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Imagine living in a society so deeply fucked up that some people feel the need to become burglars and others feel the need that attacking them with deadly weapons is the only option.
And then imagine that this is celebrated.
Oh well...
Na, fuck that, This guy might be a saint with the most tragic relatable backstory imaginable but the last thing this kid should do is hesitate long enough to hear that story or believe it, also a kid just can’t fight back even if he could he shouldn’t take the chances, as far as him saying he cried like a baby, 🤷 you broke into my house dude you aren’t gonna be praised. This kid has every right to be proud, in this situation we are nothing but animals and he did exactly the right thing.
Of course not.
So is it right to put deadly weapons into the hands of children?
What if he had killed the burglar? Good thing to have on the conscience of a child, right?
Don't get me wrong. I totally understand that in extreme situations people should defend themselves. But was this an extreme situation which justifies these actions?
What the child said is already deeply disturbing:
And why the fuck do children have access to weapons?
Then there is this:
( Citations from: https://www.wptv.com/news/national/chris-gaither-11-year-old-boy-shoots-intruder-who-cried-like-a-baby )
Intruder was outside, going away, and the kid started shooting.
The kid could've just ran away. Instead of trying to kill someone or getting themselves killed by such a behaviour.
No. The kid shouldn't be proud. Neither should anyone. That's just fucked up. And raising kids to become possibly killers is not making it better overall.
He can be lucky not to have killed that man and that he (the kid) didn't get seriously injured.
People can and should be better than this.
I don't understand how this comment has been upvoted, especially as a response to another comment that boils down to "it sucks that people are driven to burglary and it sucks that people have to defend themselves with deadly force from burglary"
Because when you’re a child alone in a house the motivation of an intruder just doesn’t matter and you shouldn’t make a kid feel bad for doing what was necessary in a life or death scenario.
No one in this thread is saying the kid should feel bad for defending himself, the original comment was pointing out how terrible it was for the kid to be in that position at all.
Because it's an interesting point on its own. Upvotes aren't necessarily agreement.
Saying "this kid has every right to be proud" about resorting to lethal violence is an "interesting point"?
No, you'd have to say a bunch of other stuff around that quote too.
The "bunch of other stuff around that quote" is them saying "fuck you" and then a bunch of chest thumping
Yes
Sounds pretty legit to me. It's fucked people need to rob but you come to take someone's things and you're naive if you don't think violence is a potential outcome.
It's not the taking the things that's the issue, it's that the method of taking the things inherently comes with the either implicit or explicit threat of bodily harm or violence in order for the criminal to get what he wants. Nobody's going to break into your house for your stuff, or leap out of a dark alley and demand your wallet, and when you tell them "no" just shrug and walk away. They're going to shove a gun in your face or try to beat you up.
If you show up with the intent of employing force, you absolutely should not be surprised if people employ force against you in turn.
That, and if you want to stick it to The Man there are much more suitable targets than victimizing individual people who just as likely have it as tough as you do. Go knock over a Walmart or something. For fuck's sake.
Currently, of course. Point is, people can be better. On both sides. And instead of nurturing our compassion and collective support, we praise violence and let continue the wheel to roll which has already destroyed countless of lives.
It's just text on a screen. No idea of the details or even if it's fabricated from whole cloth.
The only thing that's important is the image of blood and terror and pain being worshipped by people who secretly yearn for the chance to inflict it on others.