3 ms·
this sounds like every parent of every killer ever “he was a good kid. he would never do this”
by foolfoolz 6y ago
this sounds like every parent of every killer ever “he was a good kid. he would never do this”
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- nickff 6y ago> " this sounds like every parent of every killer ever “he was a good kid. he would never do this” " I understand that the HN mentality has become very cynical, but if your only contribution to this conversation is a sardonic simile, comparing someone you don't know to a murderer, you should consider biting your tongue.
- bogomipz 6y agoThe OP was not comparing someone to a murderer. They were pointing out a phenomenon of denial whereby people refuse to believe that some person they know could ever be capable of some criminal doing. You should consider that you may have misunderstood.
- colinmhayes 6y agoIf your only contribution is defending shitty character testimony you should consider biting your tongue. If there's no actual evidence I don't want to hear about what a nice guy he is.
- dang 6y agoSorry, this isn't cool. Internet forums are far too quick to form flash mobs of judge, jury, and executioner. In nearly every case this turns out to be missing critical information. Moreover the instinct to do it is reflexive; it has nothing to do with the particulars of any situation—it's just an opportunity to have an experience that somehow we seem driven to recreate over and over again. Because the tendency is overwhelmingly in this vicious and vengeful direction, having HN be the kind of community we want requires that we all make a conscious effort not to go there by default. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- edmundsauto 6y agoIt also sounds like the parent of every good kid. There is no signal in this statement.
- dang 6y ago"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24229084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24229084.