Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Biker gang
The motorcycle gang incident was something expected from a group of men who try to portray themselves as tough and in a sense "lawless" or above the law. The bikers were causing a scene and rallying up together on the highway. This is something most biker gangs tend to do. They want to create the image that they own the highway. This gathering created hazards and traffic. Alexian Lien was fed up and decided to drive his SUV right through the gang and paralyzed one of the bikers. The question that comes up involving this incident is 'Was Lien right or wrong?". The family of the biker who was paralyzed is pressing charges and wants to take Lien down. Lien was with his family and wasn't going to let these men stop him from what he was doing and make sure they understand that they cannot do whatever they want. These bikers almost live in a fantasy world. They are grown men who get enjoyment from driving around in there bikes and try to intimidate the public. Lien had every right to try to avoid these men and give them the idea that they are not above the law and cannot create hazards. He was chased for miles on the highway and later dragged out of his car and beaten in front of his wife and 2- year old child. These men had no right to create such problems. Lien was not intending to hurt anyone but these bikers had every right to cause violence. That is where the bikers are wrong in this situation. Lien was minding his own business and going about a regular day. It was the bikers who created conflict and in the end beat a man in front of his family which I think is tragic.
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Liam, you are the first to side decisively with the bikers. I wonder what different thought processes cause people to choose different positions? Is it that we tend to sympathize with the person who gets caught up in a situation he didn't cause, even if he then acted much worse once in that situation? Or is the case, perhaps, that people sympathize with one group more, but still can recognize that a more impartial judgment--the view of the mythical impartial spectator--cannot approve either of their conduct?
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