this is disgusting

[J double R]

The article doesn't state what forced him to stop on purpose. That isn't a police report. It's not facts. It's a news story. They call them stories for a reason, because an author can make it sound any way they want.

The real concern I have is that more and more there is becoming a lack of personal responsibility and the media furthers that notion by always removing it from their stories. Tragedies like this can be avoided.

and eliminating criminals that cause events like this is the solution, not perfection. nobody is perfect.

 

[H3D]

and eliminating criminals that cause events like this is the solution, not perfection. nobody is perfect.

Agreed, but typically people who get road rage are not criminals. They are people who have a nervous breakdown.

 

[Coler]

Well you know if the way in which he was driving his car then hadn't annoyed the guy who responds to at best minor irritants by murdering people then this would never have happened.

Its not like its a horribly random tragedy and a crime.

Or anything.

Agreed, but typically people who get road rage are not criminals. They are people who have a nervous breakdown.

This is indeed true in all cases. Even if they shoot somebody.

 

[Cheech]

Agreed, but typically people who get road rage are not criminals. They are people who have a nervous breakdown.

If the stupidities that others do on the road will cause others to lose it to the point of shooting someone dead, then here are my suggestions to that person:

- get off the road, cause there will always be bad drivers on it,

- don't keep a gun on you if road rage will cause you to break down and use it on someone,

- and get some serious help cause you definately need it.

 

[H3D]

Well you know if the way in which he was driving his car then hadn't annoyed the guy who responds to at best minor irritants by murdering people then this would never have happened.

Its not like its a horribly random tragedy and a crime.

Or anything.



This is indeed true in all cases. Even if they shoot somebody.

I agree this is a horrible tragedy, but I don't believe in randomness.

 

[Hooked Newbie]

I agree this is a horrible tragedy, but I don't believe in randomness.

Have you ever heard of gang violence? Initiation by kill? Drive by shootings? etc. How dare those stupid people be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's not random, they should have known better. :headshake2:

 

[Coler]

'Accidental' or not, blocking an intersection is illegal and typically caused by irresponsible driving. I never said it warranted a death sentence. This is a tragedy. But don't make the driver out to be a saint. No one "forced" him to stop in an intersection as the article claims. One would think that a responsible father with two children in his car would take more care in his driving. The real lesson here is that you can avoid being a victim of road rage by driving responsibly.

H...be that as it may (your belief that things do not happen randomly)...I am finding it awfully hard to get past the fact that the concept, for want of a better word, that you have generated from this incident is the notion that this man (rip) is somehow blameworthy, or caused or contributed to this crime, by putting his children and himself in harm's way, by stopping in an intersection, from which you have chosen to deduce that his driving was at fault, leading you to conclude that he is somehow in the wrong. Ugh.

 

[H3D]

Have you ever heard of gang violence? Initiation by kill? Drive by shootings? etc. How dare those stupid people be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's not random, they should have known better. :headshake2:

The story said it was road rage.

 

[J double R]

The story said it was road rage.

which was as you would say, portrayal by the media. the other driver shot and drove away. who knows?

 

[msjinkzd]

We're all entitled to have opinions on the matter, but I must say, H3, I'm at a complete loss of words with your perspective on the matter.

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