Originally Posted By jdub Judge to rule if 'meowing' is harassment Associated Press: Thu Aug 24, 7:45 AM ET JEANNETTE, Pa. - Meow. A district judge has been asked to decide whether that word is a harmless taunt or grounds for misdemeanor harassment. Jeannette police charged a 14-year-old boy for "meowing" whenever he sees his neighbor, 78-year-old Alexandria Carasia. The boy's family and Carasia do not get along. The boy's mother said the family got rid of their cat after Carasia complained to police that it used her flower garden as a litter box. The boy testified Tuesday that he only meowed at the woman twice. Carasia testified, "Every time he sees me, he meows." (Full article at <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_fe_st/misdemeanor_meow" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 60824/ap_on_fe_st/misdemeanor_meow</a> )
Originally Posted By peeaanuut i would play the meowmix song very loud every day. Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow
Originally Posted By jdub <i would play the meowmix song very loud every day.> Though the story is amusing, I think the woman IS being harassed, part of a chain of events spurred by the harassing family's own lack of responsibility.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<Though the story is amusing, I think the woman IS being harassed, part of a chain of events spurred by the harassing family's own lack of responsibility.>> so sounds are now harrassing? I think the old coot needs to just get over it and move on. The ironic twist is that she doesnt already have a million cats living in her house. Just another example of the "blame everyone else for my problems" attitude so prevelant(sp?) in america.
Originally Posted By Mrs Nurmi I'm sorry, but regardless of what a shrew the woman may or may not be, if an obnoxious 14 year old has the gall to tease an old lady, he deserves to be punished for it. It is bullying, plain and simple. If I had a neighbour that was complaining about my outside cat, I would KEEP IT INSIDE!!! Sorry, but if you let your pets roam free, be prepared to deal with neighbours who don't like them. Maybe the woman is a grumpy cat hater. But she's an OLD LADY!! The kid has no right to harrass her. If the police took her side, I'd *like* to think there was more to it than that. Maybe the cat was one of those unfixed, howls in heat under my bedroom window and digs up my garden as her personal litter box cats. I'd complain too. And I love cats!! Grr...if I was that kid's mom, court would be the least of his worries, lol.
Originally Posted By jdub <<Just another example of the "blame everyone else for my problems" attitude so prevelant(sp?) in america.>> I agree there IS an example of that here--but it's not the "old lady." It would be the boy and his family, who are apparently holding a grudge against their neighbor for having the gall to not stand for their cat continually doing its business on her property. (even including--JUST PERHAPS!--her "poo"l)
Originally Posted By mele <<"The Admins"--that would be a COOOL name for a band!>> LOL!!! I agree that she is being harrassed. The kid is obviously mad and has no problem showing it to the old lady. As he gets older, will he do more to her? I mean, she's an old lady. They are sometimes more afraid than a younger person would be. (Afraid of different things is probably more accurate.) I wish there was some video proving that the kid did it all the time.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I saw some kids with a soccer ball torturing an old lady, two blocks away from me. 4 kids. They kicked the ball at her. She was chastising them as i started to approach. They started heckling her, screaming at her that she was a jay walker, and get out of the street, the 90 year old woman hobbled out of the road, she did not have her walker with her. The kids, from the neighborhood for years, knew she usually had a walker, yet they thought they were funny kicking the soccer ball as close to her as possible, in her moment of weakness. She was a white republican, the 4 boys were armenian. You tell me who is encroaching on who. They didn't meow, they sceamed at her she was a jaywalker, for only being able to hobble across the road. That happened one side of a block down from Fred62's. A week ago wednesday as a matter of fact. I walked by closely. It was the only thing that made them shutup.
Originally Posted By Mrs Nurmi Right, that's what I was thinking too, mele. If he's calling out to her now, even if it was only a couple of times, crap like that escalates. Maybe he meows now, and she retaliates by calling the cops - does he then retaliate by maybe grafitting her property? Where does it go from there? She is using the only method she is probably comfortable by asking for third party assistance. I say the parents need to step up RIGHT NOW and tell their kid that sometimes people don't get along, but there is no reason to fan the flames. Be the bigger person and drop it. If he doesn't get that lesson as a kid, he is going to be an insufferable adult who will probably call the cops on the next door neighbour's cat. It's a never ending cycle.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd No, if the kid isn't stopped he probably becomes something much worse, and would be afraid to call the cops.
Originally Posted By jdub >She was a white republican, the 4 boys were armenian. You tell me who is encroaching on who.< What the >H< (among other capital letters) does that have to do with ANYTHING??
Originally Posted By wahooskipper jdub...apparently you have not been properly introduced to the world's most considerate poster....YourPalEd. You are in for some laughs.
Originally Posted By Mrs Nurmi <<She was a white republican, the 4 boys were armenian. You tell me who is encroaching on who.>> What difference does race make? They are bullies, and should be punished. I would have probably approached the parents if I knew them (presumably if they had been in the neighbourhood for years), or asked the lady if she wanted me to call the police on these hoods.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<<>She was a white republican, the 4 boys were armenian. You tell me who is encroaching on who.< What the >H< (among other capital letters) does that have to do with ANYTHING??>>> I was thinking the same thing. That gave me clout to the story what so ever. But some people have to make everything about race. This is an age issue and not a race issue.
