Retired cop guns down man for texting at Florida movie

Texting during the ads is more acceptable than texting during the previews which is more acceptable than texting during the movie. I'm not clear if it was ads or previews running at 1:04, but I can see there could be a difference.

Not that I have any sympathy. I think people should be more circumspect about other people's texting -- usually, they're brief and sometimes they're actually important. And, the old guy's complaining (and of course the shooting) was excessive.

But, I do have sympathy because I suspect his brain is deteriorating in Crotchety Old Man Syndrome. I see my father turning crotchety in his old age, which I believe must be chemical. I suspect this guy is suffering in the same way and made some very poor choices as a result. I'd rather not have 71 year olds carrying guns, but then I also don't want anyone carrying a gun, so whatever.

 

Not only is your analogy not perfect it isn't even good because you are using a boss and an employee. If you were using two employees doing the same thing and one reports the other one to the boss then the analogy would be perfect. And in that situation the other employee would be a hypocrite for ratting on his co-worker for doing the same thing he did.

 

How is he a hypocrite. Employee 1 was watching a movie on his own time while Employee 2 was watching on company time. He might be a rat fink, but not a hypocrite.

 

You're right I missed the part about him doing it before work...either way my post was just to show how him that his analogy between a boss and a coworker wasn't comparable at all to this situation.

And this guy is a hypocrite and a murderer. Anyone that freaks out that much over someone texting in a movie theater any time before the movie has issues.

Once the actual movie starts it's understandable. Before the movie who really cares other than people with issues or people that just like to be dicks and confrontational.

 

the analogy is still flawed.... as it assumes either party in the theater was texting during the movie.... they were both texting prior to the actual start of the movie.... the man was killed during the previews...

wekko368 thinking it's a "perfect" analogy just shows how perfectly disconnected he is from the reality of the situation...

 

Really, now...? "Crotchety Old Man Syndrome" is not a mental illness... he was well aware of his actions, as he's now showing no remorse and actually trying to excuse/cover-up the severity of his actions by placing blame on the victim, whom all witness, including his wife, have stated had done nothing to him let alone posed a threat...

 

This might be hard for you to comprehend, but some people might actually like watching the previews.

 

Obviously enough to shoot a man over a shiny light behind him while they are on. I'll never make a snarky comment about how ****ty a movie looks based on the preview ever again.

 

Speaking of difficulties with comprehension...... He was texting with his phone, not obnoxiously talking on it... and he was doing so from his seat, not with a projector aimed at the movie screen... nor was he doing so standing right in front of the "crotchety old man", deliberately blocking his view...

Why is anyone... let alone a couple of people... trying to even ever so lightly excuse this man's behavior...? I'm not talking about excusing his actions... his behavior.... There was NO justifiable reason to have gotten THAT upset over someone texting during previews, to keep making an issue of it until the dreaded deadly "popcorn" we keep pointing out was thrown at his person....

 

It was a perfect analogy. I'm sorry you lack the mental capacity to understand it.

Consider what's happening 15 minutes before the movie starts. The lights are still on. People are at the concession stand. People are finding seats. People are buying tickets. There's absolutely nothing wrong with talking/texting at this time.

Now consider what's happening during the previews. The lights are off, and the patrons have already been asked to turn off their cell phones. The vast majority of movie-goers have already been seated. People are watching the screen. At that point, it's considered very rude to be texting or talking.

Look at it this way. If the previews are playing, and someone is talking on his phone, you can ask an usher to intervene, and the usher will comply.

On the other hand, let's say that the movie will start in 15 minutes, and someone is talking on his phone. If you ask an usher to intervene, he'll laugh at you.

 

Again, Reeves shot Coulson because they got in a pissing match against each other and puffed their chests. Coulson wasn't directly shot because he was texting. I don't see how that's hard to understand.

Nobody is excusing Reeves's behavior. Everyone agrees he should go to jail. While I agree that I wouldn't be that upset over someone texting during previews, I can't tell other people what to think or be annoyed at. If someone is bothered by texting during previews, that's within his/her right.

I think everyone can agree that cooler heads should have prevailed in this situation, but clearly, we had two adult children alphas end up making dumb and tragic decisions.

 

It was a ridiculously stupid - and failed - attempt at an analogy.

 

It's a dark theater, and Oulson was sitting a row in front of Reeves. That means that the bright light from Oulson's phone was right in front of Reeves. It's distracting.

When pride and ego are involved, logic goes out the window.

 

That's right wekko.... When everyone that's responded to your analogy points out it's lack of logic... it's their minds that are the problem... certainly not the mind that actually conceived that incredibly idiotic perspective....

 

Since you didn't understand the point of the analogy, I'm not surprised you feel this way.

 

So are the sounds of people eating popcorn or nachos, or starting to settle into their seats, and other things people do while previews are rolling... some people are even coming in late from the concession stand...

If you can't handle public situations where an experience is shared with multiple parties outside your control.... stay home... the world isn't here to adjust to your preferences... Either learn to deal with small public inconveniences better.... or don't go out where the public is at all....

Well, this certainly explains your analogy as well as the point of view that spawned it...

 

My analogy was intended to demonstrate how an acceptable action can be unacceptable 15 minutes later, even if performed at the same location. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Keeping that in mind, it you think there's a problem with my analogy, I'd very much like to hear it.

 

Oh, me so manly... me throw popcorn hard at you... now prove mightier manhood than me deadly throw of soft, puffy eats...

For god's sake........ His WIFE SAID... that there was no threat posed by the victim toward her husband... and this is including the thrown popcorn... If an elderly woman can't see it as a threat, why the hell should an old retired ex-cop...? Let's put this "they were both being stupid with their macho behavior" nonsense to rest...

No one's telling you to instruct others on how to behave... I'm telling you, there was no justifiable reason for him to have gotten so upset to INSIST on making it a bigger issue than it was even after going to the manager about the source of his "annoyance'....

Again, enough with this idiocy that puts the victim on the same level of stupidity as the perpetrator of the horrible crime...

 

You're incapable of hearing it... as it's only been pointed out to you by multiple parties and it's still not getting through...

 

If you can't conform to social convention, stay home. It's that simple.