[quote][b]grove600[/b] -
Actually, it's not. It proves that getting rid of guns does nothing to solve teh crime problem. The tool used is not important. Guns, knives, bats, golf clubs, toilet tank lids, fists.....it doesn;t matter. There was a crime by one person against another person. And I guess you're ok with that, crime. Just as long as no guns were involved. Just as long as the assailant, robber, mugger, rapist, murderer, etc uses any weapon other than a gun. Right? "I'm glad they're just committing crimes with knives." Is that where we're headed?
A crime with a gun isn't any worse than a crime with a knife which isn't any worse than a crime with a brick. The intent of a criminal using any weapon is to gain control over their victim, to threaten their victim with harm: "I'm going to shoot you, I'm going to cut you, I'm going to clobber you...if you don't comply, and then maybe if you do". Maybe the criminal has the weapon to defend themselves if their victim dares to protect themselves. Maybe they have weapons to defend themselves from other criminals.
Getting rid of guns does not solve the crime problem. That's what this story proves. [/quote]

Where in my comment do I say that getting rid of guns would reduce crime? Typically, you are arguing a point that I don't make.

I spoke about the result and only the result. I did not make any broader argument.

Your mind must be playing tricks on you again.

The result of both these crimes is actually a powerful argument for strict gun control.

In both cases, neither perpetrator nor victim had a gun. In both cases, no one was injured or killed. In the first case, the victim faced down the perpetrator, followed him, called the police and the criminal was apprehended. The victim would not have done any of that if the criminal had been carrying a gun. Also, in the first case, it’s pretty clear that the criminal has mental issues.

No injuries. No deaths. One criminal apprehended. One mentally unstable person off the streets of Athens.

If this is the way crime without guns looks, then please bring on more gun control!

Please get this child help before he harms himself or someone else. Prayers.

@crazy8golfer: I know. I can read. Evidently you can't. Where in my comment do I say that I will no longer be able to take them there?

@crazy8golfer: I know. I can read. Evidently you can't. Where in my comment do I say that I will no longer be able to take them there?

I take my kids there on Saturdays before football to watch the planes come in. It gets quite busy. Hope nobody gets killed.

Terrific free entertainment by the way. To sit there on the grass in front of the terminal on a lovely fall day is a real pleasure.

@ppensyl: I too received a Catholic education in my home state of New Jersey. I believe strongly that I benefited lifelong from the intellectual curiosity and discipline I learned from the Jesuits. It is the great blessing of my life.

I do not dispute you. I was taught that the Pope is a father, quite literally. That, as all good fathers do, he makes decisions and rules for his family out of love and because he thinks they are best for the family. But as children we sometimes go our own way. We sometimes rebel. We make our own choices.

I am pleased that Francis is a Jesuit. They are the intellectual heart of the Catholic church. Catholicism, as you surely know, is equal parts intellectual discipline and faith. It is why I love my religion.

I think he will be a great Pope. He is already an historic one.

@ppensyl: In whose eye is he infallible? Not in mine, as a Catholic, and most certainly not in his own, as Pope. Such is the misunderstanding about Catholicism.

I pray for him. I think he will be a good Pope.

If the woman they are trying to set him up with is who I think it is (a newspaper publisher), then my advice to Mr. Catchpole is, GO FOR IT! She is a lovely lady.

What do you think the rest of her tattoo says? My guess: Ask Before You Touch

Dr. Kimberly Walpert = Hero

Scott's wrong. This very thing happened a few years ago when the a fraternity stole about 3,000 Red and Blacks to try and keep some bad news about one of its members from being disseminated. Harry and the Red and Black pressed charges against the fraternity and they had to pay back a lot of money to the newspaper. There are laws on the books against this sort of thing.

This is why we need to pay these players. They're hired hands. Let's treat them as such.

Obviously the real hero here is the woman in the town center with the direct line to God.

You can't trust a man who spells his name so weird.

Sincerely,

Myquel

I worked at UGA for a year. I did absolutely nothing -- not because I was lazy but because there was nothing to do. I was surrounded by people who did nothing. It was depressing so I left for a job at another university where I actually work. More dignity and more money.

There is plenty of fat to be cut trust me.

I hope the Republicans do run somebody against him. Somebody really conservative. Yeah. That's the ticket! Keep getting more and more out of touch with the mainstream of America. That worked great back a few months ago. Got them a democratic president, a more democratic senate, and several democratic seats gained in the house. Excellent strategery.

Nice article Marc. One of the best pieces I've read in the ABH in a long time.

If he's a talented teacher and this is his first mistake, he should keep his job. It's not like he's sexting girls and boys. The school system is filled with teachers who are just filling seats.

Again, I repeat so there is no misunderstanding: IF he's a talented teacher and IF this is his first incident.

Does he live in Athens, or did he drive 30 miles so he could let his hair down out of range of his school district?

@EbbTide2: Alabama man -- you don't even know the difference between "ebb" and "flow".

EBB
1: the reflux of the tide toward the sea
2: a point or condition of decline

The Tide will indeed be "ebbing" on Saturday.

What a shmuck...

"titanic jewels"

Is this a joke?

After watching the game in his room at Athens with some friends, “cheering for the boys to pull it out,” he planned to go to the airport that night to meet his teammates when they returned.

“I ended up falling asleep and not even making it,” he said.

This and previous suspension say everything you need to know about him. If I was a NFL team, I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole.

According to the AJC, the car was a gift from his father, which means his daddy spoiled him NEARLY to death.

So glad no one else was hurt or killed during his getaway attempt.

That's not his natural hair color. You can tell because his eyebrows are blond.