So is he/his lawyer getting paid by Martin Shkreli to draw some attention away from the current world heavyweight champion douche?
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Actually, thatâs similar to what actually happens. Itâs super easy for an individual to get a semi-automatic, like an AR-15, but quite hard to get a fully-automatic machine gun. But if you form an NFA trust, the trust can then buy the machine gun and other restricted items without having to jump through all the hoops an individual would have to (like background checks, fingerprints, approval from law enforcement, etc.). Then, you, and anyone in your family, can just âborrowâ the gun from your trust.
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Letâs not pretend that the violence done to this poor fellow, who only made a split-second error of judgement, hasnât ruined his life.
The violence of screaming hordes of anonymous devils, following him around the internet and probably even the real world. The violence done to his job and his reputation. The violence of the looks of fear from people on the street who recognise him. The violence of the driver who initiated this tirade of unending butchery by posting the video online.
Grow up people. This is a new world. Where otherwise upstanding captains of industry can have their whole lives ripped from them for one, tiny, miniscule, evanescent error of judgement.
And that judgement was impaired by alcohol. He hardly even meant it.
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I think the actual argument is that he posted the video online. I think the entire lawsuit is predicated on the fact that he went out of his way to publicly shame Golden.
Wow, the new users are simply coming out of the woodwork to help us understand the poor attacker isnât really that bad at all.
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California Penal Code 632(a) states:
Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Good luck getting a jury to buy that video of the plaintiff beating up the defendant is âconfidential communication.â
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Iâm thinking probably about $100K/year and a melanin score of some kind.
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What a fucking psychopath. He should have cut his losses and stayed under the radar.
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NVM - I didnât realize who the quote was aboutâŚ
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Thatâs a fair point, I grant, but I wonder if we shouldnât, generally speaking, embrace that paradigm shift. It seems like Mr. Goldenâs âerror of judgmentâ showcases a pretty horrifying part of his personalityâI donât accept the premise that the alcohol âmade him do it.â Alcohol can impair oneâs inhibitions, yes, but it cannot bring forth a capability for cruelty that wasnât already there.
I donât think we should tolerate violence or abuse, and I donât think we should give this gentleman a bye for his actionsâhe clearly believed, on some level, that he could get away with assaulting this poor man. But whatâs worth dissecting here is the fact that I imagine that, throughout the scope of human history, a lot of people have gotten away with stuff like this because there was no record to hold them accountable. Yes, itâs a new ageâand that means increased transparency and accountability.
One of two things can happen from this paradigm shift, I thinkâeither we hold people to a higher social standard, or (more likely) we gain a greater understanding of how and why people mess up, and a greater empathy for those mistakes. Either way, I think claiming that Mr. Golden is some kind of victim because people donât like the fact that he drunkenly assaulted his driver is pretty absurd.
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with a chainsaw
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Caban is the driver, the one who got beat up.
This 5M suit is a counter suit, a big fuck you to the driverâs original 25K suit - looks like the driver made the mistake of asking for a reasonable amount, a mistake Douche Bro isnât going to fall for. Anyway, this isnât a separate action. Cross complaints like this are often used to force a settlement in the matter of the original suit. Itâs just the defendantâs attorney counter attacking in a massive dickish way.
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While Iâd agree that itâs traumatic to find your name and face plastered all over the place stating youâre a monster, then losing your job and having to pretty much start over from scratch, in this case he brought it on himself. Regardless of a camera being there, it would have been made known that he was the attacker eventually and something on this caliber was bound to go viral regardless of video being taken.
I donât want him to be suffering from any sort of PTSD, but he brought it on himself. Any reasonable person would seek a therapist and not a lawyer to fix their problems in a situation like this. That, more than anything, I think is a telling indicator to what kind of person Mr. Golden is.
I find this quote to be dubious at best (and coming from a lawyer itâs likely to be technically true, but a whole load more to it). Violent behaviors very very rarely come from nowhere. The man needs help, and I think once he gets that help everyone needs to lay off him. Before he gets that help and before he takes responsibility for his actions, though, heâs on his own.
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I totally canât tell if youâre being sarcastic or not⌠But if youâre not, I salute your absurdity.
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You sometimes hear the phrase âpeople who are only alive because it would be illegal to kill themâ; but rarely do you meet such an exquisite specimen of the breed.
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I would have thought that everyone already saw the actually video when the story first came out, but barring that, the seconds passing faster than the normal length of a second are on the gif at the bottom.
Iâm going with parody based on the length of the post, lack of spelling/grammatical errors, and the phrase âupstanding captains of industry.â
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Given that the âyoung kidâ is 32 years old; and his complete lack of altercations includes the incident of him beating down the driver; Iâd say that it isnât even technically true, much less honest.
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