If a 5-year-old kindergartner had just been killed in a school zone by a teen driving a monster-truck with loud pipes, and I have a monster truck with loud pipes, I’m not going to drive it through THAT school zone just because I can. I will avoid it out of respect for the context, and simple common sense. I hate unnecessary hassles. Just me. That’s how I would act.
“If a 5-year-old kindergartner had just been killed in a school zone by a teen driving a monster-truck with loud pipes, and I have a monster truck with loud pipes, I’m not going to drive it through THAT school zone just because I can. I will avoid it out of respect for the context, and simple common sense. I hate unnecessary hassles. Just me. That’s how I would act.”
Marktwain replies:
I might find your argument convincing if he was carrying a shotgun, and an AR 15, two pistols, and full body armor with a helmet and gas mask.
But he was not.
A better analogy would be that he ordinarily drives through that school zone in an F150, and he chose to continue to do so, within all legal limitations. Then the police decided to stop him and throw him in jail because they did not think that people should drive trucks.
Like a sheep.
Hey, there's been a few fatal car accidents in Arizona......so for context sake, quit driving for the next six months.
Also, since someone has used "fighting words," which are not protected as free speech under the 1st Amendment, you should probably stop talking for awhile too.
I mean, this is the natural progression of what you are talking about; one person act irresponsibly in the exercise of rights, so everyone should "use common sense" and forgo theirs.