Ladies and Gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States of America

IamAlejo · 02-13-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Fal

YOU read the article. He was approaching NOT in Cheneys path, Cheney spun round and before checking his path he shot.

"Whittington "came up from behind the vice president ... The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.""

PEOPLE HALF BLIND SHOULD KNOW NOT TO GO HUNTING. IT IS RETARDED FOR PEOPLE TO LET THEIR EGO OVERTAKE THEIR ABILITY. THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT ACTS LIKE THIS ARE INDICATIVE BOTH TO CHENEYS ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM (and in general), AND HIS OPINION OF HIS OWN CAPABILITIES. It just doesn't help that he hospitalised someone at the same time.

"Sorry I shot you, it's OK though! Afterall, I'm decrepid, half blind and we're in dark area it's pretty hard NOT to shoot my buddies in those conditions, ha! Not hunt in those conditions? Why would I do that, I ENJOY hunting! And look on the brightside, my shotguns ONLY loaded with pellets rather than full on bullets. Nobody liked your face anyway."

I cannot actually believe your peoples attitudes to shooting someone. "Never point your gun at something unless you intend to destroy it" is the sort of thing I gather they're taught in gun proficiency tests. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW HOW NOT TO SHOOT THEIR BUDDIES. If I had a slack jawed trigger happy redneck in a seat of such power I'd be shitting myself.

Alright, here I go trying to explain this. When you go hunting the hunters normally get in a group together, normally a straight line, so that people always know where everyone else is. The other elderly man left the line to go get a quail he shot.

Cheney was following a quail and as he shot he crossed the path of the elderly man, so the man got shot. It was a hunting mistake on both men, but that's about all you can stretch it to.

I still fail to see the big issue in all of this. Getting shot at that distance with pellets is about the same look as having chickenpox. It does no real damage at all.

Barnard17 · 02-14-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

I still fail to see the big issue in all of this. Getting shot at that distance with pellets is about the same look as having chickenpox. It does no real damage at all.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/...ney/index.html

""Some of the birdshot appears to have moved and lodged into part of his heart ... in what we would say is a minor heart attack,""

Dayumn boy, you're right. Looking like you have chickenpox is FAR more dangerous than actually having it.

IamAlejo · 02-14-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fal

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/...ney/index.html

""Some of the birdshot appears to have moved and lodged into part of his heart ... in what we would say is a minor heart attack,""

Dayumn boy, you're right. Looking like you have chickenpox is FAR more dangerous than actually having it.

That has less to do with the shot and more to do with the fact he's an old man and that increased the likelihood of that happening 1000x times over.

I've gotten shot by a pellet gun my friend. Hurts like hell, and actually was sore and slightly swollen for maybe 4 days, but that was it. I understand the humor value, since I laughed when I first saw it, but that's really all it is. This has no effect on the man's ability or lack of ability to do his job.

Barnard17 · 02-14-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAlejo

That has less to do with the shot and more to do with the fact he's an old man and that increased the likelihood of that happening 1000x times over.

I've gotten shot by a pellet gun my friend. Hurts like hell, and actually was sore and slightly swollen for maybe 4 days, but that was it. I understand the humor value, since I laughed when I first saw it, but that's really all it is. This has no effect on the man's ability or lack of ability to do his job.

It shows his ability (or lack there of) to make decisions based upon the danger of a situation. It shows his ability (or lack there of) to act responsibly with the abundant information at his disposal. It doesn't effect his ability to do his job, it indicates it. I'm not saying that Cheney shooting a guy makes him an idiot, rather that it further shows him to be an idiot.

You've been shot by a pellet gun, he was shot by a shotgun loaded with pellets. You're young, he's old. The stakes are slightly different. I don't care what "happens when you're hunting", a man in a position of such power should be the sort of person able to correctly assess the situation. Cheney failed to do so, which reflects upon how he acts within the confines of his political status.