"Think of it like walking down the street and you walk past a couple dozen young folks and they start shouting out taunts at you and laughing"
Alright fine, think of it as a mob of 42 young men
No, I didn't say anybody would be justified as murdering anybody, I just interpreted the passage. Bears aren't capable of murder anyway.
A mob of 42+ young men accosting an old man is more likely than a large group of children randomly being there.
I wasn't told this as a young child, I didn't invent anything. I inferred it from reading various interpretations over the years.
I didn't say anybody deserved anything
I never said I'd personally kill anybody
They weren't killed for merely calling him bald, they were killed because they were going to lynch him for ruining their water scam.