Comments on: Driving By and Killing http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland Thu, 24 May 2012 02:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: april http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-42000 april Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:57:36 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-42000 Okay, so NOT only in redneck-ville. And I agree...stones somewhat scary, arrows terrifying. And ya gotta wonder what motivates someone to shoot trains with a crossbow. I've never understood random violence. If I'm gonna get violent (and please note, I'm a total wimp who expresses anger via doorslamming and stalking off), it's gonna be on someone who actually ticked me off. Okay, so NOT only in redneck-ville. And I agree…stones somewhat scary, arrows terrifying.

And ya gotta wonder what motivates someone to shoot trains with a crossbow. I’ve never understood random violence. If I’m gonna get violent (and please note, I’m a total wimp who expresses anger via doorslamming and stalking off), it’s gonna be on someone who actually ticked me off.

]]> By: eolai http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41937 eolai Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:19:08 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41937 April, There was a spell in Ireland when trains leaving Dublin heading west were the target of a crossbow. As a kid I was a regular passenger on those inter-city trains at the time and stones being thrown at the train happened almost to every train. Watching the stone throwers and hearing the crashes of the stones against the train was fascinating and scary, but I remember feeling especially scared that an arrow might come whizzling through the window. April,

There was a spell in Ireland when trains leaving Dublin heading west were the target of a crossbow. As a kid I was a regular passenger on those inter-city trains at the time and stones being thrown at the train happened almost to every train. Watching the stone throwers and hearing the crashes of the stones against the train was fascinating and scary, but I remember feeling especially scared that an arrow might come whizzling through the window.

]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41926 Primal Sneeze Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:38:47 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41926 My first visit to Kansas (what, 9 years ago?) my contact said he' have me picked up at the airport. The rental car would be delivered to the hotel. "We don't want you getting shot". I assumed he was thinking I'd cause some road-rage incident driving on the right for the first time. It turned out there was an on-going spate of shootings of drivers (not passengers) on the interstate around then. I never did find out if they caught the shooter. He must have been well trained though. Always hit the driver. Never the passengers. Maybe it was more fun to see a car crash than just pull over. My first visit to Kansas (what, 9 years ago?) my contact said he’ have me picked up at the airport. The rental car would be delivered to the hotel. “We don’t want you getting shot”.

I assumed he was thinking I’d cause some road-rage incident driving on the right for the first time.

It turned out there was an on-going spate of shootings of drivers (not passengers) on the interstate around then. I never did find out if they caught the shooter. He must have been well trained though. Always hit the driver. Never the passengers. Maybe it was more fun to see a car crash than just pull over.

]]> By: Brettski http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41916 Brettski Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:30:01 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41916 It appears that as a society, we're quite ok with ones-ees. But when the number is larger, say for argument sake 30, then we take notice. Nevermind that the ones-ess add up to a larger number simply because they don't all happen at once. So somehow we justify it as a flook and "that couldn't happen again." But it does - again, and again. We're completely prepared to dismiss one life but not 30... and who said there is no price on life? It appears that as a society, we’re quite ok with ones-ees. But when the number is larger, say for argument sake 30, then we take notice. Nevermind that the ones-ess add up to a larger number simply because they don’t all happen at once. So somehow we justify it as a flook and “that couldn’t happen again.” But it does - again, and again. We’re completely prepared to dismiss one life but not 30… and who said there is no price on life?

]]> By: april http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41896 april Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:50:08 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41896 A highway patrolman down here in the Bootheel of Missouri was the target of a "drive-by bow and arrow shooting" a few years ago. Luckily they missed, but sheesh, only here in redneck-ville could that happen. A highway patrolman down here in the Bootheel of Missouri was the target of a “drive-by bow and arrow shooting” a few years ago.

Luckily they missed, but sheesh, only here in redneck-ville could that happen.

]]> By: kav http://irishkc.com/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41888 kav Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:35:22 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/driving-by-and-killing.htm#comment-41888 Yes, yes, yes. Seems your sensible comments got lost in the din over at Twenty's yesterday. Yes, yes, yes. Seems your sensible comments got lost in the din over at Twenty’s yesterday.

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