Keying cars

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I wouldnt want my car to get keyed so I dont key somebody else´s.

If someone doesnt deserve my respect there are several ways of showing it without damaging their property

it's not all black and white, the word you're looking for is emotion, it just as much guides us as thought.
btw keying a car is nothing compared to a lot of other things people are capable of

I've only keyed a car once ... it was directed at a specific person that I felt a rage against. Nothing to do with parking, etc. Since then I've owned my own vehicle and had it damaged and had to pay to have it repainted.

I wouldn't do it now, it was stupid and self indulgent.

I'd never damage another person's property like that

It's a very destructive, anti-social act that should not be excused in my opinion

If we all took our frustrations out on others in this manner social order would break down completely (as it already is!)

What is your most prized possession?

Nope, never done such things.

- I don't drive so I don't carry a car key with me, and I don't need to find parking either.

- I have natural respect for things rather than people, so I wouldn't want to hurt innocent cars.

- I almost never get angry (it does happen once every decade or so). It's hard to imagine doing things due to impulse. The most violent thing I've ever done was throwing a book onto the floor. OK, OK I pushed a person once and he landed on his butt, but I wasn't angry.

I've broken my own stuff and once threw the person I live with's mug on the floor so it smashed but I bought him a new one
It wasn't technically his mug though; it was my mug that I'd assigned to him

So my destructiveness is generally confined to my house

I've had several fights with people so that's destructiveness towards a person but as the poster above says, it's almost as if
non-human things hold more value for me lol

Well I've slashed a random cars tire once when I was angry, but that was a one time thing.

I feel a bit sorry for Tyri0n, people have condemned him very harshly on this thread. Keying cars is wrong, but at least he has 'fessed up to it, that's pretty brave considering he left himself open to all manner of responses.

I don't think he needs any more harsh posts on here, people have made their point.

(There, Aspie compassion in motion).

But I believe you can make someone to see the error of their ways without making them feel so small.

He's been called:

stupid and self indulgent
jerk (twice)
a nasty, nasty person
douchebag
twat

...all on top of people explaining why his actions are inadvisable and reminding him he is a criminal and the behaviour is anti-social and destructive. Those things alone were enough without the insults flying.

Like many of us, he has self-esteem issues, name-calling just drags people down further.

It's interesting that a lot of people who are quick to condemn car keying are also people who complained about getting in trouble for sexual harassment in other threads. The question is, which is worse? Sexual assault against a human being, or metal assault against paint?

Yeah, I know I have issues, and I am working on getting help for them. Many other people here are far more quick to blame their problems on everyone else. At least I admit that there's nothing wrong with society, and that the problems I have are all my fault. But it's still interesting that I don't remember people calling Fnord a terrible human and a sociopath being for sexually harassing his receptionist.

I thought Asperger's was about lacking empathy and not following social rules. It would seem that the subject of this thread fits both of these. At least I have never keyed poor people's cars, so I do have some empathy.