As has been discussed many times on these boards, it is not trespassing to walk up to someone’s front door and knock/ring the bell.
And is inherently obvious, it’s not right to walk up to someone’s front door and knock/ring the bell and run away. You (seemingly) forgot the run away part. Purposefully?
Are you really going to stand this semantic ground? As I said before, it’s disrespectful, to person or property. You’ve obviously admitted it’s disrespectful, does it really matter to whom, or what? And before you twist your semantic merry-go-round, I’m certainly not arguing it was acceptable for the guy to shoot the kid.
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The point is: it is not trespassing.
Mischaracterizing the act as a criminal offense lends credibility to the murderous actions taken by the shooter.
Don’t believe I characterized the act as criminal. You’re going to have to cut and paste to convince me otherwise. You seem to be arguing that it’s not disrespectful because it’s not criminal. ??
Looks like double post.
Yes, I will. You said it was disrespectful to people’s property. Now you’re saying you said something you didn’t say. You made a clear statement, and your statement is, at best, misguided.
If someone bumps into you in a hallway, they didn’t try to kill you, did they? Or is that another instance where you’ll simply write it off as “semantics”?
If you can’t be accurate in what you say, why should I trust your recounting of facts or your opinion on the matter at hand?
If you can grossly misinterpret and mischaracterize ringing a doorbell and running away as on a par with actually causing damage to property, then IMO you have a seriously skewed outlook.
You seem to be confusing my reply to Zeriel with my reply to you. Zeriel characterized the act of ding-dong-ditch act as trespassing; I replied to him and then you jumped on the bandwagon, because you are apparently unable to read and comprehend simple things like names in quote boxes.
Yes, I’m incapable of reading and comprehending simple things like names in quote boxes, even though you posted this, about trespassing, with my name in the “quote box.”
Where the fuck did I say “damage”? I said disrespectful. If to property or person, does it really fucking matter here? You admitted yourself it was disrespectul, does that alter my central point if he was disrespectful to the property or the person?
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If someone bumps into you in a hallway, they didn’t try to kill you, did they?
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I don’t know, do I? Maybe they tried to shiv me. But I’ll presume not because it probably wasn’t intentional, unlike the ringing of the doorbell and running away.
You are a fucking idiot.
That reply was only because you replied to my post #181, which was clearly to Zeriel, since that’s the name in boldface in the quote box, moron.
If you hadn’t replied in post #182 to that, why would I have brought up the word “trespassing”?
You appear to have the analytical capacity of a particularly dimwitted type of mollusk.
Yes, and I’ve already explained the difference between disrespecting property and disrespecting people, but you don’t seem able to grasp the distinction, thus furthering my conviction that you must have ridden the short bus to school, if indeed you ever went to school to begin with. It’s a fucking wonder that you’ve managed to survive this long, given the obvious challenge it must be for you to find your mouth with the food.
And now it degenerates into the “you’re stupid” realm. Trust me here dude, you can’t offend me with such “argument.” If you want to continue the debate in a reasonable manner, I’m here.
I am not a lawyer in general and I have no special knowledge of Kentucky law. But, as I posted above, I did look up the relevant Kentucky statute on trespassing. It says it’s a crime if you enter somebody’s property unlawfully.
If you enter somebody’s property for the purpose of harassing that person, would that qualify as an unlawful purpose? And thereby make your entry on the property trespassing?
Dude, you’re stupid. Begone you short bus rider and default to my superior intellect.
So how many posters in this thread have ever played ding dong ditch and lived to tell about it?
What the fuck does it matter? Person or property, the kid was disrespectful. You admitted as much yourself. Do you think a guy who is willing to shoot a kid for ding-dong ditch is going to make such a nuanced distinction?
Pretend I’m Zeriel if that will make you feel better or further your idiotic argument.
Certainly it is. Unlawfully entering property (since the purposes were obviously harassment)–it was technically trespassing the instant he rang the doorbell and ran.
No, no it doesn’t. The shooter is a murderous asshole and should rot in jail as befits that status.