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crankymediaguy
10/15/09

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This stupid woman went about this all wrong. As someone who actually pretended to be a Powerball winner back in '06, I can tell you that you have to actually HAVE the money on you if you walk in a store and offer to pay for everyone. Amateurs!

Here's one version of my story:
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lobstr
10/15/09

@crankymediaguy: Alan Abel is the best... but he pulled all that shit off back in the 80s when it was waaay easier to bullshit local news stations. Fact-checking is so instant nowadays, damn the inner-webs!

One question, though.. I presume it's you that gave the $2000 to the diner to run the tab... So basically you're out 2 grand for no reason? #crime
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/15/09

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Burlington Coat Factory, huh. This is a little like when Robert Hansenn, the fbi agent who spied for russia, blew about a million dollars on extravagant nights at the Red Lobster.
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funyuns are awesome in phx
10/15/09

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Well at least this woman didn't pull this stunt at Wal-Mart.

Btw... I get the Wicked Witch pic, but the Boston Globe?
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Matt Cherette
10/15/09

@funyuns are awesome in phx: Regarding the Globe picture: I'm guessing that he forgot to delete the HTML code for the picture from his last post.
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Matt Cherette
10/15/09

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The coats are at fault for the riot, no doubt.
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LatestBy
10/14/09

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The most shocking part of this was the mention of a father figure.
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maude_flanders
10/14/09

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These cases terrify me. It's a horrible act of a assault--serious tissue/nerve damage all over the body and a hell of a lot of pain for the victims, all within, what, 20 seconds? The damage is done quickly, and the tools necessary to commit the act are cheap and readily available to anyone.

I wouldn't be surprised if these kids come from shit households or have criminal records, as someone else suggested, but the thing is....why do I suspect kids from not-so-shitty backgrounds have done this?

It's such a brutal act, and so easily carried out.

What the hell were these kids thinking? How the fuck did they think this would play out? Were they just counting on him dying, or on no one seeing their victim until they'd run off?

Could the (potentially shitty) parents have prevented this, when all the kids have to do is take a trip to the drugstore to purchase their weapons?
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
10/14/09

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I want my two dollars!!
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A Message To Rudy
10/14/09

@Grim Reaper of the Forest: +1 for the Better Off Dead reference
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
10/14/09

@Ken Green: I've been waiting a long time to use that one.
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Senator Sully
10/14/09

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Why do we know these minor's names and faces? I though that was verboten.
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SouthernComfort
10/14/09

@Senator Sully: Here is a picture of the little assholes. [www.sun-sentinel.com]
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SouthernComfort
10/14/09

@Senator Sully: Also, the victim is now in critical condition having been upgraded from 2nd to 3rd degree burns. He stayed out of school on Monday to avoid these bullies only to run into them at a apartment complex where he was visiting a friend.
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Ron Draper
10/14/09

@SouthernComfort: They really need to pass a law like the UK's protecting minors. A lot of kids face harassment after shit like this and it's despicable.
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SouthernComfort
10/14/09

@Ron Draper: I don't know if that would have helped. According to the police, the ringleader is a well known bully and all the suspects have juvenile records.

I'm not sure if the $40 is really a reason or a made up excuse to pick on this kid and steal a bike. I mean hell, I don't have an extra $40 to loan out, how does a kid in middle school?
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Ron Draper
10/14/09

@SouthernComfort: You misunderstand me. I mean to protect kids from FURTHER harassment. There's a poor girl here in NYC who beat up a kidnapper, and now random people on the street come up to her and start fights to see if she can take them. It's fucked.

I don't know what could have been done to prevent this, aside from someone's momma beating the tar out of them for being so fucking stupid.
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maude_flanders
10/14/09

@Ron Draper: There's a poor girl here in NYC who beat up a kidnapper, and now random people on the street come up to her and start fights to see if she can take them. It's fucked."

What case is that?
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acrobatic rabbit
10/14/09

@SouthernComfort: is one of the boys really named 'Denver Colorado Jarvis'? Or was that a typo? Just wondering.
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SouthernComfort
10/14/09

@Ron Draper: I live in South Florida, trust me when I say that the parent's probably need the tar beaten out of them as well.
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SouthernComfort
10/14/09

@acrobatic rabbit: Sigh. It is not a typo.
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Ron Draper
10/14/09

@maude_flanders: I wish I could remember the name of the girl. It was in the Post about two months ago.
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matthieuK
10/14/09

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If anyone is to blame here, let's point a finger at Larry Clark. His films have shown us just how truly awful "kids" can be.
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hypocriteoath
10/14/09

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Pretty sure ABelonsky was being sarcastic when he said this is all the fault of video games so can everyone just chill out on that? Many seem to be treating this like BHO is trying to take away your guns and religion, just because AB made a comment about violent video games and violence in our youth culture and how the two may be related. Cheeeel, Winston.

Listen, I know you all like to play your RPGs but please calm down and stop jumping to the defense of your local Xbox. Sure, The parents are to blame along with the schools, the govt, the kids, FLORIDA, me, you, the police, etc, etc, etc. We can continue to place blame on others OR we can go down a much better route: make fun of Florida because it is an absolutely awful place (based solely on anectdotal evidence e.g. Tucker Max) and then make fun of kids who play shoot em ups and then pray they don't track us down and set us on fire.

Now, doesn't that sound fun?
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JennaW
10/14/09

@hypocriteoath: There is a reason why Florida has its very own tag on Fark. Someone should take a hacksaw and cause an involuntary secession of that crazypants state.
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taniquetil
10/14/09

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Interesting fact that if this murder had been over a gambling debt of $40, it wouldn't have been mentioned at all.

How are video games to blame for this? I see a huge hole in logical reasoning here. It seems much more logical that the catalyst was a 15-year old dumbass who got mad because the cops were called on him.

And I'm pretty sure there are greater evils in the 21st century:
Video game related deaths so far: What, maybe, 50?
Deaths related to hunger/poverty: A whole fuckton more.
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SybilDisobedience
10/14/09

@taniquetil: I hope, hope, HOPE Belonsky's being sarcastic, tying this attempted murder to video games. I'd like to give more credit to Gawker writers than to the guy who pens the blustery, old-man-foaming-at-the-mouth editorials for my local paper.
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Mediahohoho
10/14/09

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Also, 2nd degree burns? Are you sure? And Jesus was charge with 2nd degree what?

Fact-checking! It's awesome.
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Mediahohoho
10/14/09

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Why didn't Super Mario save him?
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
10/14/09

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I don't think you can directly blame this on video games, but I do think kids are exposed to alot of violence, in ways that show violence as an expected or even proper response to anger. At least could easily be interpreted by a kid to be expected or proper.
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PamBeesley
10/14/09

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The kid in that picture (in the article, not above) scare the bejeezus out of me.
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applejuice
10/14/09

@PamBeesley: Do you mean the kid called "Jeremy Jarvis" or his brother "Denver Colorado Jarvis"? I kid you not, that is what the caption says his name is. ('Cause if you are going to call your kid "Denver" I guess you might as well go ahead and make his middle name "Colorado"!)
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PamBeesley
10/14/09

@applejuice: No I didn't get that far, but WOW. I had to click off the page before I turned to stone.

I checked, I mean Denver Colorado Jarvis. Yikes.
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