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Cheney never comes at you with a butcher's knife. He prefers to become your friend over many years, have great experiences together, then shoot you in the face

Cheney never comes at you with a butcher's knife. He prefers to become your friend over many years, have great experiences together, then shoot you in the face and make you apologize for your role in the incident.

avar 10y ago
Is there any actual proof that that's what happened aside from lame conspiracy theories?
- hga 10y ago
  Errr, that is exactly what happened, and an apology was due. While it's primarily the responsibility of an upland bird hunter (anyone shooting, of course, but in this sort of hunting you move around a lot and flush out birds unexpectedly) to keep track of everyone and not shoot when any of them are down range, everyone in the hunting party also has a responsibility to follow previously agreed upon protocols to make this easier and less error prone. The guy who got shot screwed that up big time.
  - avar 10y ago
    I mean the implied accusation that Chaney was at fault but due to some coercion got the guy to say that it was his bad, which is usually what the subtext is when this gets trotted out.
    - Avshalom 10y ago
      That's because that subtext is fucking hilarious. It's the actualization of every punchline about Real Power ever.
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    Wow this sounds like a good reason to never go upland bird hunting: the four rules don't apply! No thanks; I'll hunt in safer circumstances.
    - Avshalom 10y ago
      To be, somewhat, fair getting shot is a risk you have to assume when going hunting, especially with other people. (Depressingly) Routine hunting accidents don't usually turn peoples lives into a media circus. That's ostensibly why the apology. Of course A)as VP Cheney's life was already a media circus B) Cheney shot the dude in his face and assumed-risk-or-no Cheney bears the responsibility for that.
    - hga 10y ago
      Eh, it's pretty safe, and the Four Rules most certainly apply, it's just that implementing Rule 4 is much more difficult. In ~70 years of it, one of my father's favorite pastimes, he got shot exactly once, although there was no excuse for it like there was in the Chaney accident. Then again, he was both careful in picking his hunting partners and only hunted with some of them once after they demonstrated they didn't have their act together. As long as you wear glasses and there's some distance, serious injury is unlikely, as happened with him. A tough shirt is also recommenced, that stopped penetration of the shot that hit his chest.
- Avshalom 10y ago
  Well I mean he did shoot his friend in the face. His friend did apologize for it. That's public record. Mallorean didn't list any motive which would be where a conspiracy would come in. I mean yeah there were a lot of videos on youtube afterwards saying "he must have shot him from much closer range than they claim" but that's not really here nor there when it comes to: did Dick Cheney shoot a man in the face.
wlievens 10y ago
The true Underwood

avar 10y ago

Is there any actual proof that that's what happened aside from lame conspiracy theories?

hga 10y ago
Errr, that is exactly what happened, and an apology was due. While it's primarily the responsibility of an upland bird hunter (anyone shooting, of course, but in this sort of hunting you move around a lot and flush out birds unexpectedly) to keep track of everyone and not shoot when any of them are down range, everyone in the hunting party also has a responsibility to follow previously agreed upon protocols to make this easier and less error prone. The guy who got shot screwed that up big time.
- avar 10y ago
  I mean the implied accusation that Chaney was at fault but due to some coercion got the guy to say that it was his bad, which is usually what the subtext is when this gets trotted out.
  - Avshalom 10y ago
    That's because that subtext is fucking hilarious. It's the actualization of every punchline about Real Power ever.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Wow this sounds like a good reason to never go upland bird hunting: the four rules don't apply! No thanks; I'll hunt in safer circumstances.
  - Avshalom 10y ago
    To be, somewhat, fair getting shot is a risk you have to assume when going hunting, especially with other people. (Depressingly) Routine hunting accidents don't usually turn peoples lives into a media circus. That's ostensibly why the apology. Of course A)as VP Cheney's life was already a media circus B) Cheney shot the dude in his face and assumed-risk-or-no Cheney bears the responsibility for that.
  - hga 10y ago
    Eh, it's pretty safe, and the Four Rules most certainly apply, it's just that implementing Rule 4 is much more difficult. In ~70 years of it, one of my father's favorite pastimes, he got shot exactly once, although there was no excuse for it like there was in the Chaney accident. Then again, he was both careful in picking his hunting partners and only hunted with some of them once after they demonstrated they didn't have their act together. As long as you wear glasses and there's some distance, serious injury is unlikely, as happened with him. A tough shirt is also recommenced, that stopped penetration of the shot that hit his chest.
Avshalom 10y ago
Well I mean he did shoot his friend in the face. His friend did apologize for it. That's public record. Mallorean didn't list any motive which would be where a conspiracy would come in. I mean yeah there were a lot of videos on youtube afterwards saying "he must have shot him from much closer range than they claim" but that's not really here nor there when it comes to: did Dick Cheney shoot a man in the face.

wlievens 10y ago

The true Underwood