Posted on 03/23/2002 6:02:00 AM PST by NittanyLion
Leni
:-)
Leni
I recall one dude who always liked to whiz out of his third floor dorm room rather than walk down the hall to the bathroom.
Well...hehehe...not exactly. But in his own house, no matter how drunk, you'd think he'd find the bathroom. After a while you can find it in your sleep, practically. Now I'll admit that in a strange surrounding, I've seen other people (not me, of course) have some problems finding the toilet bowl... ;-)
At PSU, bicycle cops used to hide behind bushes waiting for partiers to urinate in people's yards, then jump out and nail them with a fine. Luckily I never got caught; I knew a guy who beat the risk by "taking a knee". He'd start walking quickly to get ahead of the group, then get down on one knee and just remain motionless (like that statue "The Thinker"). I'll leave the rest to imagination.
Well, for me it might depend on what the neighbor looks like. LOL.
A few days ago an FBI shooter shot an unarmed man in the face, a man that had done nothing. The FBI shooter will walk because "he thought his life was in danger". This shooter used excessive force, over reacted, he will not see one day behind bars. Yet the victim did nothing to instigate the shooting. He is ruined for life.
If just 1-2 shots are fired he probably walks. This conviction is based on shots 3-8, including those fired when the dead guy was evidently on the ground.
I agree, if your alarm goes off at 4:30 and you see someone trying to get into your house, you'd be within your rights to take some serious action.
I've heard that exact phraseology used as an explanation in other deadly force incidents.
It is certainly not a defense available to civilians. I recall that someone attempted to use an "urban hypervigilance" defense and that didn't work.
"Holtzman, who was living in his parents' basement... "
The now dead guy was living in his parents' basement. And still going out to get drunk at night. Maybe he went outside because [smiles] he didn't want to wake mom and dad by flushing the toilet in the house...
So, because this loser living in his parents' basement goes out and gets drunk, then can't use his parents' bathroom, an actual citizen, a home-owner living in his own home, a Vietnam vet, is going to jail.
I see the logic in the sentence, but I don't know that I agree. I know this sounds harsh, but the only thing the dead guy's death means is that some day he won't be appearing on the Springer show. At some point, we as a society may need to revamp the justice system to actually reward people for eliminating such losers from circulation. There are just too many worthless scum floating around in our society.
Mark W.
As Alpha Male, when I walk the dogs at night, I urinate on the lawn. Gotta to be the boss, you know.
People who are totally smashed sometimes find that the bathroom sink is a completely reasonable alternative to the urinal. The TV ads are right, judgement is the first thing to go.
As George Constanza says, "It's all PIPES!"
Well, I have had sorry experiences with neighbors drunken parties where they walked down the road and urinated in my yard--thankfully they were still wearing clothes.
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