Cinemaddiction
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Originally posted by whobdamandog
Are you psychic? Were you at the seen of the crime? Or do you happen to be one of the kids?The article never directly states that it was not a residential road. And they never specifically state where the kids were when they threw the eggs at the cars.
Now answer this question for me. If a group of people you don't know throw something at you at 11:00 pm at night as you're driving your car..would the first assumption that came to your mind be....
"They don't mean me any harm?"
Assaulting people equals "JOKE" in your opinion. I'm glad someone like you is not in a position of authority either, because I'd hate to have a friend or loved one die because of a malicious "JOKE" that went awry.
The real "JOKE" would be when the case was presented to someone like yourself..and the children were given a slap on the wrist..with the real victims given the simple response of..." children will be children..."
No one knows what would have eventually happened..but again.."common sense" dictates that the likelihood of something more serious happening was definately there.
I've been on many major interstate..yes that's right "interstate" highways that have had street signs and powerline poles. But "where" the children were is really a moot point. It doesn't change the fact that their actions were illegal, and their intentions were to in some way HARM the individuals who they were throwing eggs at.
The article doesn't need to state shit. The picture shows there's no bridge, that it's right in a residential area, and common ****ing sense tells you that a residential street isn't busy near MIDNIGHT on a SUNDAY NIGHT when people have to go to work/school the next day. But, then again, common sense also tells you that you're not supposed to open fire on kids throwing eggs, so I guess it isn't so common.
Yeah, my first assumption is that it's kids being kids. I'd be angry, but I'm not stupid enough to kill children over it. Assaulting people doesn't equal a "joke" in my opinion. Had the person who was "assaulted" died, it's a totally different story, but they didn't, rendering your scenario invalid. Someone DID die, and it was a kid, by someone who wrongfully took offense to a prank.
If they were out to hurt someone "maliciously", you really think EGGS were the way to go? Why not rocks? Why not A GUN? Why not a slingshot? Why not water balloons? All of which would have a MUCH, MUCH more significant impact on the operator of a motor vehicle? Why not? Because I highly doubt they were out to hurt innocent people with their prank.
The kids location isn't a moot point, either. The speed limit plays a major factor, as does road signage. i.e. the driver had to be going pretty slow, if not stopped, for the egger to nail the guy dead in the head, the driver driving slow enough to stop, get out of his car, take out a gun, and hit TWO kids while they're running. Location makes a big, big difference, infact. You couldn't do that on any highway, where the average speed limit is 55 MPH. If you can, you must be S.W.A.T.