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Wow. So, "stringing people along = murderable offense". Got it.

ethbr1 3y ago
You don't see some justice in a serial con man being stabbed by someone he conned? I guess we have different morals with respect to the acceptability of lying.
- caslon 3y ago
  We constantly tell children Santa is real. I fear for your parents.
  - ethbr1 3y ago
    Distinction: lying in order to give someone gifts vs lying to take their money.
    - pests 3y ago
      That doesn't mean you kill them!
      - ethbr1 3y ago
        [flagged]
    - boomboomsubban 3y ago
      Nothing in the story presented suggests he was lying to take their money.
- Exoristos 3y ago
  Hey, he was a fantrepreneur disrupting the gray spaces around film fandom at the time. A saint in HN terms, really.
- whaleofatw2022 3y ago
  Well there's assault and then there's murder...
- pests 3y ago
  > I guess we have different morals with respect to the acceptability of lying. I don't think that's the only thing we disgree morally with. You are stating murder is an acceptable response to someone lying to you. Scary.
- jstanley 3y ago
  It seems like you have managed to find at least one villain in the story. (But keep looking, there may be another).
- jjulius 3y ago
  There's "a serial con man getting justice" (nods head) and "a serial con man getting justice" (shakes head). Now, had this been about someone being conned out of a shitload of money, sure, maybe I can begin to understand the stabbing. But at this point, the only thing we know is that this person told a ton of tall tales - that's absolutely not worth being killed over.
  - ethbr1 3y ago
    >> For example, he had plenty of 35mm trailers to sell... >> ... he claimed to have a script of, as I recall, the not-yet-released sequel to Star Wars. I think he wanted $25 or so for a copy of it. >> ... someone he had lead along with a whole string of lies like claiming he knew George Lucas and how he could pass along the kid's story ideas to him — things like that. The kid finally figured out he was being had and snapped. I took the above to indicate that he wasn't only telling tall tails, but that he was repeatedly profiting from them.
bovermyer 3y ago
Keep in mind that not everyone shares the same morals, even in the same localized society. There are, unfortunately, people who think that killing someone who disagrees with or even lies to you is perfectly acceptable. The question is... what does society do with such people?
- lupusreal 3y ago
  But in that case, wouldn't the sketchy lying guy be the villain in the story? How could it be neither of them?

You don't see some justice in a serial con man being stabbed by someone he conned? I guess we have different morals with respect to the acceptability of lying.

caslon 3y ago
We constantly tell children Santa is real. I fear for your parents.
- ethbr1 3y ago
  Distinction: lying in order to give someone gifts vs lying to take their money.
  - pests 3y ago
    That doesn't mean you kill them!
    - ethbr1 3y ago
      [flagged]
  - boomboomsubban 3y ago
    Nothing in the story presented suggests he was lying to take their money.
Exoristos 3y ago
Hey, he was a fantrepreneur disrupting the gray spaces around film fandom at the time. A saint in HN terms, really.
whaleofatw2022 3y ago
Well there's assault and then there's murder...
pests 3y ago
> I guess we have different morals with respect to the acceptability of lying. I don't think that's the only thing we disgree morally with. You are stating murder is an acceptable response to someone lying to you. Scary.
jstanley 3y ago
It seems like you have managed to find at least one villain in the story. (But keep looking, there may be another).
jjulius 3y ago
There's "a serial con man getting justice" (nods head) and "a serial con man getting justice" (shakes head). Now, had this been about someone being conned out of a shitload of money, sure, maybe I can begin to understand the stabbing. But at this point, the only thing we know is that this person told a ton of tall tales - that's absolutely not worth being killed over.
- ethbr1 3y ago
  >> For example, he had plenty of 35mm trailers to sell... >> ... he claimed to have a script of, as I recall, the not-yet-released sequel to Star Wars. I think he wanted $25 or so for a copy of it. >> ... someone he had lead along with a whole string of lies like claiming he knew George Lucas and how he could pass along the kid's story ideas to him — things like that. The kid finally figured out he was being had and snapped. I took the above to indicate that he wasn't only telling tall tails, but that he was repeatedly profiting from them.

bovermyer 3y ago

Keep in mind that not everyone shares the same morals, even in the same localized society. There are, unfortunately, people who think that killing someone who disagrees with or even lies to you is perfectly acceptable. The question is... what does society do with such people?

lupusreal 3y ago
But in that case, wouldn't the sketchy lying guy be the villain in the story? How could it be neither of them?