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nthomas504 t1_jcz3qim wrote

He stole a car, endangered a cops life, and attempted to flee.

He couldn’t have handled the situation worse. Could the cops have done better? Sure. But this notion that this kid didn’t deserve this is kinda wild. Any death is tragic in some way, but he put himself into this by committing a crime, then becoming violent with the police. At that point, he should have just turned himself in.

I don’t like the how policing is in this country, but this isn’t an example of why.

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glopmod OP t1_jcz2kgb wrote

People don't make the assumption that cherry blossom flavored food tastes like cherry because the trees are biologically similar.

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They make the assumption because they assume a cherry blossom flavor tastes like cherries.

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If everything cherry blossom flavored was called sakura no one would make that mistake.

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I didn't say or suggest they were totally unrelated plants.

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FairfaxGirl t1_jcz14gm wrote

ā€œSound the same in one languageā€? What is that supposed to mean? Botanically, ornamental cherry trees, sweet cherry trees, and sour cherry trees are all prunus trees. Of course the blossoms don’t taste the same as the fruit, that isn’t because the trees are some totally unrelated plants that just have names that rhyme or something.

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