I mean, I’ve done incredibly stupid things when I was panicking, so I can believe it. I’ve never pulled a fire alarm, but I have had the experience where your brain just stops working right. Is that malicious? I suppose it still might be.
Either way, I wouldn’t expect to avoid the consequences of my decisions. If I did something stupid, I did something stupid. My motivations don’t really enter into the equation. This guy fucked up in a big way, and he deserves whatever is coming to him. Frankly, a censure is barely a slap on the wrist anymore, considering how frequently they are handed out for partisan posturing. If I pulled a fire alarm, I would expect a fine and maybe community service.
I mean, I’ve done incredibly stupid things when I was panicking, so I can believe it. I’ve never pulled a fire alarm, but I have had the experience where your brain just stops working right. Is that malicious? I suppose it still might be.
Either way, I wouldn’t expect to avoid the consequences of my decisions. If I did something stupid, I did something stupid. My motivations don’t really enter into the equation. This guy fucked up in a big way, and he deserves whatever is coming to him. Frankly, a censure is barely a slap on the wrist anymore, considering how frequently they are handed out for partisan posturing. If I pulled a fire alarm, I would expect a fine and maybe community service.
I just think it’s very convenient that his brain stopped working on the day of that vote to the point where he forgot how fire alarms work.