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Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:01 am
by Velocity
In what can only be described as one of the more "interesting" negligent discharge stories - a man recently shot a woman in Malaysia after mistaking her for a monkey.
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Man mistakes woman for a monkey, shoots her
Malaysian police say victim was picking fruit in neighbor's tree
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29685956/?GT1=43001
I suppose the "know your target" is the primary rule to apply here. At least the victim is "stable".
Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:33 am
by ninemm
Maybe she looked more like this than we realize.

Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:38 am
by barres
Maybe I'm becoming cynical, but wouldn't the primary rule to apply here be: Don't trespass and steal fruit from your neighbor's tree?
Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:39 pm
by RECIT
I agree...you mess with a dog and you get bit. Now two wrongs don't make a right by any means, he broke the 4 rules...
Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:41 pm
by HighVelocity
Velocity wrote:In what can only be described as one of the more "interesting" negligent discharge stories - a man recently shot a woman in Malaysia after mistaking her for a monkey.
I"m not sure whether to

or
Man mistakes woman for a monkey, shoots her
Malaysian police say victim was picking fruit in neighbor's tree
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29685956/?GT1=43001
I suppose the "know your target" is the primary rule to apply here. At least the victim is "stable".
Don't you mean know your primate?
Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:58 pm
by tfrazier
For the PETA folks, the good news is no monkeys were injured in the shooting of this person.
Re: Man mistakes neighbor for monkey and shoots her
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:02 pm
by 03Lightningrocks
tfrazier wrote:For the PETA folks, the good news is no monkeys were injured in the shooting of this person.
Classic...
