Hey, I understand totally how being spit upon would make you see red. Throwing a punch -- which I'm pretty sure is all LowOil said he'd do, as a response is pretty tempting. But killing? You have to be flat crazy to kill somebody when you don't have to.
In any case, I'll bet the last two squirrelly kids or bent middle-age crisis dudes who went temporarily nuts and tried to outrun the cops and ended up getting shot dead for it, would a lot rather have had the cops spitting at them than shooting lead at them. And so would their family and loved ones.
Thanks Finny, I do have a irrational fear of being spit upon. I was clearly saying what I personally would do, probable without even thinking about it. I also noted that I did NOT once say that the lady in the video did such a thing as spitting, as a matter of fact, not one mention was made by either party about it. I was just scenario posting on a hotly debated thread (my fault, should of known better, thus why I took a year off FR). I fully understand that fellow FReeper take this serious, and I do too, but I want all the facts first. Some let their hearts lead on such subjects (I am guilty of this on this thread).
One good thing is after being sucked in on a thread, it makes one do a little more research on the subject, thus why I have posted some more links to information including a followup report from the local tv station.
Followup report on the subject including video from the punched lady
Thanks, Finny.