Okay. We’re clearly not going to agree, but it’s not like it’d bring the kid back if we did. At least we were both able to acknowledge that this was a tragedy. Better than most conversations on the internet go.

My best to you and yours.

Your entire premise only works if you believe the kid was entirely naive to the contents of the two bottles he was carrying across the border. Maybe that was the case, maybe it wasn’t. I wasn’t there. Neither were you. Tell yourself your judgment is sound because you’ve “considered the facts” to come to it, but you…

“Apparently, the border agents knew that he was carrying something dangerous, but they made him drink it anyway.”

“Only a dumbass.”
—Person ignoring the obvious.

The kid absolutely had a choice to make in that situation: Admit guilt and potentially do jail-time for committing a crime, or risk a serious medical emergency/death to avoid the consequences of that crime. At 16-years-old, I would’ve been scared shitless in his shoes,…

“Have a gun to your head, and be told to do something.”

—Person (who has definitely never had a gun to their head and been told to do something during) ignoring that no gun was held to anyone’s head in this situation. The kid would’ve faced jail-time for a crime, and the dickhead border patrol agents told the kid to…

What’s the history there? Is there long-term beef? Why is that dude so pissed off?! lol =X

When did “whitesplain” become a word? Is trying to talk one’s way out of having to face the music when one says/does something racist exclusive to white people?

...you think a half-gallon of water strains the limits of human intake? I mean, have you ever drank one of those “sport” bottles of Gatorade? The whole thing after doing strenuous activity? That’s 32 ounces right there. 32 ounces is a quart. Drink two of those and you’re at a half-gallon.

In what world is drinking 64…

White dude here. Definitely did not ever say/feel “I don’t see what the big deal is, really” regarding this situation. Not sure how anyone could miss what was fucked up about this situation. That said, I’m also not sure how there are people (read: idiots) in this country who use the phrase “racism is dead” with a…

He mentioned that in the video. This was his reward: Finally getting to talk about it.

...this was his occupation. It’s how he made money to support his family. When “making money to support your family” is priority number one, your priorities are pretty fucking straight.

Be careful, man. I can’t imagine anyone being as simple-minded as you are without eventually hurting themselves.

Thanks.

Two things:

1. The “PIT” maneuver comment is irrelevant. The situations are entirely different, and in one of them, harm is almost guaranteed to come to another human being, while it’s almost guaranteed not to in the other. Stop it.

2. “So you would *willingly commit a crime* to get to work on time?”
This is a stupid…

Literally eight years later:

“We never could get into Chess. Too slow.”

...and then he/she would’ve been late for work, so he/she would’ve gotten fucked either way? Hell no.

The way I see it: One person created a bad situation where there had been none beforehand. The person he/she created a bad situation for (henceforth referred to as “the victim”) took it upon himself/herself to try to…

*Heroes.

Also, re: heroes, dude specifically referenced journalists reporting on forgotten wars, as well as those that tell the truth about war lords and drug cartels despite the 100% legitimate threat of physical harm that could come to them for doing so.

C- effort (with a curve), “asshole.”

When they said Washington crossed the “Delaware,” they were referring to a river...

I can’t believe how much I hate this dude’s neighbors. They’re so cock-sure about their own righteousness in this video that I half-expected Jesus himself to appear at a few points with his hands on their shoulders and a resolute smile on his face... while those hands slowly crept up to their necks in preparation for…

All due respect, when the phrase “death to all Jews” is used by someone to ultimately make a profit (by way of the views this “shock humor” garnered), the context genuinely doesn’t matter.

The guy wasn’t “trying to show how far people would go,” the guy was trying to do something shocking to make a buck, and it bit…

I’m not sure how what I said merited this reply — I voted for Hilary — but to each their own, I guess.