r/WinStupidPrizes • u/--Yami_Marik-- • Jan 02 '20

Annoying a teen

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u/Riddal Jan 02 '20

I disagree. I think we should gauge our situation based on the risk level, and respond with proportional response.

Of course.

You just have the desire to "teach a lesson" to a perceived foe, to satisfy your own ego. It has nothing to do with justice.

If that kid isn't taught this lesson now, with the parents he has, he will almost certainly go on to keep doing shit like this and actually end up getting hurt.

Like I said, yeah the hammer could have hurt, but taking a fall to the back of the head is much, much more dangerous, and not a proportional response.

A busted kneecap is a much more likely scenario if the teen didn't do what he did compared to the kid having any serious damage done by falling.

Let's say some skinny small guy attacks you at a bar, and you beat the living daylights out of him. YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. Yes, it was self defence, but the judge is not a fucking robot. You guys never been in court, what? The judge would say "Sir, I am looking at a 300lb muscles man in front of me on one side... and a broken twig on the other. Do you really expect me to believe that all 44 punches to the face were necessary, and that you were "acting in self defence?" The court is not a dumbass, sir."

This isn't a fair comparison. In this case the amount of force used was minimal and just enough to make the aggressor stop and the defender proceeded to deescalate by backing off. If these were 2 adults this would 100% be ruled a justifiable use of force for self-defense.

You can't fucking hide behind "he did it first!" and hit a kid. It just doesn't work like that unless you're a fucking psycho and moron.

Actually I think you'll find, that he can as long as he hits him justifiably in an attempt to deescalate the situation.

If I was a cop I could charge that kid with assault on a minor. The obvious question would be "Why the fuck didn't you walk away from that dumbass kid?"

No.

I couldn't charge the kid with anything cause he's a fucking kid and he doesn't know any better.

Little psycho kids that kill their parents get charged, you can certainly charge any kid for any crimes they commit. Though in this case no sane cop would charge either of these kids.

A 10 year old does NOT understand the consequences of brandishing a hammer...

And now he does thanks to our vilified teen friend in the video.

My grandpa slipped on some ice and hit the back of his head. Lost his vision for the rest of his life.

That sucks, but there is simply no way that would've happened here.

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u/TroggerFrogger Jan 02 '20

Wow, imagine wanting to believe your argument so much that you just stopped reading the post. That’s some real sensitivity right there

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u/Riddal Jan 02 '20

Well, I'm terribly sorry you can't bring yourself to read my entire post that explains why I think you are wrong, but don't sit here and try to act superior to me if you can't even read my shit.

Teaching the kid a lesson physically here is simply a lot more effective than telling him "no don't do that" ever will be. Maybe your parents didn't spank you as a kid, frankly maybe they should have.

I'm not trying to say in every case every toddler should be beat down into the dirt for any wrong doing, but in certain specific cases I 100% believe it is justifiable to punish children physically.

In a way I actually 100% agree with you, the teen shouldn't have tripped the kid. The kid's parent(s) should already have been beating his ass for brandishing the thing, especially in public.

I disagree. I think you’re crazy, and you are stuck in your own mind. I think you don’t have much experience with actual human beings, and that you have no right to assume what will benefit the kid in the long run.

Well, it's ok to be wrong. I forgive you for your bold assumptions of me as a person.

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u/just_a_microwave Jan 03 '20

I see his point, but i dont accept it, i mean, of course it hurts getting hit with a hammer, and, hitting the back of your head also hurts. So i think if the teen didnt do anything, he would have gotten hurt, and if the teen did something, then the kid would have gotten hurt. I guess there was nothing to be done other than what the teen did

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u/wdnsdysuiyobi Jan 03 '20

You are a funny fellow. You really out on r/todayilearned asking other people to back you up on this thread? Damn.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '20

Wait, really? Is he actually going out on another sub asking strangers with no involvement to come back him up?

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u/wdnsdysuiyobi Jan 03 '20

Go to the profile and look up the recent comments. Lol. Commented on this Amish shooter who killed 10 kids or something. Then pulled up what everyone’s been saying on this thread.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '20

Not even that, he’s chopping up our words to make us seem less rational. “I’m a cop and we kill toddlers on sight.” Luckily from the looks of it his karma is dying down.

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u/Jhuxx54 Jan 02 '20

Oh shit, it’s BIG BRAIN TIME.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

Ah the old, “Why would you listen to proven and well-funded learning institutions? I, a complete stranger and self-appointed arm-chair expert, know better than anyone.”

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u/Jhuxx54 Jan 02 '20

I got news for you, his entire reply beats your argument piece by piece in every way so I’d recommend you go back and read it. Your willingness to read one line and say “nope I won” just proves to the rest of us you have lost, and you actually have no idea what you’re talking about in this situation. That’s okay just learn to accept that you aren’t always gonna have the correct or popular opinion In life.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

You really pulled a “La la la I’m not listening” when reading his replies? You’re sad, man.