Levi Bard wrote:
>> But if those water balloons were being used to bombard someone and
>> you'd be
>> liable for it, you might take more of an interest in where your water
>> goes.
>
> Or I might refuse to be intimidated by this culture of fear we have
> going. If I saw that the kids were using the balloons to do something
> unequivocally bad, I'd do something about it, just like I'd do
> something if I happened to notice someone using my connection to try
> to brute-force a server. But these are, and should be treated as,
> exceptions instead of the rule.
>
> I hate how people have become so afraid of personal consequences that
> they're afraid of helping or being nice to anybody else.
>
Justice should be swift and brutal. If you see those runts doing
something you deem bad with water balloons filled with 'your' water, it
is your obligation to pick up your unsecured handgun and fire blindly
into the crowd (using paint caps of course). that'll solve the whole
problem.
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