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In reply to the discussion: Report: Fla. officer shoots, kills naked attacker [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)75. Wasn't meant to be a joke.
Somebody who has symptoms of rabies, doesn't know what it is, and doesn't want to deal with our country's medical system is bound to try to self-medicate, especially if he's doing street drugs anyway. Plus given his grave condition and deteriorating mental state, his self-medication is bound to be rather extreme.
The more I think about it, the more I'm surprised it hasn't happened before given the fact that there has been a rabies epidemic running unabated through the nation's wildlife for the last fifty years, and our health care system has been deteriorating over that time. Plus, we have a higher number of homeless who would be exposed to a variety of infected fauna.
But since you mention it, and since I couldn't possibly know one random guy who had an infected kid would be reading it, you're right, it is funny. I'm glad you found Dr. House, then.
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I may be jumping to conclusions here but I'm starting to suspect drugs may have been involved
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#81
might not be easy to get the attention of someone chewing on another's face. just sayin'. eom
ellenfl
May 2012
#10
Agreed. The Chew-ee was being mauled by the Chew-er to the point of getting 'critical injuries.'
freshwest
May 2012
#23
I find myself wondering what happened to those tasers the cops seem to love to play with?
notadmblnd
May 2012
#58
I'm comfortable with the cops shooting someone actively in the process of attempting murder. (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2012
#60
If someone decides to do meth they already "are" stupid, meth just enhances their stupidity. nt
cstanleytech
May 2012
#19
Let me be the first to say it was a righteous shoot, if the facts are correct.
bemildred
May 2012
#41
I don't know Dr. House, whatever that refers to and I wasn't saying it was funny. The reference to
freshwest
May 2012
#77
Why was it worth mentioning in the headline that the guy was naked but not that...
BlueStater
May 2012
#83
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Scurrilous
May 2012
#85