> If I had murdered this person I would have been, "the bad guy."
Is this a joke? I know it seems like it’s obviously a joke, but I often see Americans say things like this with total sincerity, so I feel like I should check
Is this a joke? I know it seems like it’s obviously a joke, but I often see Americans say things like this with total sincerity, so I feel like I should check
For example I often think of throwing some tomatoes or potatoes on the heads of the motorcycle guys who are doing their thing at 12 at night just in front of our block of apartments when summer comes (I live on the 8th floor). I know that that is illegal and that, most probably, doing that gesture could cause bodily harm to those motorcycle riders, but given the situation (lots and lots of noise that invades my personal space) that's the only thing that I can honestly think of at that particular moment.
I'm European, btw, and we live in Bucharest close to one of the busiest and nosiest intersections in this city (and, I dare say, on this continent, as Bucharest is one of most traffic congested cities in Europe).
It is no longer “that particular moment”
Does it? There’s a whole history we have of not taking these threats seriously and dealing with the results of it. Perhaps people should just stop joking around about killing people?
I mean they also said potatoes, but I don't see any death threats here.
> And how can you tell who’s alt-right/left or not?
If you're offended by my use of the term "alt-right" then mentally apply s/alt-right/extremist/ and re-read the comment.
On a more serious note, I have a friend who used to live two blocks away from where I live, at an even worst spot when it came to street noise (just close to the exit of an underground passage, where riders use to floor it as they exit it at night) and that noise was one of the biggest factors of him and his wife moving from where once they had their first child. He had indeed contacted the local police more than once for this noise thing, long story short it was all for nothing.
On a more serious note, you could probably get convicted for smth like involuntary manslaughter in most countries, and the probability of hitting someone else than the intended target is too high to be worth it... so DON'T.
Lots of people are pre-programmed to not be very far from deploying lethal violence against people around them... don't just assume that if you're not one of them you're not surrounded by at least one or two like us... we may satisfy our urges by hunting or whatching snuff or high-violence gaming or whatever, to each his own, but... be careful :)