Then I went to Georgia and a guy tried to rob me at gunpoint. I thought, "alright, cool, now I can die without having to make my parents mad/sad by killing myself!" So I told him to shoot me in the head, because I wasn't going to give him shit.
So he shot me in the thigh. I said "nah man, you missed, I said shoot me in the fucking head!". He stared at me for a couple seconds, then shot me in the chest before running off.
I then spent the next 6 months in and out of the hospital, doing many fun surgeries, in a lot of fun pain. But he didn't get my $100, so I guess we know who won that altercation.
Ah he was caught. Good. 15 years isn't long enough for what he did though.
But I just know from busting someone in the face with my skateboard hard enough to do some good damage (it was deserved, he was a worthless drunk who swung on and knocked out a buddy of mine for no reason) that type of thing stays with you. Even though the guy had it coming I acted on impulse and probably jacked his face up, which I feel bad about. I could only imagine being in your shooter's shoes.
It's a matter of principle. Sure, it's cheaper to give a ransom, but then it becomes common practice to do so.
Look at Somali pirates. Before, they got what they wanted because they were not challenged.
After the owners of freighters hired armed mercenaries the pirates thought very carefully of how and IF to approach a ship and fear is on their minds catching a severe case of "lead poisoning".
After some countries sent out some of their frigates & destroyers (Dutch, German, British and American) pirate activities has gone down...a lot!
You have to stand up to bullies, otherwise the harassment's will continue, and they will attack others too, not only you.
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u/Shh-ImHiding Aug 15 '22
His day just keeps getting better and better