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[–] [email protected] 35 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"Oops, my foot slipped on the wrong pedal."

Intent without confessions and manifestos may not be that easy to prove.

[–] neatchee 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

They're not comparable.

If I'm at a firing range, where it is expected that people are carrying guns and ammunition, I can pull the same "oops, my finger slipped" excuse.

Similarly, if I drive my car around the side of your house and into your back yard to run you over, I can't claim "my foot slipped".

Seriously, stop with the mental gymnastics. We don't need to reach for more reasons to say "fuck cars." There are plenty within arms reach

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Well, we shouldn't build our cities around hundreds miles of firing ranges then, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

You are the one doing mental gymnastics bro. What is that back yard comparison? Obviously you just swerve off the road, run him over and say you fell asleep - long day, had to work long hours to pay off my medical debt. Or have an old person run over CEOs, 80yo in cars kill people all the time because they should not be driving anymore. They always get off easy.