That's a cop out. Your family and societal responsibilities aren't greater than mine.
Yeah. Get back to me after you have kids.
If you're insulted, good. I'm insulted that you'd sit there and watch someone's child die because you either lacked the courage or social responsibility to help make this world a better place.
Whoa, back up the strawman truck for a second. I said I'd assess the situation, not necessarily that I'd do nothing.
Sometimes doing the right thing isn't an easy choice. That doesn't excuse doing the right thing. I'd rather look my family in the eye from jail, knowing I acted appropriately than explain to my family that I hid behind a Burger King trash can while someone else lost their family.
Was there a sale on strawmen? Hiding behind a trash can? Perhaps a hint of projection? Or just willful misrepresentation of my position? Only you know. Only you know why you're inventing things out of whole cloth.
I have EVERY right. It could be MY family member getting shot because you wouldn't act. Maybe nothing happens that time. Maybe the guy repeats his act, as they often do, THEN my family is harmed. Maybe your failure to act emboldens others to do the crime because there are no serious repercussions or dangers. That encourages the societal attitude we have no and you clearly display: it's not my problem. Guess what? It IS your problem. Maybe not this time.
Actually, it's the problem of the dude holding the place up. It's not my position to make everyone obey the laws.
Great. You get the guy AFTER someone dies. I'm sure that's a consolation to the family.
We're gonna need to get some cows in here to clean up all this straw. Once again, another misrepresentation. Is it projection, or just that your position is so weak you have to misrepresent mine to feel better?
It is hard to gauge. I can't really judge anything without being there. Nobody can. We can theorize, but that's about it. It's also just what we're doing.
I'm in complete agreement. Which is why your vehement personal attacks are so puzzling.
The introduction of a firearm into a robbery, pointed at someone with threats to shoot, is a pretty clear and present danger, IMHO. Unless, of course, you're only concerned if it's pointed at YOU. Then you'll just have to either hope he doesn't shoot, or runs out of bullets before it's your turn.
What's that, the fourth strawman? How weak do you feel your position is that you have to create things that just aren't there?
I've stated, repeatedly, that I would need to assess the situation - to actually be there - to state definitively what my response would be.
And yet you've painted me as hiding, quivering in fear behind a trash can, waiting for my turn to die. Or for the perp to run out of ammo.
Why?
Why such a willful distortion of the words I've written? I just don't get it.
And that's exactly why today's sheeple society is in the toilet.
And you can kiss my hairy Italian ass.
I'm through with this bullshit.