There is no God-given right to commit murder, so if that's what this is, let's hope that Yazdi gets put away. On the other hand, the reporter asks a number of good questions. Was the deceased driving drunk? Did he threaten the homeowner? That could make this a different matter altogether.
The purveyor of this blog seems so ready to jump right on his moral high-horse when there is certainly not enough evidence in the provided news report to come to a reasonable conclusion as to the validity the suspect's action. And seriously. The only tag is Texas? That's not thinly veiled snark towards southerners, is it?
There's no "high horse" about it. Read 'em and weep, Anonymous. The stories just keep comin'. Texas is a shithole of gun fanaticism, and the saddest part is it's not even close to being the worst state.
The guy was shot nowhere near the house. You don't get to shoot someone who is leaving, running away, no longer a threat - if this guy was a threat in the first place, which hasn't been suggested by anyone but the reporter so far as a possiblity. Yadzi hasn't been reported as claiming that.
This is Texas; the victim is hispanic. Does the possibility of racism and ethnic bigotry seem like a possiblity? If you want to raise the off-chance that this straightA student was threatening a stranger for no apparent reason, how about allowing the greater probability that this guy was unreasonably fearful as a form of prejudice against hispanics?
Or do many of YOUR straightA students go around threatening strangers at 3 a.m. Greg? No? I didn't think so.
This guy Yazdi is one of your gun nut buddies, apparently. Parading around the house with a shotgun for no apparent reason, because he's defending his property against no threat whatsoever at that time? That's one of you fearful gun nuts in action, stroking your fetish object like it was a private part of your body, claiming that thrill you get from doing so is about self defense.
I hope this guy loses his guns and any right to future gun possession. This guy is a danger to his wife and kids and neighbors.
Yazdi appears to be an Iranian name, but at least you didn't accuse the man of being a white supremacist. We don't know much of anything about the details here, and I see that you're willing to jump to conclusions on the sole basis of your own prejudice against gun owners.
Your fetish talk is ridiculous. I don't doubt that there are some who behave in the manner that you described. I also know that some gun owners enjoy firearms as objects with aesthetic appeal. But on what basis do you support your claim that we all treat guns as fetish objects? That is another case of your making assertions that come from prejudice.
I agree that this incident is highly suspect, I think it would be prudent to reserve such steadfast judgement. You were not there that night, nor was I. So, strictly speaking, neither one of us can conclusively say what exactly happened. That's for the police to figure out. You know, the ones that you're so ready to trust with every other aspect of your safety. Now, on to a couple of objections I have regarding your wanton use of conclusion-jumping. Yes, this took place in Texas. Have you spent much time in and around the state? I have, I live here. Austin is a place I just happen to frequent. Though this is purely anecdotal (and from an anonymous poster at that) I can tell you that Racism isn't the problem that one might assume it to be around the southern metropolitan areas. I can't speak to the other regions, It's a big damn state. Austin is probably the most liberal major city in Texas, but I'm losing focus. I take exception to the notion so frequently spouted by supposedly aloof and enlightened individuals, explicitly and implicitly, that people in the the southern states are nothing but stupid, backwards yokels. It's offensive stereotyping, and unbecoming of a reasonable discussion. Sorry for my unfocussed rantings, I didn't git none of them fancy book lernins and all.
I did get fancy book larnin', and I'm with you. It's enough for Dog Gone that many in the South like guns, but there's more to us than that. As I've grown older, I've come to appreciate my redneck heritage, especially since one possible origin for the term, redneck, is the striking coal miners in West Virginia who stood up to exactly the kind of robber barons that Dog Gone claims to be against. Those miners wore red bandanas.
The key to the South, as to much of the West, is our stubborn dislike of outside interference. Sometimes, as in the case of slavery, that's unjustified, but many times, it's just our desire to be left alone. We'd much rather that people would just ask us politely to do things, rather than imposing their will from on high. Who knows, is that the Irish in us?
Hard to say exactly. I come from a fairly mixed background, Mexican-Irish (I know, right?). What I can tell you is that I think you hit the nail on the head as far as the whole being left alone part goes. I consider myself a reasonable man, and firmly adhere to the "you-do-you, I'll-do-me" school of thought. Even with all that aside, I suppose the thing that gets me most about the tone of this blog is the supposed enlightenment these "well-travelled", worldly individuals claim to posses. They talk about reasonable discussions and common sense, and then offer rebuttals comprised of name-calling and attempts at marginalization.
Anonymous: "They talk about reasonable discussions and common sense, and then offer rebuttals comprised of name-calling and attempts at marginalization."
Hang in there, you might find there's a bit more to us than that.
