(April 6, 2010 at 8:24 pm)RedFish Wrote: By that logic anything pretty much is ok to shoot on so long as you consider it a 'possible' threat. Yes, I have had a gun pulled on me and I near pissed myself. Guy was drunk too. Used to poke it out of his window at passers by, presumably cos it made him feel hard. Much like the prick in the clip.
Ambulance
Just cos it ain't got flashy lights and goes not weewaaweewaa don't mean it isn't an ambulance.
It was a crime to cover this incident up, if nothing else.
No, by that logic, it is within the law for a soldier to take out a possible threat. I never implied that people can do that willy-nilly with no moral obligation.
By your logic, every man in a uniform serving overseas is a prick. Nearly all of them talk like that. That is beside the point. He acted in an acceptable way, according to the rules of engagement.
It was wrong to cover this up. I don't know if it's a crime. Perhaps it should be. I'm just not sure that it is.
Oh yeah, if it doesn't have lights, it isn't OBVIOUSLY an ambulance. That is the point. It's the cover-up that was wrong. The soldiers acted in an official capacity. They were not acting without permission.
