[star20166@yahoo.com]

As this country and our culture degrades further you will see real violence enter our lives as have nots, criminals and illegal migrants come looking for some from the haves. We can't escape the politically induced crime wave that is eating the country alive forever. Two old timers engaged in mutual combat is not the kind of violence that endangers this community.

[JoelJohnson]

Since we moved here (in 2015) I know of 2 murder suicides, one near Rio Ponderosa, near where we live.

[djplong]

I may not agree with the predominant politics around here but I do believe in the truth (especially when backed up with reliable statistics).

1) The Villages, crime wise, is WAY safer than the national average on all kinds of crime.

2) There are always bad apples in every barrel.

3) Ask any public-facing employee (anything from a clerk to a fast food cashier) who the most troublesome, most entitled, hardest to please people and they'll tell you that it's OUR generation (I'm 60). Too many of us were raised spoiled by The Greatest Generation (because they didn't want us reliving their horrors) and, while that's an easy accusation to make, it DOES tend to come true too often. Most of us aren't like that - but ask them who stands out in their minds and it's usually some entitled old person.

So I have no trouble in believing that there are a lot of low-level spats going on. Heck, seeing the arguments in the nursing home I worked at as a teenager right up to the one my mom was in starting last year - the evidence is there.

[thevillagernie]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Villager kills another Villager…never hapens in Americas fFriendliest place


Except i read the other forbidden other online news source.

Not a word here about a 75 year old punching n 85 year old in the jaw at Glenview CC becuse he thought he hit his lexus.

Poor 85 yer old is dead from a brain bleed.

You wont find these stories in the Sun. No one talks about the violence here.

Lets all drink the kool aid

it happens everywere,look around...."don't let the old man in "

[La lamy]

"Grumpy old..." syndrome is a real thing. Like everything else that gets depleted as we age, serotonin (the feel good hormone) gets depleted too. Combined with chronic pain, lack of sleep, loss of spouse, it can get harder and harder to maintain a level, happy head space. It's easy to judge angry older people, but I like to imagine why they are that way. I'm sure it's hard living for them. I'll try my best not to cause unnecessary grump fest!

[Skunky1]

The link to the other source please

[Blackbird45]

Not all but some people when they reach a certain age do not play well with others.
And this does happen everywhere, and it's not just confined to men.

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

Not all but some people when they reach a certain age do not play well with others.
And this does happen everywhere, and it's not just confined to men.

Why do you think Xanex if free for old folks?

Perhaps "soylent green" is actually not a bad fate for angry old peeps.

After all, T V has (or maybe its been quashed) a large medical research facility planned near Middleton. What better group to test on than over 55's. Pick your "vacation" theme and enjoy the journey lol.

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

Not all but some people when they reach a certain age do not play well with others.
And this does happen everywhere, and it's not just confined to men.

Grumpy folks never learned to play well with others in the kindergarten sandbox.

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Villager kills another Villager…never hapens in Americas fFriendliest place


Except i read the other forbidden other online news source.

Not a word here about a 75 year old punching n 85 year old in the jaw at Glenview CC becuse he thought he hit his lexus.

Poor 85 yer old is dead from a brain bleed.

You wont find these stories in the Sun. No one talks about the violence here.

Lets all drink the kool aid

So, the truth is, you know how to get your "other" news here in TV. The incident mentioned, while tragic, is not surprising. Further, it is certainly not common.

The fact the story did not appear in the Sun is also not surprising. The publisher of the Sun is free (free press) to print or not print that story. The "other" paper relishes in offering up stories about anything negative about TV, especially crime. Most of the crime stories they run wouldn't even get a passing glance in a newspaper in (pick any big city). Every newspaper has editorial/publisher bias.

The incident does not change my perception of safety in The Villages one little bit. Of all the places I have lived, TV is, by far, the safest and most crime free.

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by wisbad1

He’ll get anger management and probation

I doubt it. Best case scenario, if it went down the way it was reported, is he gets convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He'll do time.

[bowlingal]

It wasn't even his car that was hit!! Sad, sad situation all the way around

[wamley]

It's unrealistic to believe that within a group of people of more than 120,00 people that everything would be a wonderland of no disagreements, drunks and an all encompassing attitude of all is just perfect. Doesn't exist, but this is still a wonderful place to spend the last years of your life. It's not for everyone, but it is for a multitude of us.

[Ele201]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I find it more astonishing that you (or anyone else) would be astonished. This is a community of 150,000 transplants from other places, most of whom had never met each other before moving in. Of course there will be criminals, violent people, drunks, drug addicts, unwed mothers, uneducated people, bigots, racists, sex offenders, antisemites.

There are more good people than there are bad, in my opinion. But no one should be astonished to learn that the bad exist.

You’re right, criminals buy homes and move, as well as go on vacation. Agree with your list of problematic people, except wouldn’t include “unwed mothers” or “uneducated people.” Nothing wrong with single mothers and not everyone has a college degree, no shame in either!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

Unfortunate incident? You are being too kind. The man thought his Lexus was hit. It was not! When you choose to love/worship your material objects more than people you need to have your head checked. Unfortunately, his family members and friends probably enabled his behavior. He should have been told (and often) a car is just a car. It doesn't bring prestige or the like. It takes money out of your pocket and insurance premiums to pay. Nothing more! If it gets damaged, you get it fixed. It's only an object.

Truth is millions of people own a Lexus. He is not "that special". Anyone can go to a store and buy one if they want to. I feel sorry for the families. Both lost a loved one. One to unnecessary violence the other because a man loved his Lexus. Sad!

After all of that…….I still don’t give a damn that I didn’t read about it in the Sun.