A Few People from my High School were arrested for robbing a quadriplegic man...

[Drikkink]

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/...artner=nbcnews

Oh and possibly attempting to kill him.

WELP.

I knew the 2 that went to my high school and, frankly... I can't say I'm surprised that they'd do something robbery related eventually. They weren't really the good type of person to hang around. I'm sickened that they'd try to kill a quadriplegic man.

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/...artner=nbcnews

Oh and possibly attempting to kill him.

WELP.

I knew the 2 that went to my high school and, frankly... I can't say I'm surprised that they'd do something robbery related eventually. They weren't really the good type of person to hang around. I'm sickened that they'd try to kill a quadriplegic man.

Well to stealfrom a quadriplegic is one thing ... easy target.

Juliano was armed with a knife and tried to kill the man as he slept in his wheelchair, according to investigators. Police say his accomplices stopped him however and they fled the scene.

Kudos to those 3 others that had some common sense and didnt let him do this shit.

Kyle Krosnodomskie,Mohamed Abdelfatah, Mark Halcomb Jr.
Thiefes but stood up to prevent a Homicide.

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It is disturbing when people you know turn bad, even if you kind of expect it.

[Drikkink]

The one with the knife did go to my school as did one of the others who stopped him. I've never heard of the others though.

[Uggorthaholy]

*sigh* sick and twisted people in this world. Though I suppose criminals will be criminals, and commit crimes, and the easier the target, the easier their "job"

[Khaza-R]

If your morals are distorted enough to want to rob somebody, why would they want to take on something that could possibly defend themselves.
It doesn't make it "worse" that they robbed a crippled man, stealing is pretty bad as it is.

Sort of reminds me of that question they would ask you in school. "What's worse stealing $1 or $100 dollars?", to which kids almost always give an unanimous, "$100!". And then the children are asked, "Which is worse, stealing $1 from a homeless man or $100 from a millionaire?".

Strafing from that, those are some deplorable young kids. Anyone willing to make a quadriplegic man's life even worse has to be scumiest of scum.

[Skorpionss]

If your morals are distorted enough to want to rob somebody, why would they want to take on something that could possibly defend themselves.
It doesn't make it "worse" that they robbed a crippled man, stealing is pretty bad as it is.

no but trying to kill him while he slept made it way worse...

[Uggorthaholy]

Sort of reminds me of that question they would ask you in school. "What's worse stealing $1 or $100 dollars?", to which kids almost always give an unanimous, "$100!". And then the children are asked, "Which is worse, stealing $1 from a homeless man or $100 from a millionaire?".

Strafing from that, those are some deplorable young kids. Anyone willing to make a quadriplegic man's life even worse has to be scumiest of scum.

No one sin (crime) is greater than another. Stealing $10.00 is stealing $10.00, regardless of who it is from.

[RicardoZ]

What a bunch of jerks. Glad I don't live in your high school district.

Inb4 NRA: "Quadriplegics need voice activated lasers that shoot from their eyes for self-defense!"

[Uggorthaholy]

What a bunch of jerks. Glad I don't live in your high school district.

Inb4 NRA: "Quadriplegics need voice activated lasers that shoot from their eyes for self-defense!"

I'm completely fine with this. They should have every right to defend themselves.

[Felya]

I'm completely fine with this. They should have every right to defend themselves.

The activation word could be "high five". Removes the threats posed to quadriplegics and people who still ask for a high five. Two birds... One gun...

[Garnier Fructis]

No one sin (crime) is greater than another. Stealing $10.00 is stealing $10.00, regardless of who it is from.

I disagree; I think consequences should be considered. Stealing $10 from a man who only has $10 and will starve without that money is worse than stealing $10 from someone rich. You only stole $10 in either case, but the consequences of your action is different for each individual.

[Windfury]

No one sin (crime) is greater than another.

I'm going to argue murder is in fact a greater crime than stealing ten dollars.

[Theodon]

I'm completely fine with this. They should have every right to defend themselves.

Just hope they don't have tourettes!

[Uggorthaholy]

I disagree; I think consequences should be considered. Stealing $10 from a man who only has $10 and will starve without that money is worse than stealing $10 from someone rich. You only stole $10 in either case, but the consequences of your action is different for each individual.

From a social acceptance standpoint sure. But stealing $1,000 from someone with $1000 or someone with $10000000000 is still the exact same crime, statute and all.

I'm going to argue murder is in fact a greater crime than stealing ten dollars.

I was talking about mirroring. Murdering a murderer is the same as murdering the president. Murder is murder. Theft is theft.

Just hope they don't have tourettes!

We would have to make sure that the trigger word was nothing they would be inclined to randomly blurt out then haha!

[Windfury]

I was talking about mirroring. Murdering a murderer is the same as murdering the president. Murder is murder. Theft is theft.

It came across (probably due to the 'sin' comment) as more of a anything bad is equivalent kind of thing.

Although I'd disagree with your above point as well, the legal system itself recognises differences in severity e.g. first, second and third degree murder, and further considers circumstances and impact in sentencing.

[Stir]

If your morals are distorted enough to want to rob somebody, why would they want to take on something that could possibly defend themselves.
It doesn't make it "worse" that they robbed a crippled man, stealing is pretty bad as it is.

It does make it worse. Simply put: If your situation is so that you need to rob someone in order to feed yourself, then you need to sob someone who can afford it. Most quadriplegic people cannot really afford it... Plus their helpless position in such a situation will cause severe emotional trauma. Basically: If you need to do harm because of your situation, you should take steps to minimize that harm as much as possible.

If you WANT to rob someone, you're probably already morally ruined, and have some serious issues... If you're a person like that, you'll go after the helpless, intent on causing harm (rather than gaining the resources you need). It is, then, indicative of an 'evil' mind, and that is what makes it inherently worse.

From a social acceptance standpoint sure. But stealing $1,000 from someone with $1000 or someone with $10000000000 is still the exact same crime, statute and all.

And this is why legality does not equal morality.

[Uggorthaholy]

It came across (probably due to the 'sin' comment) as more of a anything bad is equivalent kind of thing.

Although I'd disagree with your above point as well, the legal system itself recognises differences in severity e.g. first, second and third degree murder, and further considers circumstances and impact in sentencing.

Please stop making me feel the need to explain 100%.

Premeditated murder is the same, no matter who you kill.
Manslaughter it the same, no matter who you kill.

Now can we stop beating this horse to death?

Equal crimes are equal, regardless of the victim.

[Stir]

Please stop making me feel the need to explain 100%.

Premeditated murder is the same, no matter who you kill.
Manslaughter it the same, no matter who you kill.

Now can we stop beating this horse to death?

Equal crimes are equal, regardless of the victim.

False equivalency.
Death is 100% reduced life. 10 dollars of 1000 dollars is a 1% reduced wealth. Therefore, all murders are the same regardless of the victim, but not all 1 dollar thefts are the same. Morally speaking. Which is not the same as legally.

[Windfury]

Please stop making me feel the need to explain 100%.

Premeditated murder is the same, no matter who you kill.
Manslaughter it the same, no matter who you kill.

Now can we stop beating this horse to death?

Equal crimes are equal, regardless of the victim.

And I disagree. The courts disagree. They take circumstances and impact into account in sentencing for example. That would not occur if every murder was precisely the same.

It's ridiculous to say that the murder of say your child's rapist is the same as murdering the President. Although both would fall under first degree murder, they would likely receive very different sentences.