Has a crime been committed? (woman walks into a pole)

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 20:00
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SUCCATASH

Sunday, May 7, 2006 1:31 AM

I watched this short video clip http://www.break.com/movies/distraction.html and wondered if a crime had been committed. (Warning, some adult dialogue)

These guys shout rude comments out the window and cause an accident. Are they liable for damages?

Or are they protected by FREE SPEECH?

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

AURAPTOR

Sunday, May 7, 2006 1:53 AM

Don't see any crime here, other than general teen ager obnoxious behavior. There was no intent on behalf of the dorks in the car to cause any physical injury. I didn't hear/see any 'plot' to intentinally distract folks so they'd run into objects, did you? And was there any injury? She boinked her face on the light post, but seemed like she just kept walking. I know of a incident where a teen age boy was running along side the road, saw a convertable full of attractive older girls wave at him, and he ran chest first into a metal guide wire to a large telephone pole, and knocked himself flat on his back. ( don't ask how I know this story ) Knocked the air out of him for a few moments, but I wasn't hurt....I mean he wasn't hurt seriously.

Looks like the girl in the video suffered more from embarrassment than anything.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

KHYRON

Sunday, May 7, 2006 3:57 AM

Have to agree with AURaptor on this one. Holding those imbeciles in the car responsible is like holding MacDonald's responsible for making people fat. People are responsible for their own food intake, just as they are responsible for watching where they're going when they're walking.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Knocked the air out of him for a few moments, but I wasn't hurt....I mean he wasn't hurt seriously.

lol

Other people can occasionally be useful, especially as minions. I want lots of minions.

SUCCATASH

Monday, May 8, 2006 11:51 PM

What if she broke her nose, chipped her tooth, or detached a retina?

Is she wrong to think that THEY are responsible for her painfully injured face?

Her (hypothetical) side of the story as she talks to police and tries to press charges:

Two men in a convertible pulled up and stopped their car next to the sidewalk I was walking on. They began to (verbally) sexually harrass me while recording me with a video camera. I became afraid and confused. I misstepped and hurt myself as I tried to remove myself from the potentially dangerous situation.

Hmmm.... I wonder if she'd win a law suit.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

CHRISISALL

Monday, May 8, 2006 11:58 PM

She was stupid enough to pay attention to those goofballs, who meant no real harm. if she's hurt at all, it's on her.

I felt stupid just watchin' that.

Chrisisall, who looks where he's Wh
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SUCCATASH

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:11 AM

"who meant no real harm..."

She's supposed to know that how?

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:35 AM

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Originally posted by Succatash:
"who meant no real harm..."

She's supposed to know that how?

Shiste man, she looks like she can't know very much of anything. Give her a dog to lead her around, keep her from gettin hit by a car or something.

Chrisisall, down the manhole

SOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:09 AM

Has a crime been committed?

Absolutely.

Did you see that shoddy camera work? The lack of focus? The jerkiness of the image? The headache inducing lightning fast panning and tilting? The framing of the shot?

And don't even get me started on the audio.

Criminal, I tell you. Criminal.

SoupCatcherisall, wishing that the youth took more pride in the quality of their work

SIGNYM

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 5:36 AM

hahahahaha!!

Well, I think that the crime might be considered assualt. (My understanding is that it's not battery until you touch.)

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KHYRON

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 5:42 AM

Had it been the other way around, had those idiots in the car talked to the chick and then slowly driven off only to crash into another car (because they were still looking at her), would that be considered a crime perpetrated by the chick? After all, she was distracting them, right?

Well, my answer to that is a definite 'no'. People should watch where they're driving, just as they should watch where they're walking.

Apart from the shoddy camerawork, there was no crime there. I know that the US is an extremely litigious society, but taking that to court, let alone winning, would have been absolutely ridiculous.

Other people can occasionally be useful, especially as minions. I want lots of minions.

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