Good Reasons to Kill

Good Reason to Kill #27: Gangnam Style

"Gangnam Style dance-off escalates into gang shootout" was the headline that made my day today. According to INN (via the Guardian), two gangs were dining in the same restaurant in Bangkok when younger members of both groups "danced provocatively at…


Good Reason to Kill #26: Plaid Jacket

Artist's Impression The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a Marin County driver was arrested on July 23 for trying to run down a pedestrian. According to police, the pedestrian was targeted because he was wearing a plaid jacket. Apparently, the 31-year-old…


Good Reason to Kill #25: Bought the Wrong Kind of Beer

I was going to say that alcohol was obviously involved in this incident, but I guess under the circumstances maybe it was a lack of alcohol. According to The Morning Call, a 19-year-old man pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania on Monday to…


Good Reason to Kill #24: Pancake Battery

A Muncie man was arrested this week on allegations he battered his sister after she criticized how much maple syrup he had placed on his pancakes. At first I really wasn't sure how to feel about their use of the…


Good Reason to Kill #23: Canceled His Taco Order

Police [in Corpus Christi] said a 17-year-old man canceled his taco order when he realized he was late for school. The 19-year-old man followed the teen and tried to run him over with his truck, police said. He missed, but…


Good Reason to Kill #22: Disrespected Loretta Lynn

From the Savannah Morning News: An argument about country music stars Reba McEntire and Loretta Lynn escalated into a domestic dispute that has Savannah-Chatham police looking for a man believed to have attacked two people with a hammer March 20….





Good Reason to Kill #2 (Again): Yahtzee Dispute

This would have been Good Reason to Kill #19, except that it’s not the first Yahtzee-related assault I’ve reported. So I feel compelled to list it as another example of Reason #2. The previous incident took place in June 2007,…