Mario brother was in court today

[Hystameme©]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jgw4dv3dgo

They're trying him in three separate cases apparently and the death penalty is something they're going for.

[steven1mac]

It is all about sending a message to the rest of the population, just in case they get any funny ideas.

[Electric Cupcake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xWbRBLj2I

[portable cattleman]

Death penalty seems a bit excessive, especially considering what he did seemed to be a net positive for pretty much everyone in the US.

That's assuming he DID do it and wasn't the fall guy, anyway.

[HIVEmind]

What happened to the old fashioned way of tar and feather.

[Ulfrinn]

Oh no, a murderer in court? What is the world coming to?!

[Ulfrinn]

Originally posted by portable cattleman:

Death penalty seems a bit excessive, especially considering what he did seemed to be a net positive for pretty much everyone in the US.

That's assuming he DID do it and wasn't the fall guy, anyway.

A net positive? He murdered some guy who wasn't even head of the company, and was immediately replaced. At the end of the day all he managed to do was murder someone.

[The Maddog]

Look what I did to this country with a single bullet. Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a average citizen will get stabbed, or a school will be shot up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan". But when I shot one little C.E.O responsible for a lot of pain, suffering and death, well then everyone loses their minds....

[salamander]

the photos of him in chains escorted by a small army of polices would make a good album cover

[Uncle Sam]

Originally posted by steven1mac:

It is all about sending a message to the rest of the population, just in case they get any funny ideas.

This OP, the system is making an example of the dude. So the peasants, don't even dare to think about a revolt.

[MEGA MAN]

luigi boarded

[Not Big Surprise]

one murder but three sentences
hmmm

[Hystameme©]

Originally posted by The Maddog:

Look what I did to this country with a single bullet. Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a average citizen will get stabbed, or a school will be shot up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan". But when I shot one little C.E.O responsible for a lot of pain, suffering and death, well then everyone loses their minds....

Heath Ledger, may he RIP <3

Sadly, the quote rings true in the real world.

[Defenestration]

Originally posted by Ulfrinn:

Oh no, a murderer in court? What is the world coming to?!

Originally posted by Ulfrinn:

Originally posted by portable cattleman:

Death penalty seems a bit excessive, especially considering what he did seemed to be a net positive for pretty much everyone in the US.

That's assuming he DID do it and wasn't the fall guy, anyway.

A net positive? He murdered some guy who wasn't even head of the company, and was immediately replaced. At the end of the day all he managed to do was murder someone.

Brian Thompson was literally the CEO, that absolutely makes him head of the company. For 20 years he participated in a company that let people die solely for profits, and just like many oligarchs and other greedy elites, he would've never faced prison time nor get punished in any other way nor change for the better. How do you expect the public to react when the justice system has failed to do its job by going after companies like UHC and the people profiting off of the death and suffering of others? Should the American revolutionaries back then just let the British continue to ruin their lives?

[Hystameme©]

Originally posted by Uncle Sam:

Originally posted by steven1mac:

It is all about sending a message to the rest of the population, just in case they get any funny ideas.

This OP, the system is making an example of the dude. So the peasants, don't even dare to think about a revolt.

Agreed
Except there's nothing they can do to him that would make things go to the pre-Luigi era of just taking it as it is.

If they hand him the death penalty, unlikely as that may be, they'll make him into a martyr and he will never be forgotten. Who knows how that will play out.

If they give him the maximum prison sentence, he will likely flourish in prison and write a book. That is if he doesn't get suicided or driven to insanity because it's doubtful they'll just let him ride it out in peace.

Either way, people will talk about this issue more openly. For example, true crime documentaries and maybe a big Hollywood movie will be made about him, and more importantly, why he did what he did. TC YT-bers already released some.

The discourse for fixing the utterly broken system that is the healthcare in the leader of the free world (rolls eyes) will always be alive.

I personally hope he gets a mistrial or acquitted altogether for whatever legal reason.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Gang shootings in the streets, rampant drug problems both prescription and illegal, crime in big cities going through the roof, un-affordable healthcare... Nobody bats an eye.

One evil billionaire CEO responsible for denying life-saving medical care with a body-count in the millions, gets "YIPEEE YAHOO WAH HA'd!" in the streets... Everyone loses their freaking minds!