So I just beat the crap out of my first mugger

[JohnT]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


Well, you're entitled to your opinion...

...but why is that your opinion?

Dude, you ****ed up. Bad.

The reason you want to delete this thread is that it is evidence, and can be used as such in both discovery and your trial. "Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law..." and all that. You think Apolyton posts are somehow different?

[JohnT]

Oh, and get a lawyer. NOW.

[Agathon]

From what he said I think the police are being sensible. Come on John, it's bad but don't make him feel like John Dillinger.

[JohnT]

Yeah, that's what I get for posting w/o reading the entire thread first.

Sounds as if Emp Fab got lucky in that the person he stabbed has no standing in the community.

If it was, say, another student, one whose parents have deeper pockets than a homeless person, he'd be screwed. And my advice would be more valid.

[JohnT]

He should still talk to a lawyer, though. Imnsho.

[Az]

My instinct is that JohnT is very very right. It's as if this wasn't a homeless guy, Fabulous would be in a world of **** right now.

[Agathon]

Yeah... I agree. But it seems that the police are being sensible, and in truth, even though they are the pig scum agents of fascism (TM), there tends to be a lot more common sense in police departments when it comes to these things.

[Agathon]

My instinct is that JohnT is very very right. It's as if this wasn't a homeless guy, Fabulous would be in a world of **** right now.

If it wasn't a guy like this, it probably would never have happened.

[Az]

Irrelevant.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Agathon

My instinct is that JohnT is very very right. It's as if this wasn't a homeless guy, Fabulous would be in a world of **** right now.

If it wasn't a guy like this, it probably would never have happened.

Because drunk college kids never get into fights, right?

[Az]

There are actually plenty of alternative scenarios:

There is a lot of "decent people" who come from a background, or a culture of "honour" or **** like that, and getting into a brawl, incl. melee weapons with them is easier than what has happened.

[Meticulous Man]

Was running away a possibility? At least around here, not trying to escape when this kind of situation arises and stabbing a vagrant multiple times would look bad.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by JohnT
Because drunk college kids never get into fights, right?

Do college kids normally carry knives around with them?

[Jon Miller]

in tough neighborhoods.. possibly

HN

[child of Thor]

many kids do in the uk aparantly - they are considering bringing in metal detectors for tube stations and on buses.

Fabulous gets my benefit of the doubt - at the end of the day he was the one attacked, he didnt initiate the encounter, he just wanted to go home after a good night out.

The criminal probably got what he deserved for his actions imho.