Here we go again...

[Venkman]

Originally Posted by Flystripper

Pulling a gun in that situation is psychopathIC. The fact that he burned their clothes may demonstrate that he is not a psychopath but it does not classify his gun brandishing behavior as non-psycopathic.

I disagree. His behavior was human. His "crime" was one of passion, not psychopathy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by marsupial

Now this is where I say, "here we go again." This has been hashed out before on this site, but I just got to say that if the husband was a proctor father doing a 16-year-old girl you would not make the same statement. There's a double standard where there shouldn't be.

Yes. Society would be much harsher if it were the husband getting it on with a 16-yr-old girl. No question.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Venkman

I'm not aware of a more effective way of saying "get off my wife and the hell out of my home".

I guess I'm in the minority here, but while probably not the right thing to do, pulling a gun in this situation is understandable. Shooting it is another matter, but brandishing it is not inexcusable. The judge should give him a slap on the wrist.

Pulling a gun on someone in clear anger is assault with a deadly weapon....a felony. Fairly problematic given that he was in absolutely NO physical danger himself.

Pulling a gun to escalate a situation when there is no physical danger is crazy.

If he was pissed, he should have simply given the kid a beatdown with his fists. Or grabbed him and tossed him out the front door.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by Spaz

This sort of thing always baffles me. I don't know many men who, if their wife asked for more frequent sex, wouldn't be more than willing to go for it.

Also, I really doubt that these women who prey on teenage boys are doing so because they are not getting enough sex from their husbands or boyfriends. They are pedophiles and they get some sick satisfaction out of having sex with boys that they don't get when they are with grown men.

[ute4ever]

My French teacher at East High in SLC got pregnant by one of her 12th grade students. Since he was 18 at the time, she kept her job and everything.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

My French teacher at East High in SLC got pregnant by one of her 12th grade students. Since he was 18 at the time, she kept her job and everything.

Was she married?

I don't condone the ethics myself, but I can understand someone who would feel the lines are blurred in a situation with a legal adult student and unattached, female teacher.

[Solon]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

It has been a long time, but I seem to recall from my Crim Law class that there was actually a common law defense IF you caught your wife messing around and then shot her or the lover. Any help on this one?

The Murder of Eratosthenes by Euphiletus
Ca. 400 BCE.

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/antholog...osthenes.shtml

Yes, it has been a long time.

2400 years.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by Spaz

Was she married?

I don't condone the ethics myself, but I can understand someone who would feel the lines are blurred in a situation with a legal adult student and unattached, female teacher.

Of course, she has legal standing, but I still think the school board should discipline, if not fire her for fooling around with any student, even one who is of age.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Flystripper

Pulling a gun in that situation is psychopathIC. The fact that he burned their clothes may demonstrate that he is not a psychopath but it does not classify his gun brandishing behavior as non-psycopathic.

IT may have foolish and hot-headed but wanting to kill a cheating spouse in the heat of the moment is not psychopathic. And pulling something to scare them doesn't appear to meet any rational definition in my book.

[Flystripper]

Originally Posted by Archaea

IT may have foolish and hot-headed but wanting to kill a cheating spouse in the heat of the moment is not psychopathic. And pulling something to scare them doesn't appear to meet any rational definition in my book.

Wanting to actually KILL anyone that is not a physical threat to you or anyone else seems psychopathic to me no matter how upset or angry you are. Now this guy calmed down enough to burn their clothes instead of shooting them but in the instant when he was angry enough to pull a gun he was psychopathic.