# Witness haters--are you happy now? :( **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221 "2013-10-02T23:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 337
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/337 "2013-10-17T21:48:09Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > This is condescending and patronizing as fuck, and implies that “old” guys shouldn’t be held responsible for their behavior or statements, which belief is AGAIN condescending and patronizing as fuck. This guy isn’t exactly a paragon of virtue and kindness, as evidenced by his post in the high beams thread: > [@An approaching vehicle has the high beams on. How do you respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-approaching-vehicle-has-the-high-beams-on-how-do-you-respond/671500/2): > > ETA: Other. > > When I was a pizza delivery guy, I carried a 2 million candlepower spotlight beam in my car for the purpose of identifying house numbers in my rural area late at night. > > My response to unrepentant hi-beamers? (the ones who didn’t turn them off after being politely flashed with my lights) I pulled out the spotlight and blinded their ass immediately as they passed me. It only takes a couple second burst of photon POWAH!! If they crash, I don’t care. Fuck you and your high beams, blinding me with no concern for whether I can see the road after you pass and my night vision is all ruined. > > I have an eidetic memory, so it made for some lovely images of the faces of the drivers when they got flashed 🙂 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221)._