This morning I was listening to National Radio and heard the headline, 'Man found not guilty of manslaughter or murder after shooting his friend after a dinner party'.
Now I don't know about you, but immediately my (maturity-of-about-a-six-year-old) brain goes, 'What? The guy got to the end of dinner and said 'That was shit!', reached for his rifle and BOOM!
Obviously the real story is horribly tragic and not like that at all but, I'm sorry, you give me a headline like that, and that's what I'm going to think.
The guy who was killed obviously had serious issues (not to mention no manners can't you be serious for a moment?), he was awaiting trial for slashing a man's face at an Auckland nightclub, he had assaulted his girlfriend on a number of occasions and had been involved in a road rage incident.
The night he was killed he had charged through the house, attacked five others and left another party-goer semi conscious and attacked the hostess. So you can kind of understand how the evening ended up in the ugly mess it did.
But that headline, maybe if they'd left 'dinner party' out of it, possibly my brain may have processed it with a little more maturity ?
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I know. They make it sound so civil in a way. The man politely waited for his friend to finish dining... then blew his freakin' brains out. Oh yes, so much nicer that way.
Exactly. Also, from what my waking brain remembers, it didn't sound so much like a dinner party - but more of an extended drinking session.
I've been to dinner parties like that. Shootings too good for em!
After dinner mint or...?
They obviously passed the port to the left instead of to the right. Shooting is too good for them...
wow. i had not heard about this. i guess it was skipped over so that the 'balloon boy' could be covered and covered, and .....covered.
i agree, i am not sure that two or three mismatched couches facing each other should be called "a dinner party."
Yeah balloon boy really got blanket coverage, didn't it? His father must be so proud.
I note that while he is still denying it, his wife has fessed, and they have employed separate lawyers.
I'm guessing Christmas will be a riot in that household.
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