SkiingAway t1_j3rmxw7 wrote on January 10, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Reply to comment by baxterstate in Manchester, NH man arrested twice in same day on assault charges by Chappy_Sinclair_

I go to a lot of concerts, used to work some too.

You know the crowd you typically don't have a problem with? Metal fans. 10,000 "scary-looking" people that make that guy look mild for appearance, and nearly all of them will behave just fine.

Meanwhile, you have some show that gets the buttoned-up middle age suburbanite out like a contemporary/pop country act or classic rock acts, and it'll be a shitshow from before the doors even open. Police/security will barely be able to keep up with the number of people needing to be thrown out or arrested.

It's not anything to do with political correctness or "wokeness", it's simply that if that sort of appearance was ever much of an indication of average behavior, it certainly isn't these days. (this guy excepted, clearly).

baxterstate t1_j3snw0q wrote on January 10, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Please don't make up absurd examples. I'm an old timer who saw Johnny Cash in Boston back around 1970. He had Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers with him. No one got out of hand, no one got arrested.

I'm not saying that appearance is always an indication of behavior. We have the example of Ted Bundy to prove that. That's the exception. The guy in the picture is not what I'd call "dressed for success".

If you disagree with me there's nothing more I can say.

Answer this: You think the guy in the picture will look like that when he goes to court or if his case goes to trial? Of course not! His lawyer will make sure he's dressed in at least a jacket and tie. Probably have to pick it out for him. No green hair either.

SkiingAway t1_j3svkda wrote on January 10, 2023 at 9:07 PM

> back around 1970

Yeah, and it's not 1970 now. Appearances, and average behaviors of people who look a certain way (or like a certain thing), have changed slightly. Another fun one - ~43% of millennials have at least 1 tattoo vs 13% for baby boomers.

> The guy in the picture is not what I'd call "dressed for success".

Well no, he looks pretty poorly groomed even for his style. Of course, I'd wager being in a fight and the jailhouse photographer aren't catching anyone on their good days, either.

As for the general hairstyle sort of thing - plenty of the professional class looks like that today, that wouldn't stand out at all in the average tech company, and those guys are pulling down $200-400k comp much of the time.

> Answer this: You think the guy in the picture will look like that when he goes to court or if his case goes to trial? Of course not! His lawyer will make sure he's dressed in at least a jacket and tie. Probably have to pick it out for him. No green hair either.

Sure. Some areas of the world change slower than others, and law loves it's traditions, procedures, and symbols - and the intelligent person in a courtroom plays the part when in one.