"I was crossing a crosswalk this afternoon and some dickwad goes way over the line."
"What did he do?"
"He slammed on his brakes and almost hit me, and then leaned out the window and cursed me!"
"What in the world were you doing?"
"Well I walked against a no-walk sign."
"But then you asked for it!"
"Well no, here's the logic: He had to pay for a person in the way so he had to stop and feel the fear of almost hitting a person. I payed for a car coming straight at me so I had to flinch and feel the fear of almost being hit by a car. So in a way, we both received our own mutually incurred punishments, and that was that. He didn't have to curse me. He went above and beyond what was required. So that hurt me."
"But you were breaking the law, and he was just doing exactly what he needed to do. So he kind of earned that extra remark."
"Well, you've got a point."
