(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Callistus Valerius:
> >http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/158782.php
> >
> >just shocking all the carnage.....
>
> Funny thing how if somebody walks out into the center square of a large city,
> closes their eyes, and starts firing a shotgun at random it's a big deal and the
> guy winds up in prison.
>
> Yet when the same guy gets wasted and throws 5,000 pounds of steel around at
> random they just slap his hand and tell him not to do that any more.
I am actually working on a letter to the editor of our local newspaper
about the agressive behavior of some drivers. Most motorists do an
acceptable job, many drive too close due to their own timidity in going
into the oncoming lane, or their own over-confidence in either their
own ability to avoid me or my ability to hold a straight line. But a
very small minority use thier vehicles in a threatening manner. Gunning
the engine, honking at inappropriate moments, etc. IMO this is using
the vehicle as a weapon and using it to threaten me. I called the cops
once and they didn't care. I wonder if they would care if I were to
walk around our local shopping mall swinging a hammer at the heads of
people doing things I don't approve of. Like say, chewing gum. I
wouldn't actually hit anyone, but I'd leave it up to them to get their
head out of the way.
This is of course different that a drunk. In such a case as this in
Arizona, I feel all the people who contributed to getting the
perpetrator's previous infractions minimized are complicit in this poor
man's death. Rare is the person who's rap sheet paints a picture as bad
or worse that the person actually is. Things get bargained down, and
whole episodes are never brought to light.
Joseph