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Man Drives 35 Miles w/ Wife Clinging to Hood!
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Then get out of the thread is nothing more is to be said. However...
Both should be thrown in jail and left to rot. Unfortunately there's no law against stupid so only the guy will get his day in court.
Modern society as done away with the concept of personal responsibility in such a bad way that now people like Skunk and others are just saying "victim" instead of calling it like it is : Lack of judgment. You don't jump on the hood of the car of a man/woman trying to leave in anger. At that point, all bets are off and if you do think you're going to manage to stop him you're an idiot and you deserve the bodily harm you suffer if any.
That doesn't excuse the person who will harm you, but it shouldn't excuse you from putting yourself in such a dangerous situation either.
A problem. He should have called the police if there was no other way to extricate himself. Driving at 100mph with someone clinging to the front of the car is simply not an acceptable option.
Again, he should have called the police. What should she be charged with? Is she or is she not the victim of attempted murder?
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Assuming he had a phone with him, and didn't have to risk personal harm by leaving the vehicle.
True, in the absence of a phone, I would have driven very slowly to a police station, and ask for her to be removed.
An inconvenience.
Unlawful confinement??
Let me bold the part of my post that answers your question :
Why ask me something I've already answered ? Want to argue around in circles ? I find she's a victim of her own stupidity mostly, if anything.
And please use multi-quote Skunk. Forum rules and all...
Because whether she made a bad decision or not is beside the question. If we were all liable to prosecution for bad decisions, there would be nobody left to pass judgement.
That's my point really, society has done away with personal responsibility. Prosecution should not even come into this. She made a bad judgement call and if she was to die because of it, she should be sole responsible. She's a victim of her own actions.
Yes, personal responsibility is such a ridiculous concept. Society should be responsible for keeping people out of trouble, never should people have to think for themselves or suffer the consequences of their bad judgement call.
You're right Skunk.
You keep banging on about personal responsibility, yet now you seem to want to absolve the lunatic who tried to kill his wife of any responsibility at all. He is the one who tried to kill her. That she put herself in danger by underestimating his lunacy is a mistake, not a crime.
You read in my comments what you want, I clearly stated that both parties are at fault. I don't recognize the "victim" angle on the woman's side, it doesn't mean I don't think the guy was in the right either. Both can be wrong (novel concept, I know).
Of course, again, you're right Skunk. 100%. No need to argue, end thread.
I'm not convinced he was trying to kill her.
I'm absolutely certain that he was trying to (at least) annoy her, or (at worst) scare the bejeebus out of her.
Under the circumstances, if he was really trying to kill her, I think he would have succeeded.
There is no equivalence. Her choices did not endanger his life in any way.
You look for equivalence where we have stated none. We have simply stated that her choices endangered her own life. She is a victim of herself. That is our only point.
End thread in my case. I will excuse your posts from my browser using my CP.
Speak for yourself. You clearly stated that she should bear sole responsibility.
"She made a bad judgement call and if she was to die because of it, she should be sole responsible." These were your words.
Your tone will not be missed.
No one got hurt, did they?
More like attempted removal from the front of his car. I guess a better option would have been to turn on the windshield wipers. Oh well, no harm no foul.