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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)

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J:

--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 17 Oct 2015, 05:45 ---I think people are overstating her danger by quite a bit. She did not hit Faye. She did not miss by accident. She was sending a clear warning to someone who doesn't take verbal or non verbal clues or requests to leave her alone. Bubbles is well aware of that fact because that is exactly why she got herself into the situation at the party in the first place. Faye kept pushing and pushing until she found the right button to mash. So the only thing Bubbles had left as she saw it was a direct physical threat.

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i'm sure the fact that bubbles was only threatening to murder faye, rather than actually murdering her will be of great comfort to whomever has to pay for the damage she did to their wall.



--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 17 Oct 2015, 05:45 ---Then she went home and tried to work out her frustration on some heavy bags. It didn't work, but at no time during any of this did she lose control, or was actually a danger, aside from freak accidents with flying masonry. Given the fact she can put her fist through all that leather and sand, it's quite likely that she pulled her punch on the wall, using only enough to demonstrate her strength.

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i'm fully willing to give her the benefit of the doubt that she wasn't actually trying to hurt faye; and that she keeps her fists properly sighted in and calibrated, so the chance of killing her accidentally was minimal. but the fact remains that her answer to the question "How do I get this annoying person to leave me alone" was "Attempt to terrify them with threats of physical violence!".

this is not the behavior of a responsible & fully rational person.



--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 17 Oct 2015, 05:45 ---Also keep in mind that Pintsize didn't have a military grade chassis taken from him. He had an active military weapon.

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actually, if i recall correctly, they had to be talked out of just confiscating the whole body, & settled for just taking the laser as a reasonable compromise.

actually, the fact that she's driving around in a military chassis is basically irrelevant; if she were behaving this way in a powerful industrial machine, it would be just as bad.

cesium133:

--- Quote from: J on 17 Oct 2015, 05:02 ---
--- Quote from: theMarc on 14 Oct 2015, 23:35 ---"My sex life?  Yes, yes, I've got top men working on it as we speak."

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well it's either that, or you handle everything yourself.


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"My sex life is a DIY project."

Neko_Ali:

--- Quote from: J on 17 Oct 2015, 05:57 ---i'm fully willing to give her the benefit of the doubt that she wasn't actually trying to hurt faye; and that she keeps her fists properly sighted in and calibrated, so the chance of killing her accidentally was minimal. but the fact remains that her answer to the question "How do I get this annoying person to leave me alone" was "Attempt to terrify them with threats of physical violence!".

this is not the behavior of a responsible & fully rational person.

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Perhaps you missed all the comics and where I talked about how Bubbles has been trying for a while to get Faye to leave her alone, all of which have failed. 'Subtle' just doesn't work on Faye. Neither did directly saying it to her face. Even trying to walk away from the situation that was causing her so much distress wasn't enough to get Faye to go away. I'm not saying she's fully rational. If she was she wouldn't be suffering so much. And honestly, who really is? Everyone has their baggage to carry. I'm saying that Bubbles is actually responsible and in control, and not a significant danger to other people unless she chooses to be. And she has consistently chosen not to be, including when she had to use physical violence to get her point across.

And a wall is a lot easier to repair than smashing Faye's face.

J:
help me out here; am i completely misunderstanding your point, or are you saying that it's ok to use threats of physical violence and cause property damage, if someone is sufficiently annoying?




--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 17 Oct 2015, 07:05 ---Subtle' just doesn't work on Faye. Neither did directly saying it to her face. Even trying to walk away from the situation that was causing her so much distress was enough to get Faye to go away.

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ok, subtle doesn't work. fine. how about telling their mutual employer "The new girl won't stop pestering me with personal questions, please tell her to mind her own business." or maybe just ignore any non-work related conversation attempts. or just don't show up at the party. hell, even if we're just talking about this particular incident; bubbles has a running speed of 30 kliks, she can easily remove herself from the situation without damaging innocent masonry.

because even if bubbles is fully in control of her actions, that doesn't change the fact that she's causing property damage and threatening to murder someone who isn't just not threatening her, but is completely incapable of threatening her. all that would mean is that she either couldn't see any of the other options available to her, or that she could see them, and chose that one as being preferable.


so imagine this: if i were a person who carried a handgun on a daily basis, and someone i didn't like wouldn't stop talking to me.  and so i pull out my gun and put a few rounds into the wall 10 inches from their head. should i be allowed to keep that gun?

Neko_Ali:
Well first of all, Faye is capable of harming Bubbles emotionally, just not as easily physically. Nor am I saying it's okay or acceptable to harm or threaten to harm someone. But yes, sometimes some people just don't get the hint unless you go to extreme measures when everything else has failed. Also emotional distress will cause people to act out in ways they normally wouldn't. Should we lock up everyone who loses their temper because they could be violent? If that was the case, Faye should have been locked up long ago. She frequently would use threats and violence to get her way. People seem to be reacting more strongly about Bubble's punch because she's 'big and scary military robot' which is exactly how Bubbles thinks that people consider her.

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