• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I applaud the dude for doing this, really, but I honestly wouldn’t be ready to throw my life away that easily. Imagine the situation if this was in the US instead of the UK and someone was carrying.

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      10 days ago

      This is one of the reasons Europeans claim to have freedoms USAmericans don’t.

      But yeah, context matters.

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      10 days ago

      I don’t have to imagine it; I’ve lived it. Twice. I wasn’t shot either time.

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      9 days ago

      Imagine if it was all exactly the same… but the driver used the accelerator for an extra couple of seconds.

      One’s choice assuming one has no dependents I suppose (but wouldn’t want to grow up without a father for this incident in particular)