Now I'm curious about what case this person is talking about.
People fear things. One way of coping is to try to get everyone else to be scared of things, too. This article is a perfect place for that sort of thing: "Wow, you sure showed him, but I'm too scared to do anything bold in my life. So what you're doing is probably illegal, didn't you hear about that urban legend? So that's why I don't do anything bold, it's actually illegal and I'm a Good Person Who Would Never Do That."
I'm not saying that's the motivation behind this particular comment thread, but that's how I interpret it. If you can't have a parade, you may as well rain on someone else's.
People fear things. One way of coping is to try to get everyone else to be scared of things, too. This article is a perfect place for that sort of thing: "Wow, you sure showed him, but I'm too scared to do anything bold in my life. So what you're doing is probably illegal, didn't you hear about that urban legend? So that's why I don't do anything bold, it's actually illegal and I'm a Good Person Who Would Never Do That."
I'm not saying that's the motivation behind this particular comment thread, but that's how I interpret it. If you can't have a parade, you may as well rain on someone else's.