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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52260289

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/man-grabbed-edinburgh-cyclist-neck-34655622

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[+] -10 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Not to blame him. To understand why. Attacks like that don't just happen in a vacuum.

Why were they stopped in the middle of the road? How long had they been arguing? What we're they arguing about? Did they know each other prior to this encounter? Should there also be traffic tickets, in addition to the criminal charges? We know literally nothing about the event. Why is everyone satisfied with ignorance?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 days ago (7 children)

    Attacks like that don't just happen in a vacuum.

    Right, they happen when entitled motor vehicle drivers feel disrespected. The cyclist may have even done something stupid beforehand that put everyone in that car in danger.

    But it almost certainly doesn't matter, because there is almost nothing that cyclist could have possibly done that would justify the violence in that video.

    I think that's why no one here seems to care.

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  • [+] -11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

    I'd say there's absolutely no justification. Even if the cyclist killed the man's wife first, it wouldn't justify it. But it would make it understandable.

    As it is there's no way to understand what happened. And everyone seems content assuming they do.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Even if the cyclist killed the man's wife first, it wouldn't justify it.

    Uh, no. That's a load of horseshit.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Revenge is horseshit.
    It's literally just "I hurt them because they made me feel bad". That's never a justification.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    It is actually justification, you just choose not to accept it.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    So it is okay to hurt people if they make you feel bad.
    That's scary.

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