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Two women at Dragon Con hit by chairs thrown from hotel balcony
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| Sept. 4, 2017
| Ellen Eldridge
Posted on 09/04/2017 5:31:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Jamie Temple-Thompson Amador [as Jessica Rabbit] (Credit: Jennifer Matteson)
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:31:57 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Was your previous post pulled because of a banned source?
Anyway, I’m glad the ladies will be okay. What a weird thing to happen! It hardly seems fair to blame the DragonCon producers for chairs thrown from a hotel balcony. That can happen at any event where a lot of people are going to get drunk.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:35:29 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Freedom is freedom, and not another thing."~Theodore Dalrymple)
To: BenLurkin
Drunken stupidity at its worst.
Prayers for a fast recovery to the revelers.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:36:02 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Tax-chick
77,000 attendees. That’s a lot of people partying!
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:37:27 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, that is a large group, although not compared to total attendance at a major sporting event.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:39:29 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Freedom is freedom, and not another thing."~Theodore Dalrymple)
To: BenLurkin
As tight as DragonCon was years ago, I lost interest in going. The crowds were insane.
77k people in that area, no thanks.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:41:24 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:45:24 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Seriously??)
To: publius911
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:47:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: publius911
Something that was enjoyable maybe 15 years ago for sci-fi and fantasy fans.
Now it’s huge crowds crammed into downtown Atlanta.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:47:34 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: publius911
What’s “dragon Con??”Like Comic-Con but in Atlanta instead of San Diego.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:50:10 PM PDT
by
Drew68
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To: BenLurkin
Was the Keith Moon cos-player brought in for questioning?
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:50:59 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
To: left that other site
When we got to the observation platform, the chair wasn’t there. I looked over the railing and saw it half-sunk in the wetlands below.Could it have been the result of wind?
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:52:12 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Freedom is freedom, and not another thing."~Theodore Dalrymple)
To: publius911
A yearly Atlanta convention where folks that like fantasy/sci-fi/action/horror/mystery films, comics, novels, and games can dress up in costumes (or not) and hang out with one another and their favorite celebrities of the same. Vey much like Comicon, though not as well known, perhaps. Though I think at one time they were comparable in attendance and prestige.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:52:25 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Tax-chick
No. There was a solid railing all around.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:52:44 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Tax-chick
Yes, that is a large group, although not compared to total attendance at a major sporting event. Of which ATL hosted two of those this weekend at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium with football game Sat. & tonight. I stayed at that hotel for a convention that coincided with the SEC Conference football championship game in 2005. The place was filled with Arkansas Razorbacks and the sounds of "sooooo-eeee Pig! - Razorbacks!" echoed up the atrium.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:53:08 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: BradyLS
Interestingly, I think this year’s DragonCon had the same attendance as Burning Man. And over the same weekend, too. DragonCon has been going on for decades. Burning Man is newer (and more hip, I suppose) by comparison.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:54:11 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: left that other site
Ok, I just wondered. Sometimes I think the Offspring have flung items about the yard, when it was actually the wind.
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posted on
09/04/2017 5:59:11 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Freedom is freedom, and not another thing."~Theodore Dalrymple)
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