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It's pathetic how he keeps blaming the neighbor without any proof at all. He even claims to have had no complaints, yet the neighbor told him he "didn't like t

It's pathetic how he keeps blaming the neighbor without any proof at all. He even claims to have had no complaints, yet the neighbor told him he "didn't like the damn thing". Seems like the drone flier was the real asshole here. Someone probably got fed up with it and finally took action. Yes, firing a gun in the air is incredibly dangerous and illegal all on its own. There was no excuse for it. But there's also no excuse for this guy bothering his neighbors with it just because they can't stop him. Or at least, he thought they couldn't.

sgift 10y ago
> It's pathetic how he keeps blaming the neighbor without any proof at all. He even claims to have had no complaints, yet the neighbor told him he "didn't like the damn thing". Nothing pathetic. Theory of least surprise. He stood near the position the thing was shot. No one else was directly visible. He is armed. He didn't like the drone. Is this proof? No. Is it pathetic to assume it? Also no. > Seems like the drone flier was the real asshole here. And you know this because ...? > But there's also no excuse for this guy bothering his neighbors with it just because they can't stop him. Or at least, he thought they couldn't. Yeah, because it is a good idea to allow any idiot to do whatever he wants if he doesn't like something.
hobarrera 10y ago
There's a huge difference in being "inconsiderate", and being a dangerous criminal, shooting a drone like that. And yes, I said dangerous. If the drone had landed on someone, that someone could be dead.
grecy 10y ago
So one guy did something annoying, and another person retaliated by doing something completely illegal that could have put lives in danger. Sounds like a reasonable reaction.
CPLX 10y ago
I have quite a bit of sympathy for someone who finds a drone flying over their property annoying, if someone was doing that to me I'd want it to stop. With that said, it's not like he has no proof at all. If there is a neighbor that admits he hates the drone, admits he was firing his rifle in the yard the very same day, and your drone gets shot by a rifle while adjacent to his property, that's at least somewhat persuasive. It's all circumstantial evidence, clearly, but despite the common misconceptions out there circumstantial evidence is very much a kind of evidence.

sgift 10y ago

> It's pathetic how he keeps blaming the neighbor without any proof at all. He even claims to have had no complaints, yet the neighbor told him he "didn't like the damn thing". Nothing pathetic. Theory of least surprise. He stood near the position the thing was shot. No one else was directly visible. He is armed. He didn't like the drone. Is this proof? No. Is it pathetic to assume it? Also no. > Seems like the drone flier was the real asshole here. And you know this because ...? > But there's also no excuse for this guy bothering his neighbors with it just because they can't stop him. Or at least, he thought they couldn't. Yeah, because it is a good idea to allow any idiot to do whatever he wants if he doesn't like something.

hobarrera 10y ago

There's a huge difference in being "inconsiderate", and being a dangerous criminal, shooting a drone like that. And yes, I said dangerous. If the drone had landed on someone, that someone could be dead.

grecy 10y ago

So one guy did something annoying, and another person retaliated by doing something completely illegal that could have put lives in danger. Sounds like a reasonable reaction.

CPLX 10y ago

I have quite a bit of sympathy for someone who finds a drone flying over their property annoying, if someone was doing that to me I'd want it to stop. With that said, it's not like he has no proof at all. If there is a neighbor that admits he hates the drone, admits he was firing his rifle in the yard the very same day, and your drone gets shot by a rifle while adjacent to his property, that's at least somewhat persuasive. It's all circumstantial evidence, clearly, but despite the common misconceptions out there circumstantial evidence is very much a kind of evidence.