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Man Arrested for using ShakeWeight in Public

dirtpoorchris

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This is a travesty of human rights.
 
On the one hand, yeah...it's a funny prank.

On the other hand, it could be a dangerous prank.

For example, what if a person was driving by, saw that and was distracted enough to crash into a stopped car in front of them. Or how about a little old lady, pushing her walker down the sidewalk, seeing that and keeling over from a heart attack from the shock.

I think those guys should have been warned not to push the prank any further and if they kept doing it...arrest them for being a public nuisance.
 
Mycroft said:
On the one hand, yeah...it's a funny prank.

On the other hand, it could be a dangerous prank.

For example, what if a person was driving by, saw that and was distracted enough to crash into a stopped car in front of them. Or how about a little old lady, pushing her walker down the sidewalk, seeing that and keeling over from a heart attack from the shock.

I think those guys should have been warned not to push the prank any further and if they kept doing it...arrest them for being a public nuisance.
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How would that be the guys fault. It’s the drivers responsibility to pay attention to their driving
 
Mycroft said:
On the one hand, yeah...it's a funny prank.

On the other hand, it could be a dangerous prank.

For example, what if a person was driving by, saw that and was distracted enough to crash into a stopped car in front of them. Or how about a little old lady, pushing her walker down the sidewalk, seeing that and keeling over from a heart attack from the shock.

I think those guys should have been warned not to push the prank any further and if they kept doing it...arrest them for being a public nuisance.
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I've seen plenty of women in g-strings at beaches while driving. No crash.
 
AProudLefty said:
I've seen plenty of women in g-strings at beaches while driving. No crash.
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I think one expects to see women in g-strings on beach streets. One doesn't expect to see what looks like a guy stroking one off on a city street.
 
Mycroft said:
I think one expects to see women in g-strings on beach streets. One doesn't expect to see what looks like a guy stroking one off on a city street.
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I expect one to pay attention. In the day and age of texting, we don't see many crashes, do we?
 
Crovax said:
How would that be the guys fault. It’s the drivers responsibility to pay attention to their driving
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I didn't say the accident would be the prankster's fault, I said the prank could be dangerous. Of course, it's the driver's responsibility to pay attention to their driving. That doesn't negate the public nuisance aspect of the prankster.
 
Mycroft said:
I think one expects to see women in g-strings on beach streets. One doesn't expect to see what looks like a guy stroking one off on a city street.
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Depends on where you're at I suppose. Was this in San Francisco? LA? San Diego? May not be that unexpected.
 
Mycroft said:
I didn't say the accident would be the prankster's fault, I said the prank could be dangerous. Of course, it's the driver's responsibility to pay attention to their driving. That doesn't negate the public nuisance aspect of the prankster.
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The argument your making is one that concerns me. I think claiming something to be a public nuisance or a safety concern must be very clearly and specifically defined.

I understand your point and to some exent I empathize with it but at the same time i can see how a broad interpretation can be ripe for abuse.

For instance a billboard can fall into that catagory as well as many innocuous things.

Thinking on it as im writing this post i think im opposed to this be a criminal matter but would leave open the door for someone being civilly liable for any damages it may cause if it can be proven in a court of law that its reasonable to expect that it would cause said damages.

I think its important to tred carefully when it comes to arresting people expressing themselves.

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AProudLefty said:
I've seen plenty of women in g-strings at beaches while driving. No crash.
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I normally have to pull over and wait for them to pass during such events. Im very safety concious, even if it means i need to stay there all day until the last g-string goes home.

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Mycroft said:
I didn't say the accident would be the prankster's fault, I said the prank could be dangerous. Of course, it's the driver's responsibility to pay attention to their driving. That doesn't negate the public nuisance aspect of the prankster.
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Just because morons might be driving doesn’t make the prank “dangerous”
 
Props to all the cops who had a great personality and laughed at this except the dude at the end!
 
Bodhisattva said:
This might be a sign of homosexuality...
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Mycroft said:
On the one hand, yeah...it's a funny prank.

On the other hand, it could be a dangerous prank.

For example, what if a person was driving by, saw that and was distracted enough to crash into a stopped car in front of them. Or how about a little old lady, pushing her walker down the sidewalk, seeing that and keeling over from a heart attack from the shock.

I think those guys should have been warned not to push the prank any further and if they kept doing it...arrest them for being a public nuisance.
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This reminds me of the episode on South Park! :lol:
 
Next week's headline:

Shake weight shootout: cops gun down shaking prankster
Weight 'looked like a pipe bomb', officers claim

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