[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

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.

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...

[Packer Fan]

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.....

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

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.....

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:

Florida golfer arrested for punching 87-year-old man to death over car dispute: police | Fox News

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

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.....

Some new folks here? Helpful hint: when responding to a post click the "quote message in reply" under "Options" (will appear just below what is being typed). That way people will know what is being responded to.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

I hope there are some extenuating circumstances. However, the victim was 87 years old, and since ‘you take the victim as you find him’, I doubt it. I heard that the car in question wasn’t even his. Sad.

[Miboater]

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.

[MrChip72]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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:

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.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

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.

Were they fined, or did they choose to settle, so that the true degree of their complicitness would not be revealed in a law suit?

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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

When it’s 3 a.m. and you can’t get back to sleep and you have the urge and you’re in upstate NY, whatcha gonna do? Actually, he and the pig had had a long, loving relationship. I’ve heard he raised it in 4H and showed it at the county fair before selling it. It was consensual, he told the court.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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.

I think it’s called something like aggravated involuntary manslaughter, but add to that the fact that the victim was over 65. If the poor man hadn’t died, I think it would have been felony aggravated assault and battery on a senior. So sad.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

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...

May be.

Which is why in America the Court of Public Opinion secondary to the Court of Law.

[Mistymom]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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.

I gave up on the way social media treats personal situations years ago when my friends' mentally ill son brutally killed and butchered his parents. We knew the familiy well and had spent recently spent a day at they lake with them and other friends. (The son did seem hyper that day because he had gone off his meds because his new doctor advised it).
Newspapers and newscasts broadcasted this all around the world. The comments that were said were very explicit,brutal and sadistic. Each one was like a spear to the gut to those of us who cared about this very, very nice family.
As others said, I also had friends around the country contacting me to see if I knew this family bcause I lived in Chattanooga.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Miboater

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.

Probably got confused with the one in Illinois. Club History - Glen View Club

[Donnarae93]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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.

This also made it out to Bakersfield CA!!

[MrFlorida]

Bad news travels fast.... it sells better than good news.