Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 2242812)

Drunk drivers don't have the intent to kill someone either but they chose to drive drunk just as he chose to punch the old man. Both deserve at least involuntary manslaughter with prison time. Glad it's making the national news so this piece of Cr_ _ doesn't get a slap on the hand.

Originally Posted by Packer Fan (Post 2242898)

So it must not be a big story- I sure have not seen it and have ZERO idea what you people are talking about. Not looking for an explanation either, but it sure has not hit any newsfeeds I follow - must be on MSNBC or CNN.....

Originally Posted by Packer Fan (Post 2242898)

So it must not be a big story- I sure have not seen it and have ZERO idea what you people are talking about. Not looking for an explanation either, but it sure has not hit any newsfeeds I follow - must be on MSNBC or CNN.....

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2242905)

Not really, personally, I've removed MSNBC and CNN from my on screen guide so it cannot get tuned in even by accident. But it did make national news outlets, try this from Fox News if that channel is more to your liking:

Originally Posted by MrChip72 (Post 2243084)

So block out the other news channels that are more in line with the rest of the democratic free world and only watch the one channel that was fined over $780 million for spreading lies and admitted their guilt. OK.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2242781)

The story got better and better. He was caught by the farmer who heard the pig squeal. When interviewed by the local newspaper, the farmer stated that he couldn’t tell whether the pig was squealing in “pain or delight”.
We’ve always wondered what the wife was like that he felt the need to leave her bed to ***k a pig

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2242796)

So you believe the guy who threw the punch was thinking, "I'm going to kill that man?"

I believe he intended to hit him, hurt him, and embarrass him. I don't believe it even occurred to him that it might kill the man. The punch was intentional, the death was not.

Aren't there different charges for an intentional killing and an accidental one? If so, we'll see what he is charged and convicted of.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2242878)

I've read reports that the "piece of Cr_ _" punched the guy because the other guy wouldn't let go of him...

Don't know if it's true, but there may be extenuating circumstances...

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2242755)

Well, TV is on the news not only nationally but internationally as well. The infamous Glenview Punch, thanks to the magic of instant worldwide communication, has made Twin Cities NewsTalk up in Minneapolis, as well as the Daily Mail in the UK. Probably other outlets as well. I don't know.

"Sad" doesn't even begin to describe this, and IMO says far less about TV than it does about the boundless appetite for prurience and scandal that is endemic with our race. As Johnny Cash once sang "Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow". The church I attend here in TV fills thousands of shoeboxes each year with food, treats, necessities, etc. as part of "Operation Christmas Child" which are then distributed in various third-world countries. I doubt that "news" of that extends more than a few blocks from the church. But this news about an (apparently) alcohol-fueled rage and the tragic, though in reality accidental, death of another person has wings!

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the Internet in general and Social Media in particular will become, in the end, the greatest evil our society has ever been plagued with.

Originally Posted by Miboater (Post 2243083)

I did read the article in the Daily Mail website after I read it in the Villages news. I was surprised that they didn't make more of a issue about it happening in the Villages. They did mention the Villages a few times well into the article but I'm getting used to more salacious stories if the Villages are involved. The other thing that surprised me was they said that Glenview County Club was 126 years old. I may be mistaken but I think they are off by a few years.

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2242755)

Well, TV is on the news not only nationally but internationally as well. The infamous Glenview Punch, thanks to the magic of instant worldwide communication, has made Twin Cities NewsTalk up in Minneapolis, as well as the Daily Mail in the UK. Probably other outlets as well. I don't know.

"Sad" doesn't even begin to describe this, and IMO says far less about TV than it does about the boundless appetite for prurience and scandal that is endemic with our race. As Johnny Cash once sang "Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow". The church I attend here in TV fills thousands of shoeboxes each year with food, treats, necessities, etc. as part of "Operation Christmas Child" which are then distributed in various third-world countries. I doubt that "news" of that extends more than a few blocks from the church. But this news about an (apparently) alcohol-fueled rage and the tragic, though in reality accidental, death of another person has wings!

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the Internet in general and Social Media in particular will become, in the end, the greatest evil our society has ever been plagued with.