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Some soulless twit shot a woman in the eye with a paintball gun. And it’s very likely she’s going to lose the eye.

Maybe I’ve been fortunate it my travels but I’ve come across very few people in my life who would just go out and think stuff like that was a good idea. At least in Canada.

Which leaves that (hopefully) small percentage of human offal that thinks that this is cool. These people must be fundamentally broken. It’s the only excuse that they could possibly use to justify even the thought of it.

About 4-5 years ago while I was living in my first apartment in Ottawa I was walking down Meadowlands from the corner store back home with a bag in each hand. I was mostly looking down as I walked but I took a quick glance up for no particular reason and a wet snowball exploded on my neck. Or at least that’s the only thing I could think of as I reeled from the surprise impact.

And I had been pretty lucky. Since there was no one around me it had to have been thrown from a passing car. I think I took a quick glance but figured whoever did it was already gone by then. So the 40Kph+ shelled projectile mostly struck the hard point of my collar bone so it didn’t actually hurt that much. An inch up and to my left and it would have hit a soft spot on my throat. Which would have hurt a lot.

If I had been as unlucky as this poor woman and caught the egg in the eye, while not as hard as a paintball, there could have been real risk from eggshell shards.

So what kind of worthless person does this kind of thing? What makes them able to do this to another person? Is it violent video games? Too much TV? Unlikely. The only games I play are violent and I’m proud to say I was raised by Television – and there’s no way in hell I’d be a part of stuff like this. Sorry Jack, no easy way out.

I really hope that there’s some justice to this, but I think it’s doubtful. The kids involved in this might not do this again, but I don’t think they’ll really regret it. And it probably also means that they have what it takes to climb the corporate ladder.

This must be one of those signs that you’re getting older. (A theme I explore on a daily basis.)

I just don’t understand the “young folk” these days.

Strilchuk, 16, said she and her friends had no life-jackets. When she saw a man clutching one, she pleaded with him to hand it over.

She said she made a fist and punched him in the face when he wouldn’t.

“He was holding it and he was 40 years old and we were kids,” she explained, adding that she pulled the life-jacket from him and gave it to a friend.

Strilchuk said she later punched another man and took his life-jacket for herself.

We were kids is not a justification!

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Mr. Allain just happens to be 40 years old. Some are doing the theoretical math.

I’m a little ashamed that these were Canadian students.

This is a total travesty. A total travesty.

Geeks of the world rise up to free Prime!

He’d do it for you and you know it.

A buddy of mine from work today had a birthday…. What did he get for it??? Looks like some random jerk walked by his car dragging a marker behind him.

What the hell? Who does stuff like this?

He was able to get it off with some special car cleaner thankfully. The irony of this is the big thing about turning 25 is that you car insurance goes down.

Yes, I’m invoking the Morissette Irony Clause of the 1996. Back off dictionary Nazis!

This makes me nervous about getting back into the drivers seat.

Awesome T-Shirt at Threadless.

Filipino kid: You are American?
Tourist: No, I’m a Canadian. It’s like an American, but without the gun.

-Kids in the Hall