Posted on 06/24/2005 5:10:11 AM PDT by RogerFGay
Tragic but it's not a smart idea to take a hand grenade, live or not, to a courthouse.
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Tragic but it's not a smart idea to take a hand grenade, live or not, to a courthouse.
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I agree. This stunt was ill advised, especially in this post-9/11 world and since the recent killings in the courthouse in Atlanta.
But I do understand his and other fathers' plight. Our legal system is woefully inadequate when it comes to what is best for the children. To be fair, I've seen my share of deadbeat dads....but I've also seen women using their children as weapons to extort money from the children's fathers. And far too many women get custody of their children even though the old saw that mothers are the best guardians has been proven to be untrue in many cases. The husbands/fathers are often left out in the cold and shut out of their children's lives, while paying huge amounts of money for the "children" (often the money actually goes for personal items for the mother). It's an unfair system.
I have no more sympathy for this guy than I would for a thug who waves an unloaded handgun at cops. Common sense would tell you - you do that, you are going to get shot. The cop has no idea the gun is not loaded (or that the hand grenande is a dummy).
My Nephew has custody of his child,Only because he had proof she was addicted to drugs and was givng sex for drugs. His wife was ordered to pay child support 10 yeards ago , he has yet to receive the first dime. She has since married again and left that father in custody of her 2nd child. He got custody for the same reasons my nephew did, This woman has yet to serve a day in jail for not supporting her child. she goes along in life breeding and taking drugs, How long do you think a man would get away with this?
Approximately two years ago the Child Support Bureau in Ohio sent me checks totaling approximately $8,000 for over paid child support. My ex wife had told the court my kids were attending college when in fact that were not. Still lost about $6K.
Approximately two years ago the Child Support Bureau in Ohio sent me checks totaling approximately $8,000 for over paid child support. My ex wife had told the court my kids were attending college when in fact that were not. Still lost about $6K.
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I'm surprised you received anything back. Where I live, there is no real system in place to check on where the support money goes, and even if they do find fraud on the part of the recipient parent, the one who paid out seldom if ever sees a dime of that money returned to him/her.
You're really off the subject of the article.
I think it's pretty well established that it was an act of desparation and that he was aware of the risk.
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Exactly what I would have guessed you would say.
No he's not. Perry Manley commited suicide by security guard. This totally destroys any arguments he had that his case was just or even logical.
While I agree that these days divorce is worse on the fathers than it is on the kids, killing yourself by security guard is not the way to advance your cause
The article was really about what led up to the event ... the corruption that turned his life into a torture. The guy tried everything else he could think of for 15 long years. I think you're just being unreasonable.
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TYVM
I have a ping list ... hasn't really specifically been set up as a fathers' rights ping list ... but I'll put you on it.
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