Posted on 01/11/2023 11:28:21 AM PST by grundle
‘Property is not greater than life’
Well...
That depends on whose property it is.
If it’s yours, well then yes it isn’t.
if it’s mine, well then no, it is.
Spent my time working to save up enough cash to buy what
I have bought. I take a very dim view of people who try
to take my stuff, especially because many times you cannot
replace it, because they no longer make the item you own.
Yeah sure, they make cheaper less stylish versions.
Nah, stealing my things is not worth it. I warn you.
Recently saw a sticker on the rear window of a pickup:
“There is nothing in this truck worth dying for.”
Tossing cars.
Play stupid games ...
"Police later said they found a stolen car, which they believe Karon had used, near the scene." There's a whole lot more to this story.
BTW, just about gagged at the pronoun dance throughout this article.
>>The shooter and the shootee are both black.
So even black folks are getting tired of being victims of thugs...good.
The shooter is Black, expect more than a fair trial.
>>“No car or material possession is worth a life”
True in that I wouldn’t die trying to protect any of my own possessions - but not true that I don’t mind doing some killing if I have the upper hand, to protect them from someone trying to take them in the middle of the night.
>>The shooter is Black, expect more than a fair trial.
...and a government employee, which I assumed as soon as they stated that the shooter had a license to carry; most people would be denied one in DC - need to be part of the club.
âÂÂquiet and inquisitive scholar who loved fashion and football.”
“...13-year-old Black middle school student...”
Black must be the name of the middle school because it’s capitalized...
Of course it is. A robber is trying to deprive you of your sacred rights. By seizing something that is yours without your permission, he is threatening your person. He is substituting his own personal force for morality and the law.
And if he does so openly and in your presence, it's an explicitly violent and tyrannical act. He has put you in the position of either losing your right to what you have earned and bought, or risking your personal safety merely to retain what you own and he does not.
Even 13-year-olds understand this. (Try to take their stuff and watch what happens next.) The handful who defy others' personal property rights are signaling that they are criminally insane, dangerous tyrants without decency, and there is no predicting what they will do next. If they won't desist without being shot, it's sad if they die, but if they insist on invasion, there is no alternative.
Good point.
Is anyone at all asking what in the Sam Hill a 13 year old boy is doing out at 4:00 a.m. involved in suspicious activity?
All the public comments from people are talking about how tragic it is this boy was killed. Nobody is saying anything about what he did to put himself in a situation that was so dangerous. Nobody is saying he died of a consequence of voluntary self-inflicted criminal activity.
The school’s principal, Kerry Richardson, said in a note to the school’s staff, obtained by NBC Washington, that he was a “quiet and inquisitive scholar who loved fashion and football.”
He evidently forgot to add that the kid also loved car thefts and break-ins at 4:00AM....
I wouldn’t die over it either. I just ask the question as an exercise. People just say this stuff like it’s a given and then act smug. I like to say, “Oh yeah? Why? A car can be used as a deadly weapon and this guy is stealing one? Is he going to run over me or some other innocent?”
In his verbal statements, Richardson used singular pronouns, and in his written statement, he used plural pronouns.
What's up with that? Is the plural pronoun now preferred?
Grandpa said he died “looking in cars.”
If an LGBTQ women, she would have absolute immunity.
A quiet and inquisitive car thief.
Well-educated in the fine art of boosting.
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