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Originally Posted by crucifissio
2) she was not acting out of self defense she was acting out of pure bitch rage...him kicking her car was certainly NOT unprovoked...
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So the biker didn't want to wait in line like everybody else. He then gets pissed off because he gets a remark about that (I assume that's what they were "talking" about) and initiates the use of force against her property.
The world would be a better place if people once again understood the basic concept of property rights.
It doesn't matter if you don't like what another person has to say or how they drive. If you expect other people to respect your property rights, it all starts with you respecting their property rights. Vandalizing other people's property is never ok.
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car drivers like to intentionally block off motorbikes
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Ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe the reason a lot of people react badly to bikers is because I dunno, the way a lot of them behave in traffic?
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I know because I ride them...man if you are asshole enough to block me in traffic for no reason other than trolling then be prepared for the consequences ...
3) what he did after she tried to kill him was justified in every way...he could have beat the living shit out of the crazy bitch but he took her keys and waited for the police to report an attempted homicide...he showed waaaaay more restraint that I would have bitch or no bitch in the car...
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Do I think what she did was stupid? Of course it was. Do I think the biker was a victim here? hell no. Honestly, I too had a "serves him right" kinda feeling when I saw that video.
Would I have reacted the same way she did? Of course not. About 2 years ago I was in my car on a highway... There had been an accident and all cars were standing still. None of the cars in all 3 lanes had really moved for about 10 minutes. Suddenly a biker comes by on my right side and he folds my mirror so he can get by. Did he put it back in the right position? No. Did he have the right to do that? No. Had I moved to cut him off? Of course not, I had been standing still for minutes. Did I try to hit him with my car? No. I simply thought by myself "what a jerk".
Next thing, I see that biker hitting the side of another car as he's trying to get through. The driver of the car got out and approached the biker, the biker yelled something and moved on. What did I do? Recorded the whole thing on my phone. I got out of my car, gave the driver my card and told him to email me if he wanted a copy of the video. I was later told that the biker ended up paying for some paint job.
We all sometimes get pissed off by the way other people drive. And I understand people tend to identify themselves with others. Of course some bikers will identify themselves with the biker in the video. And people who have had bad experiences with bikers in traffic will feel some schadenfreude when they watch the video. But the fact remains: If you don't respect other people's property rights, don't be surprised if someday someone will react. If you think a bad word or middle finger from a driver justifies you kicking his car or breaking off his mirror, then don't be surprised if that driver also overreacts and hits you with his car.
Like I said, if you expect others to respect your property rights, you have to start with respecting their property rights. No matter how much you disagree with their opinion or how much you dislike their driving style or choice of vehicle or how wrong you think their choice of lane or direction or whatever was, those things never justify the initiation of force.