Posted on 02/05/2005 10:24:01 AM PST by Pikamax
No one was asleep.
10:30 is a little late, but so what?
Any normal person would have been satisfied with a "sorry the girls left them so late"
Ms. Young is obviously a bitch and a money grubbing crank She should treated to as much scorn as society can inflict on her.
...and I forgot to mention that the girls only went to houses that were lit. I suppose that may make a difference to some.
Well, on a thread yesterday I took into consideration the time this happened and some other aspects of their story and pronounced myself disbelievig of their tale and have been hounded ever since.
Such is life.
Lmaorotf
And cooking never goes out of style! I well remember back when my mom was teaching my younger sister and me how to make fudge. Well, the first few times, it was either too hard to cut so we had to use something hard to break it up or it was so soupy we had to eat it with a spoon. But you know what, we did learn to make fudge that was edible. My good ole days.
QUOTE: One church group wrote that members were very concerned because one of its favorite programs is for youths to ring doorbells, drop off treats and run.
I'll stand corrected on the fact that this statement appears to have been made by a third-party church group. Nevertheless, I stand by my original statement: church leaders have an obligation to instill morals and manners in their clergy. So if these two girls are members of a church, they should have been counseled by their church's leadership.
Many of us disagree with your opinions.
So please, tell us: at what time do YOU think it's too late to be banging on neighbor's doors for no good reason?
(Sigh) How I long for the days when society taught and practiced good manners, common decency, and personal responsibility!
We live in a culture that encourages and rewards fear.
AAAGGGHHHH !!!!!!!
....Cripes!
Don't EVER do that to me again!
I'd marry one of them.
Hmmm, as a resident of Colorado, we have the infamous 'make my day' law. We have had someone killed for banging on a screendoor in the middle of the night.
I firmly feel that the intentions were good, the neighbor is a witch, but the girls should have been reprimanded and forced to pay any associated costs (except for the medical bills).
More than that though, many people feel 10:30 is very late (i.e the rule of never calling past 9:00). In Colorado, it can get you shot so the girls should at least learn a lesson from what they did.
If you bang on my door in rural Colorado at 10:30 at night and then run, I would have called the sheriff as well. I wouldn't have sued or reacted as ugly as this lady but it is way outside the bounds of normal. Good intentions, poor choice of application.
We are armed to the teeth as well so it is just a very unwise thing to do.
I totally agree!!!!!!! It is also family friendly FUN.
I wasn't around yesterday, and so this is the first thread I've seen on the matter.
Such is life!
I don't disagree with you at all.
I don't have a dog in your fight but this is close to abusive...Not welcome on FR.
First of all I question this woman's previous "assault" incident... to someone like her, just walking up and saying hello could be construed as an "assault".. Secondly, if she was so shaken up, why didn't she call the police, and why did she wait til the next day to go to the hospital?? Lastly, whether or not 10:30 was too late to be knocking on doors, the lady didn't have to take this to court after apologies were made and reparations offered. Believe me, I know this type of neighbor, even if the girls had come earlier and spoken to her personally, she'd find something to sue someone over sometime...
No, what I get in my FR mailbox from time to time is "abusive". My post was merely an attempt to end this nonsense once and for all. It has gone on long enough.
APf
Let the record show that contrary to the implication you meant to convey, your mailbox has not received a missive from me.
Now you'll deny that was your intent but I just wanted to make that clear.
And contrary to the implication you meant to convey that I called you pathetic out of the clear blue sky, I did so after having numerous posts from you to me in the same veiin as the one above. A mild but accurate assessment.
The article says she did call the sheriff and they advised her to leave her home that night.
Note, this narrow factual point should not be construed that I therefore support her decision to proceed with a lawsuit. I feel a disclaimer is in order as those discussing the issue seem to be emotionally invested in their stance and prone to making leaps of logic from point a to point z.
I just noticed that the cookie auction on Ebay was pulled.
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