13-year-old boy fatally shot man whose leg was blocking aisle of bus, Denver police say

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13-year-old boy fatally shot man whose leg was blocking aisle of bus, Denver police say
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Denver police have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a public bus.

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While I do think this situation is tragic all around, I feel the need to post the definition of "Joke" from Wikipedia:

"A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done using a pun or other type of word play, irony or sarcasm, logical incompatibility, hyperbole, or other means."

And so I think his comment was an absolutely valid joke. You can joke about horrible things and still remain respectful. Actually it's a very therapeutic and didactic thing to do, if done right.

my point is the golden rule of tragedy + time, and how you failed that equation, but whatevs. no one is sayin ya cant be gross, and im allowed my opinion.

One is allowed to call a joke gross regardless of the definition of a joke.

That’s disrespectful of their freedom of speech.

Lmao, I see you troll account, trying to fit in with a parody of American culture...nice lol

Nothing like that, I just think we should ban people who don’t respect t other people’s free speech.

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