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Seriously. This is the "anti-drug" argument I just don't get how people fall for. An acquaintance-of-a-friend dropped and then stabbed his roommate 57 times. Of
by rosser 7y ago
Seriously. This is the "anti-drug" argument I just don't get how people fall for. An acquaintance-of-a-friend dropped and then stabbed his roommate 57 times. Of course these stories can readily be found, but they just pale next to the shit drunk people do, and which we just dismiss.
- mschuster91 7y agoDrunk people decide it's a good idea to get in their car, drive way over the speed limit and kill people all the fucking time and no one bats an eye. They happen simply so often that we have gone to view this as natural part of everyday life. A ten-liner in the local newspaper. Murders like you described, however, are rare (and tend to be more brutal, which in today's outrage economy means more eyeballs and more ad revenue) so they're often on national or international news. What's also a part of the difference in media attention: when I drive drunk, veer off course and run over someone, it can and will be excused as "driver lost control due to high speed and alcohol" (=frame-able as if it were an accident), but when I stab someone while high on meth, one cannot frame it as "accident". Stabbing someone is intentional, no matter if on drugs or not, and that makes for a massive difference in perception.