[Patty55]

Originally Posted by ActsOfKindness

I so very much admire what steve did. He put his life on the line. Was it necessary though? He saw the gator lurking in the pond. the dog was at the waters edge? hello??? anyone home. please????? The bottom line is..the potential for danger was there..and it happened. He put the dogs life at risk and his own and the gator and now the gator is dead. It was a living thing too. Had the gator come into his house thats another story. the dog was on its turf so to speak. Rule number one with alligators in florida. NEVER FEED THEM. Rule number 2 with alligators in florida. never have little ones..(children) or small dogs near a gator. NEVER. For those of us who live in these situations in close proximity to alligators here in florida, most people have the smarts to have a dog on a leash. In fact I would never even have my dog in the backyard where there there was a pond. But thats just me. An ounce of prevention. Just some thoughts. thanks for reading this. Its not about condemnation.Its about wisdom and common sense. God bless.

Thank you so much for clearing that up.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

The Daily Sun carried a story on the sinkholes. I have to think you don't like the Sun because of what we aren't allowed to talk about.

As for this story, I will just have to quote Shakespeare. There are things in this world that you don't know Horatio.

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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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'.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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.

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

[Patty55]

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.

[lovesports]

Originally Posted by Patty55

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.

[Patty55]

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.

[shcisamax]

Originally Posted by Patty55

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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

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.

[shcisamax]

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

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

[graciegirl]

Whoops.

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

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

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

[shcisamax]

Au contraire Everybody likes Gracie!

[shcisamax]

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