did was criminal.

>
>
> Well, yes. And if you notice I never claimed they weren't.


So why isnt the surviving asshole charged?

> But death is not the penalty for malicious mischief, especially
> for juvies.


'Malicious mischief?' Try assault with a deadly weapon.

And the guys in the car didnt intend to kill the punks.
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Old July 17th 05, 12:20 AM
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"223rem" > wrote
> And the guys in the car didnt intend to kill the punks.


And that's why they're charged with manslaughter rather than
murder. And you might notice that at least one of the "adults"
is a punk, too.

Floyd
  #17  
Old July 17th 05, 01:46 AM
Scott en Aztlán
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:43:32 -0700, "fbloogyudsr"
> wrote:

>> Actually he is right. What the two boys did was criminal.

>
>Well, yes. And if you notice I never claimed they weren't.
>But death is not the penalty for malicious mischief, especially
>for juvies.


The victims of the bottlerocket attack did not kill him - his own
stupidity did.

Remember, he RAN out into traffic - he was not PUSHED out.

  #18  
Old July 17th 05, 02:38 AM
Brent P
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In article >, fbloogyudsr wrote:

>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>> someone else in the resulting crash.

>
> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
> head out of your ...


Firing bottle rockets at cars is just a wee bit less severe than firing a
small caliber gun at cars.


  #19  
Old July 17th 05, 04:19 PM
Matthew Russotto
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In article >,
fbloogyudsr > wrote:
>"223rem" > wrote
>> fbloogyudsr wrote:
>>> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote
>>>> Why isn't the surviving punk being investigated for attempted murder?
>>>> If a bottle rocket flies into an open car window and explodes, the
>>>> startled driver is likely to lose control and kill himself and/or
>>>> someone else in the resulting crash.
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott, this is one of your most trollish postings. Get a grip,
>>> consider the motivations of the participants, and get your
>>> head out of your ...

>>
>> Actually he is right. What the two boys did was criminal.

>
>Well, yes. And if you notice I never claimed they weren't.
>But death is not the penalty for malicious mischief, especially
>for juvies.


Nor was death applied as a penalty. The death was accidental. It was
a consequence of the boy running out to the road in response to being
chased -- which itself was a consequence of him firing the bottle
rockets.
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Old July 17th 05, 07:05 PM
fbloogyudsr
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"Matthew Russotto" > wrote
> fbloogyudsr > wrote:
>>Well, yes. And if you notice I never claimed they weren't.
>>But death is not the penalty for malicious mischief, especially
>>for juvies.

>
> Nor was death applied as a penalty. The death was accidental. It was
> a consequence of the boy running out to the road in response to being
> chased -- which itself was a consequence of him firing the bottle
> rockets.


And your view of the beating applied to the other juvie?

Floyd

 




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