For the third time answer my questions if you are capable.
Obviously the real world possibility of you being in front of me at a stop light and flipping out a cigarette butt is slim, but if it does happen, be prepared for it to come right back in the window. I have done it before and I will do it again. I am not sure what level of threat this constitutes against you personally. It is just my way of saying fuck all y’all who think the world is their ashtray.
Now about those questions?
I respectfully request that you stop threatening to throw things in my window while I’m driving. Thank you.
See, you are not paying attention. Not while you are driving, while you are stopped at a light. And not “things”, but specific articles that you have thrown out of the car in violation of anti-littering ordinances. You see the difference?
Now about those questions…
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
See, you are not paying attention. Not while you are driving, while you are stopped at a light. And not “things”, but specific articles that you have thrown out of the car in violation of anti-littering ordinances.
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Throwing things at people is assault, dipweed
[QUOTE=milroyj]
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
See, you are not paying attention. Not while you are driving, while you are stopped at a light. And not “things”, but specific articles that you have thrown out of the car in violation of anti-littering ordinances.
Okee Dokee. We’ll let the courts settle it. Now for the fifth time you chickenshit motherfucker, how about answering my questions? That’s right, I’m calling you on it. I have asked you several simple, direct questions in this thread to which you have given no response. I have to assume that you are either incapable of doing so or are dodging them outright because you see your position to be unsupportable. So which is it? Put up or shut up.
DO what my dad and thousands of military and exmilitary did for years…it is called ‘field stripping’ Stub it out on the bottom of your show, rip the paper and dump the tobacco on the ground and put the paper and filter[if you smoke unfiltered ignore=)] in a small container in your pocket, like an old empty cigarette package. Tobacco will degrade, and the paper and filter can get thrown in a trash can when one is finally available.
Dude. Guys. Chill out. I know this is the pit, but this is some fairly lame bullshit to be arguing about. You remind me of the guys in the car from the thread about road rage.
Step back.
Breathe.
Repeat.
Generally speaking people who are engaged in an argument feel that it is worthwhile. if you are not so engaged, and feel the argument to be worthless, why get involved at all?
Because assholery in all its forms is to be discouraged.
Unless it’s funny, which this ain’t. Chill.
Well gosh. I guess asshole right back at ya. I mean you were calling me an asshole, right? In the spirit of chilling out and all?
Well… yes.
Usually these sorts of things don’t need to be explained. It’s okey-dokey if you want to despise smokers/litterers/SUV drivers/Democrats etc. but all this “I am shocked, shocked! that you believe I’m threatening you when I say I’d throw a lit cigarette ino your car” is just lame.
Wow you’re awesome Contrapuntal. Guess what man, my dad can beat up your dad. And also I’m a badass so you better not mess with me, because I’ll threaten the hell out of you over the internet so I can be a lot cooler than you could ever be.
Hm, and what else, I have a bigger penis.
I had to say everything I just did because you were monopolizing assholism and stupidity here in the pit and I think we should all be able to share those commodities.
You are most exceedingly right, O Holy Right One.
What was I thinking offering factual information on a board about ignorance fighting?
:wally
How can it be taken seriously as a threat? I have no idea where he lives, what he looks like, what kind of car he drives. I made that point to him in post 41. Do you really think that anything I said could be construed as a literal threat against his person? Dose a threat not have to have at least a small chance of being carried out to be considered a threat?
I’ll direct you to post 41 as well. Either I am an asshole for threatening this guy, or threats given out over the internet have no consequence. You folks can’t have it both ways. The fact of the matter is that I am not a badass but if I see someone dump a cigarette butt out of a car window and I have the opportunity I dump it right back in. I have done it before and I will do it again. It is not a threat. It is a prediction. What do you suppose the odds are that milroyj will be the one in the car ahead of me?
What were you thinking when you claimed to answer a question that was not asked?
Well, a reasonable consequence of throwing a lit cigarette into a car is (as the subject of this threat indicated) personal injury and a burned-out vehicle. It would have been as equally valid for him to reply “Well, if you ever threw a lit cig into my car, I’d promise (but not threaten) to jam a tire-iron up your ass.” Since he doesn’t know you or what you look like or what size iron your ass takes, it could hardly be considered a literal threat, could it?
It’s your jaw-jutting, swaggering “it’s not me, it’s him” immaturity that is inspiring this miniature dogpile. You’re like the kid who holds a finger 0.5 millimeters from his sister while insisting “I’m not touching you!”
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
Exactly my point.
Well I apologize for that then. What am trying to do is get him to answer my questions concerning his beliefs about exactly who is responsible for the litter, the litterer or some nameless entity that failed to provide him with a convenient receptacle. Serious discourse was not working so cranked it up a bit. I pointed out to him, and to others as well, that the “threat” (his word, not mine) could not be taken seriously given the anonymous nature of this message board. Why people are getting worked up about such a thing in the Pit is beyond me, frankly.
She was probably thinking that someone would be interested in the information, and she was correct - I was interested. Thank you Queen Tonya.
As an aside, I’m on your side of this debate, and I think you’re acting like a stark-raving asshole dickhead.
Chill the fuck out. Sheesh.
But what you seem to be missing is that this sort of thing is not considered harmless by the Chicago Reader or the SDMB administrators. The better approach would have been to downplay the situation rather than escalate it.
Worked up? Hardly. I think it safe to say that if such behaviour wasn’t roundly criticized, every argument would tend toward pointless dick-waving, round after round of empty but escalating threads and general immaturity, undermining the well-deserved but eternal-vigilance-requiring eputation of this board as place where intelligent people can talk about things intelligently. The Pit serves its purpose as a place to rail against the stupidities of the world, and occasionalyl agasint each other, but you’re talking about throwing cigarettes into cars (which you admit you’ve done before, i.e. “I have done it before and I will do it again”). Frankly, that sounds an admission of arson to me and the casual intent to do so again, given opportunity. It’s not something to be proud of, unless you’re an asshole.