Some people are ruled by emotion others by reason.
The West was founded upon the rule of reason. It’s a sad state of Western civilization that so many Western adults are ruled by their emotions rather than reason.
There are a few on this thread. They are arguing right and wrong based upon ‘what would you do’ type emotions. They are not arguing reason or the law which, unbeknowst to them, are the only things which matter here.
Reason first.
Emotions last.
It was a lawful shooting. Unfortunate, but lawful.
Bottom line:
1) Be civil.
2) Be considerate.
3) Give people the benefit of the doubt.
4) Don’t start something you cannot predict or control.
The shooter violated the first three. The dead guy violated all four.
“It was a lawful shooting. Unfortunate, but lawful.
Bottom line:
1) Be civil.
2) Be considerate.
3) Give people the benefit of the doubt.
4) Don’t start something you cannot predict or control.”
I agree with all of this.
Personally, if this was me and I could go back in time and alter the course of my day such that a man did not die at my hands as a result of assaulting me over a conversation I was having with his girlfriend over a parking lot, I would do that.
I would just leave the whole thing alone if I was that guy. Not saying he’s the cause, because he’s not. The man who brought violence into the equation is the cause. But if I could make the entire equation not ever having even existed by simply not being there, that’s what I would do.
A while ago I decided that I cannot save the world, it’s not my duty to do so. I cannot hold assholes accountable, and there have been times in my life where I have been the asshole who needed to be held accountable. So
1) Be civil.
2) Be considerate.
3) Give people the benefit of the doubt.
This seems like very good advice to live by.