Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I just read this in my morning paper... <<Democratic dispute ends in stabbing: Maybe the Democratic debates should come with an R rating. Things turned violent in a Montgomery County home during a televised debate between candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. It ended with Obama supporter Sean Shurelds being taken to Hahnemann Hospital with stab wounds that were allegedly inflicted by his brother-in-law, Clinton backer Jose Ortiz. "Mr. Shurelds was complaining that Clinton was trashing Obama," said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. "Ortiz said that Barack was not a realist." Ferman said that, last Thursday, Shurelds started choking Ortiz from behind in a Collegeville home during the debate, which was being held in Texas. At some point, she said, Ortiz grabbed a kitchen knife and plunged it into Shurelds' stomach. When Upper Providence police arrived, they found Shurelds bleeding heavily from the stab wounds, she said. He was admitted to Hahnemann University Hospital in critical condition, but has since been upgraded to stable condition, according to Ferman. Hospital officials did not return calls. Ortiz, who celebrated his 28th birthday on Saturday, was being held in Montgomery County prison on $20,000 bail. "I certainly understand that politics - and this race, in particular - has generated a lot of passion," said Ferman, "but this is one of the most unusual expressions of political passion I have ever seen.">> <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/15950522.html" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/philly/n ews/breaking/15950522.html</a>
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I didn't know it made the national news! The area they live in is about 20 mi. from where I live, that's why I thought it made the Philly papers.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Hmmm... guess I'm gonna have to start packin' heat when I sit down at my computer.
Originally Posted By Mr X Okay, who's up for a new topic... "which LPer would you likely stab in a political debate, and why?"
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<"which LPer would you likely stab in a political debate, and why?">> We need to have Doobie work on an enhancement to the boards. You know how you can "nudge" a person and so on when you are IM'ing them? Well, in World Events we could have the ability to give an online handshake, pat on the back, punch, stab, shoot etc. another LP'er. Hours of fun, I'd say.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Violence on LP is limited to snowball fights.>> OK. Can we dip the snowballs in a little really cold water before we throw them? It slightly melts and then refreezes the outside of the snowball (assuming the weather is below freezing, which it almost always is) to make a nice little ice coating. You can throw it much further and has a little more punch when it reaches its destination. I'm a Minnesota boy... I know all the good snowball tricks. When I was a kid we would have glorious snowball fights. We would build a big snow fort and then one group of kids would defend the fort while the other group attacked it. If one of the attackers was able to get up to the fort without being hit by a snowball then we would change sides and start all over again. Good clean Minnesota fun!!! LOL
Originally Posted By jonvn I've never been in a snowball fight. I know almost nothing about snow, other than it is to be avoided.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I've never been in a snowball fight.<< That's terrible! Really, you should take your son to the snow. It's magical, especially here because we can immediately escape it when we get tired of it.
Originally Posted By jonvn I don't like snow. I had never seen it snow until I was in my 30s. That was through a window at an airport. I've never actually have been snowed upon directly. I've been in snow. It's cold and wet and dangerous to drive on. I like the rain. A little bit of it, and not being in it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I've never actually have been snowed upon directly.<< It's a really neat experience, if it is in a nice setting. This topic is making me sad.
Originally Posted By jonvn We have a house in the mountains we can go to in Graeagle. We never go. It snows there. Golf in the summer. I've been in the snow in Yosemite several times. I make people hike up to Bridalveil Falls on frozen ground. That's always fun. The mist hits the ground and freezes hard. And it's a steep slope up to where the waterfall is. It's very slippery.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Speaking of snowball fights, this is another "local" story... <Teen shot over snowball fight dies> <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/15932772.html" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/philly/h p/news_update/15932772.html</a> Snowball fights aren't fun and games! (well, in Philly, anyway...)
Originally Posted By Dabob2 What's really rough about Philly snowball fights is that if you don't throw well, your OWN team starts booing you...
