Road Rage and Handguns

[BruceRDucer]

Hey there Vern Smalley, very happy to have read this post. Your account of the events is enlightening in every way.

I especially agree with what you wrote when you stated:

It’s a cultural thing wherein people look for ways to degrade others to make themselves look good. By pushing others down, you are artificially elevated and feel better about yourself. If you want to read more about this, look at the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).----Vern Smalley

I am personally of the same mind on this issue as are you. Stated plainly, it is convenient for people to treat others, in a manner that they themselves would not like to be treated. [It violates the Golden Rule.]

Pardon me if I missed something, but as I read your first paragraphs, it occurred to me that the behavior of your attacker on the highway might have been consistent with the reactions known to occur with Steroid use? Did anything like that come up? If your assailant was chemically driven, there might not have been any other options to protect yourself, given that you had already been traumatized.

May God bless and keep you after all the difficulties you endured.

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

good point to remember next time some fool play dumb in a car

 

[loosecannon]

First, I support Mr. Smalley, who was acquitted despite being tried in an ultra liberal jurisdiction amid hostile media.

Second, let's examine possible errors in his decision-making and instruct others not to make the same mistakes.

Third, we should all be aware that few of us have $20-40,000 for attorney fees to finance a criminal defense.

Fourth, his choice to waive his miranda rights should not be taken as a universal recommendation. He was lucky that the police were more ethical than the da's office.

 

[Treo]

First, I support Mr. Smalley, who was acquitted despite being tried in an ultra liberal jurisdiction amid hostile media.

Say WHAT !?!? El Paso County is one of the most staunchly conservative counties in Colorado. As for the hostile media, can't argue W/ you there.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Do we really need to continue this conversation that started two years ago?