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Originally Posted by Burninator
Slashing someones tires doesn't have anything to do with cherishing cars or how much you spent on them. That's a total moot point. There are others ways to deal with the situation. Employing this logic I could have just bought a brand new Ferrari Enzo for a million dollars, and I am also president of the Ferrari owners Club of Canada. Clearly I spend a lot of money on my car, and I have a great respect for cars. Lets say some person carelessly plows into my car and totals it. If it is ok to dent in someones door and slash their tires because they dinged my door, I should be allowed to murder them because I care so much about cars and payed a lot. Sound ridiculous? So does slashing someones tires.
Our society doesn't work on the moto of "tit for tat". ie. Someone dings my door so I can ding it back. We have a legal system for a reason.
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Yes, because murder is the reaction we're talking about...
As I've stated, the legal and insurance systems will not compensate you for money and time on a small offence like this, nor will it prevent the offender from repeating.
Is this right? Nope. Should rational and contributing members of society do this? Nope. Is this what a good society is built on? Nope?
But I'm tired. Tired of turning cheek and taking the loss myself. Tired of being the nice guy. Tired from paying for:
- door dings
- smashed car windows in a parkade (looking for loose change)
- the idiot who ran into the wrought iron gate by the parkade and bent it to hell.
- grafitti on the stucco of the condo.
- a new front bumper because people don't know how to park.
- new flowers because people shortcut through a flowerbed.
- etc etc...
So if I get the chance to effect some change in this neverending cycle of ignorance, and it stops this lady from doing it again. I probably would. And I think she'll learn. She easily pay a ticket or cut a cheque, but she'll always remember the hassle of getting it fixed and that day in the parking lot...