Thank you so much for clearing that up.

I think lovesports was referring to "freedom of speech" and freedom to know the truth.

So many of our grandparents or great grandparents came from countries that were oppressive to these freedoms........in doing my massive family tree, genealogy has taught me a lot more than just the male lineage and the female lineage........it's shown why they left those countries behind for the freedoms in America........

Some people do move to Florida naively; better to know all the little details than to go blindly into the night..........we ourselves learned that.

I really enjoyed the Villages newspaper when we were there.
Positive news is wonderful and the Daily Sun is chock full of all types of interesting articles and club news, real estate, etc.

However, things that befall our neighbors, such as to the man with his dog in his own backyard........truly deserved an article. All the other Florida papers printed it**........so for the naysayers that doubt if it happend, I still cannot believe the doubting Thomases that abound in TV.
Why is everyone who states a fact treated negatively.

**Even a paper in Great Britain printed the news....

My maternal grandparents came from what later became Communist countries.......but in their childhoods and youth , they were still oppressed. They were so fortunate to come to our great country where freedom of speech and the right to read the truth is one of our basic liberties.............all places have good things and not so good things.
Alligators are one of the perils of living in Florida.......but not every one is expecting them to pop up in their own back yard.

Had the N.Y. papers not printed the article about the Central Park attacker, other unsuspecting women might have ventured out as that unfortunate woman did. News happens . It's not all happy news.

I'm all for freedom of expression and for all newspapers printing what really happens in their town. Ours sure does. We want to know if seasonal homes are being broken into up here or if other "stuff" is going on. It is called being aware and staying safe.

We do love the Daily Sun newspaper and who doesn't like happy news?
But it should be balanced.

Senior. I read The Sun Daily and I read this Forum daily. And First Amendment rights are tattooed on my fanny. (There is plenty of room left over for the preamble and the rest of the document AND Abes speech.;)_)

Just sayin'.

I do not see the need for the Villages Daily Sun to cover the story of Steve Gustafson and Bounce. Most of the time the result of a 66 year old man jumping on a 7 foot gator is not a good one. They should not encourage others trying the same kind of thing.

Mr. Gustafson did not seem that anxious to even talk about his saving Bounce and wrestling the gator. From what I have heard he did this on Friday September 14, 2012 and the story did not come out for a few days.

I went to law school at a school (U of MN) with around 250 people in each starting Class (about 5% drop out) and cannot remember any of those interested in corporate law as being the type of people who would challenge a gator over its lunch even if the dog were their pet.

Hats off again to the Man Who Saved Bounce.

SC, Very well said. It should have been posted in the Sun.

I think the 1st ammendment protects their right to print it, not your right to read it.

Obviously, if they wanted to put a lid on it, it didn't work.

Good point Patty55.

My friends that live in Sweden just e-mailed me about the story in their paper!!! Since this story was considered news ALL OVER the world, it makes no sense that it wasn't considered news where it happened.

Like you(Patty55) said, by the Sun not publishing the story, it sure didn't keep a lid on it.

I think TV is afraid of the "Monkey see-monkey do" effect. Sure now that this Steve guy has a dead alligator in his yard everyone is going to want one.

I'm going cruising today for a flock of pink flamingos that I can wrestle and put in my yard.

Just make sure they leave no poop around or it could be a big problem.

Because WE, the imperial WE on TOTV can make problems outa ANYTHING. We have proven it time and time again. ;)

Which imperial we are you? I know imperial Patty is from Pattyland.

. Are you like the "king" but rather the queen from Graceland?

Whoops.

Hellooo, that's why THEY have brought in omnivore manure eating pigs.

Au contraire Everybody likes Gracie!

Another example of how well thought out TV is...