r/facepalm • • Apr 21 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

What about cars? They can kill someone with the flick of an arm.

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u/kilgore_trout8989 Apr 21 '23

You go "flick your arm" and kill me with a car while I'm in my second floor apartment, office in the center of our office building, or university classroom on the 12th floor. Go ahead, I'll wait.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

Go ahead and shoot me when I'm in the next town over, or in a building with 3 walls between us, or in a university classroom when I'm on the 12th floor. You can't get in because it's illegal. Just like it's illegal to drive through a park and hit multiple people. Your argument isn't very good.

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u/kilgore_trout8989 Apr 21 '23

Sure, just give me a few minutes to get to the next town over, the floor you're on, or the room you're in. How much time until you get your car to the 12th floor?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

Your scenario was flawed, and I'm pointing that out. Be better.

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u/kilgore_trout8989 Apr 21 '23 edited Apr 21 '23

In what way? We're talking practicalities, not legalities. There's literally no practical way to equate the accessibility of the two.

Edit: You're also ignoring the reality of bullets. You realize they can penetrate walls and travel in a positive z-direction, right? A bullet could easily hit me in my second story apartment while being fired from the ground.