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Started by fastwin, January 14, 2014, 05:59:21 AM

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fastwin

January 14, 2014, 05:59:21 AM
Apparently to this rude movie patron his life was worth it. [roll]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/us/florida-man-is-shot-to-death-for-texting-during-movie-previews.html?_r=0

Really, you HAVE to text your 3 year old daughter and refuse to stop after you have been asked to? What I heard on the news was the guy got irrate when the older man went to the lobby to complain to the staff and confronted him for doing so. It sounds like it went downhill from there.

What's wrong with saying you are sorry and get up and finish the text outside the theater? Like I told my wife, one less rude person at the movies. [popcorn]

Stupid waste on all accounts. :P
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abby normal

#1
January 14, 2014, 07:21:33 AM
can't say i agree with shooting someone, but i do understand the
frustration with people who think that common courtesy / rules
don't apply to them.

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January 14, 2014, 07:36:48 AM
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abby normal

#3
January 14, 2014, 07:53:32 AM
ok, slight correction ... i WOULD understand someone shooting that
valley-girl wanna-be trailer trash.  and it would bring up the
collective IQ several points.
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fastwin

#4
January 14, 2014, 08:11:27 AM
Now that would be doing society and the planet as a whole a favor... take that moron out of the gene pool. [thumbsup] I doubt she was only using her phone as a flashlight otherwise why would she comment about texting. As she willfully does in every other theater in town which I am sure also post messages on the screen about turning your devices off. Besides, aren't movie theaters supposed to be dark? [popcorn]

Glad they made her feel like a customer. ;D

At least the guy that shot the texter in Florida was a retired police Captain and not some racially driven gun packing nut like the press would love to make him out to be. Again, no winners in that confrontation. Sorry the 3 year old lost her rude father. Having the theater management throw him out would have been much better. Then he could leave a nasty voice mail on the theater's phone about how they ripped him off and made him feel like a customer. [laugh]
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

LMT

#5
January 14, 2014, 08:13:55 AM
Around here, people text all the time during the previews. It stops when the movie starts.

Who in the hell shoots someone over texting and popcorn?

abby normal

#6
January 14, 2014, 08:19:16 AM
kidding aside ... to take a life for a rude act.  wow ... i have
anger issues, but this guy need(ed) psychological help.
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#7
January 14, 2014, 09:28:09 AM
I agree, it's all stupid. But for all we know Mr. Text might have been physically assaulting the retired police officer and he fired in self defense. Just guessing here. We'll never know all the facts unless we were there and saw it. Personally, I would have just dumped a giant cola in his lap and on the phone and claimed it was an accident. Or back up a few aisles and launch some half chewed Milk Duds his way when the theater got dark. [evil] Certainly not worth shooting him over regardless how rude the guy was. Bet his wife won't text next time she goes to a movie.
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

abby normal

#8
January 14, 2014, 09:39:19 AM
remember the days of movie balconies?  i had a british friend who (claimed)
to 'eject' unspeakable things off the balcony onto unsuspecting guests
below. 
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#9
January 14, 2014, 12:31:28 PM
I simply don't understand America's love affair with hand guns.  Luckily, I was born with a giant pistol.   ;D
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#10
January 14, 2014, 02:47:26 PM
Quote from: LMT on January 14, 2014, 08:13:55 AM
Around here, people text all the time during the previews. It stops when the movie starts.

Who in the hell shoots someone over texting and popcorn?

A 71 yr old retired cop who probably should've turned in his gun along with his tin badge, that's who.
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#11
January 14, 2014, 03:29:49 PM
Lot's of supposition going on here. [bang]

At least I'm confident you guys will make the beast with two backs it up and get this locked. [thumbsup]
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#12
January 14, 2014, 03:31:02 PM
I'll wait to hear the rest of the story before I make my own judgement

but

I don't think that guy possesses the correct mindset to carry a firearm in public.

There are small issues and big ones.  Other peoples behaviour at a theater always qualifies as a small issue.

Big issues are for guns

Small ones are for words.  Or fists I suppose.  It can be a sliding scale.
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#13
January 14, 2014, 03:31:50 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on January 14, 2014, 03:29:49 PM
Lot's of supposition going on here. [bang]

At least I'm confident you guys will make the beast with two backs it up and get this locked. [thumbsup]

I knew that before I was through the first post :D

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#14
January 14, 2014, 03:39:13 PM
Marcus would handled it differently.


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