16.09 Trendwatcher: Nerds Gone Wild: Argument Over Philosopher Kant Ends in Shooting
It was a headline worthy of instant fame on Reddit or Buzzfeed: Man shoots another man following argument over philosopher Immanuel Kant.
At first, it did seem to be someones idea of a clever joke. But as the hours ticked away on Monday morning and more details emerged, the picture the headline painted became all too real.
The incident, according to RIA Novosti, happened in the Russian town of Rostov-on-Don. During celebrations commemorating City Day this past Saturday, a man in his 20s was standing in line at a kiosk (other accounts list it as a kiosk selling beer), when he began discussing the works of philosopher Immanuel Kant with another man in his 20s. At some point, the conversation became heated.
Eventually, the budding philosophers ran out of verbal arguments and started hitting each other.