There is no God-given right to commit murder, so if that's what this is, let's hope that Yazdi gets put away. On the other hand, the reporter asks a number of good questions. Was the deceased driving drunk? Did he threaten the homeowner? That could make this a different matter altogether.
ReplyDeleteThe purveyor of this blog seems so ready to jump right on his moral high-horse when there is certainly not enough evidence in the provided news report to come to a reasonable conclusion as to the validity the suspect's action. And seriously. The only tag is Texas? That's not thinly veiled snark towards southerners, is it?
ReplyDeleteThere's no "high horse" about it. Read 'em and weep, Anonymous. The stories just keep comin'. Texas is a shithole of gun fanaticism, and the saddest part is it's not even close to being the worst state.
DeleteNo, it couldn't.
ReplyDeleteThe guy was shot nowhere near the house. You don't get to shoot someone who is leaving, running away, no longer a threat - if this guy was a threat in the first place, which hasn't been suggested by anyone but the reporter so far as a possiblity. Yadzi hasn't been reported as claiming that.
This is Texas; the victim is hispanic. Does the possibility of racism and ethnic bigotry seem like a possiblity? If you want to raise the off-chance that this straightA student was threatening a stranger for no apparent reason, how about allowing the greater probability that this guy was unreasonably fearful as a form of prejudice against hispanics?
Or do many of YOUR straightA students go around threatening strangers at 3 a.m. Greg? No? I didn't think so.
This guy Yazdi is one of your gun nut buddies, apparently. Parading around the house with a shotgun for no apparent reason, because he's defending his property against no threat whatsoever at that time? That's one of you fearful gun nuts in action, stroking your fetish object like it was a private part of your body, claiming that thrill you get from doing so is about self defense.
I hope this guy loses his guns and any right to future gun possession. This guy is a danger to his wife and kids and neighbors.
He sure sounds like he is just another gun nut.
Yazdi appears to be an Iranian name, but at least you didn't accuse the man of being a white supremacist. We don't know much of anything about the details here, and I see that you're willing to jump to conclusions on the sole basis of your own prejudice against gun owners.
DeleteYour fetish talk is ridiculous. I don't doubt that there are some who behave in the manner that you described. I also know that some gun owners enjoy firearms as objects with aesthetic appeal. But on what basis do you support your claim that we all treat guns as fetish objects? That is another case of your making assertions that come from prejudice.
I agree that this incident is highly suspect, I think it would be prudent to reserve such steadfast judgement. You were not there that night, nor was I. So, strictly speaking, neither one of us can conclusively say what exactly happened. That's for the police to figure out. You know, the ones that you're so ready to trust with every other aspect of your safety. Now, on to a couple of objections I have regarding your wanton use of conclusion-jumping. Yes, this took place in Texas. Have you spent much time in and around the state? I have, I live here. Austin is a place I just happen to frequent. Though this is purely anecdotal (and from an anonymous poster at that) I can tell you that Racism isn't the problem that one might assume it to be around the southern metropolitan areas. I can't speak to the other regions, It's a big damn state. Austin is probably the most liberal major city in Texas, but I'm losing focus. I take exception to the notion so frequently spouted by supposedly aloof and enlightened individuals, explicitly and implicitly, that people in the the southern states are nothing but stupid, backwards yokels. It's offensive stereotyping, and unbecoming of a reasonable discussion. Sorry for my unfocussed rantings, I didn't git none of them fancy book lernins and all.
ReplyDeleteI did get fancy book larnin', and I'm with you. It's enough for Dog Gone that many in the South like guns, but there's more to us than that. As I've grown older, I've come to appreciate my redneck heritage, especially since one possible origin for the term, redneck, is the striking coal miners in West Virginia who stood up to exactly the kind of robber barons that Dog Gone claims to be against. Those miners wore red bandanas.
DeleteThe key to the South, as to much of the West, is our stubborn dislike of outside interference. Sometimes, as in the case of slavery, that's unjustified, but many times, it's just our desire to be left alone. We'd much rather that people would just ask us politely to do things, rather than imposing their will from on high. Who knows, is that the Irish in us?
Hard to say exactly. I come from a fairly mixed background, Mexican-Irish (I know, right?). What I can tell you is that I think you hit the nail on the head as far as the whole being left alone part goes. I consider myself a reasonable man, and firmly adhere to the "you-do-you, I'll-do-me" school of thought.
DeleteEven with all that aside, I suppose the thing that gets me most about the tone of this blog is the supposed enlightenment these "well-travelled", worldly individuals claim to posses. They talk about reasonable discussions and common sense, and then offer rebuttals comprised of name-calling and attempts at marginalization.
Anonymous: "They talk about reasonable discussions and common sense, and then offer rebuttals comprised of name-calling and attempts at marginalization."
ReplyDeleteHang in there, you might find there's a bit more to us than that.