Things I Learned This Week...

[ericadawn16]

Things I Learned This Week...

In the eyes of the law, if a criminal act produced terror by killing and injuring multiple people, it's only terrorism if it's done by two or more people.

If a single person commits an act that kills and injures multiple people, they're just an asshole.

Nolan Bushnell founded BOTH Atari AND Chuck E. Cheese. It's like he singlehandedly made the 80s.

Comments

[daxcat79.livejournal.com]

Our justice system is weird.....

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Ugh - our justice system is very flawed DX

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm blanking... who's the asshole?

(Also, I'm not sure asshole is a legal definition. But maybe it should be.)

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

If it's a single person, acting alone, they won't call them a terrorist.

So, I guess that makes that person an asshole, like the guy in Aurora.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Ah, I wasn't sure if you were referring to something more recent, and I was like, "Oh geeze, do I even want to know?"

I'd use a slightly stronger term than 'asshole' to describe anyone who commits murder, though.

[i-llbedammned.livejournal.com]

Yeah single people are typically just labelled mass murderers, though having a following can count as the other people at times.