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- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Path: sparky!uunet!tmc!michael
- From: michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Jogger is killed when hunter mistakes him for a deer
- Message-ID: <Bxs4MJ.Epn@monitor.com>
- Sender: michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson)
- Reply-To: michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson)
- Organization: Monitor Company / IE
- References: <JQD=ml-@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:47:06 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <JQD=ml-@engin.umich.edu> lowrie@eddy.engin.umich.edu (Robert
- Byron Lowrie) writes:
- > I'm guessing that this news has been given so much response because
- > most of us abhor the idea of hunting, myself included.
-
- Nope. I have no major problem with people who hunt.
-
- > had been killed by a drunk driver, I doubt we would have gotten such a
- > response in this group.
-
- I _hope_ you are incorrect on this point. Drunk driving is just as
- reprehensible.
-
- > accidents are bound to happen. Mr. Cook should get no more punishment
- > than a careless (NOT drunk or reckless) driver.
-
- IMO, you are just plain wrong. Someone with a gun should know _exactly_ what
- they are pointing at before they pull the trigger. To do any less is the
- same as driving blindfolded, or drunk. This is a case of manslaughter caused
- by _negligence_ because the reasonable precautions which should have
- prevented this tragedy were ignored.
-