McGowan found competent to stand trial in New Milford rape case

I can't believe it's raining again...

D Flated wrote:

I can't believe it's raining again...

perhaps johnny will get lucky and there will be some sort of "chocolate rain".

I can't wait to call in to Big T's show tonight!

JOHN CONTINUED THRUSTING wrote:

perhaps johnny will get lucky and there will be some sort of "chocolate rain".

LOL! I get it! Cuz he allegedly sodomized a lady, right?

JOHN CONTINUED THRUSTING wrote:

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perhaps johnny will get lucky and there will be some sort of "chocolate rain".

Post-rating frenzy, folks! Just 1 more needed for the record.

4 Spam Nut Lemons...He is one busy housebound whitey today!!!!

Spam Nut Lemon Cake wrote:

Post-rating frenzy, folks! Just 1 more needed for the record.
4 Spam Nut Lemons...He is one busy housebound whitey today!!!!

C'mon big money! No whammies! Or headlocks!

"anti-immigration activist".
wrong.

anti ILLEGAL immigration activist.
right.

actually....the diseased invading hordes of illegals in our country has made everyone hate any immigrant who is darker than a paper bag.
it is what it is.

now with bridgeport forum wrote:

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thanks, fatboy. keep up the smokescreen for me. you're a good little stepin fetchit.

Well there you go again illeegz, you claim everyone but you is a racist hick. Calling someone "Stepin Fetchit" is about as racist as it gets. The NAACP fought that back in the 50's and 60's.as a racial slur.

You are one dumb ass hypocrite.

I just wanna say 'way to go, yankees!

night of the living petes wrote:

I just wanna say 'I don't care for the coloreds!'!

I agree.

It doesn't seem right to send him to prison...if he,s such a big fan of sodomy.

night of the living petes wrote:

It doesn't seem right to send me to prison...if i'm such a big fan of n|igs and sodomy.

I agree.

JOHN CONTINUED THRUSTING wrote:

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perhaps johnny will get lucky and there will be some sort of "chocolate rain".

Is this seriously coming from a man who: a) sexualizes his dialog with strangers, b) accuses them of all manner of the worst sins, c) posts vampire pictures in reply (sure to be deleted!), d) trivializes and mocks the concerns of every person that wants to preserve a traditional society, e) falsely accuses me of being someone else, and then INSULTS that someone else, and f) offers nothing but malicious replies to those with a vastly different world view and then hides his insults by deleting them.

Poor Hamilton wrote:

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Is this seriously coming from a man who: a) sexualizes his dialog with strangers, b) accuses them of all manner of the worst sins, c) posts vampire pictures in reply (sure to be deleted!), d) trivializes and mocks the concerns of every person that wants to preserve a traditional society, e) falsely accuses me of being someone else, and then INSULTS that someone else, and f) offers nothing but malicious replies to those with a vastly different world view and then hides his insults by deleting them.

The bizarre and rather disturbing posts from this character in the old News-Times forum (the troll from Bethel) are what caused him to be banned by Topix (with the exception of a rare post using his software that hides his IP that ultimately gets removed for its i&h anyway). This person has some pretty deep-rooted issues as evidenced by his posting history. He is best off ignored and not worthy of a well-thought out and reasoned response.

Buzzworthy wrote:

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The bizarre and rather disturbing posts from this character in the old News-Times forum (the troll from Bethel) are what caused him to be banned by Topix (with the exception of a rare post using his software that hides his IP that ultimately gets removed for its i&h anyway). This person has some pretty deep-rooted issues as evidenced by his posting history. He is best off ignored and not worthy of a well-thought out and reasoned response.

What's new?

We Are A Happy Family wrote:

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What's new?

nothing ever is. He still has a boycrush on me. I really donkt think he's competent to stand trial at all.

koncerned in kansas wrote:

<quoted text> nothing ever is. He still has a boycrush on me. I really donkt think he's competent to stand trial at all.

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There is a complex issue here that should not be trivialized or simply dismissed. I am 100% in favor of the News Times decision to eliminate the Topix “forums”.

Freedom of speech also includes the freedom from speech. Citizens are not to be ridiculed and slandered with impunity. Unfortunately (or not) the courts have found that the publishers of a blog (in the case the NT) are not legally responsible for the comments of posters. This leaves a situation where, when posting is anonymous, there is no one with responsibility.

There is harm that is done by reckless and defamatory postings in a public venue; harm that cannot be redressed unless the authors of those writings are identified. Courts have only recently begun to force online publishers to reveal the identities of posters who abuse the system to defame and libel. The use of online proxy services to conceal identities makes this anonymity one level more removed still.

We have seen that when some local crack pots feel confident in ‘getting away with it’ there is no limit to how low they will stoop.(I read the trashy stuff they wrote about Mr. Hillman and it was sick.) As someone who has received a call from my local police department warning me that someone on the NT Topix forum had threatened to kill me I guess I understand this as well as anybody can.

A simple system of the most basic review/screening of postings is all that’s needed, just as it’s being done here right now. An intern could do it. A minimum wage part-time college student could do it. That’s all you need.

I would go a step further and allow an additional safeguard. If users were required to make a $1 donation to a charity of their choice via credit card you could eliminate all the smears and trashy postings all at once. People who wish to post could create an online “identity” or “handle” and register it by making a $1 (or more) donation to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Oxfam, etc..

The credit card information need not be retained, only the persons actual, verified name and address. Then identity is confirmed independently and we’d see the discussion take a much more civil tone.

People could still post under assumed names and disagree as much as they liked but nobody would feel free to slander and slur without the certainly of their identity being associated with these comments if they crossed the line. If they are unhappy with the line and where it is drawn they are always free to express themselves in other forums, including starting their own blogs and websites.

Three cheers to the NT for closing down the nasty forums!

Comment by Peter Lerman — September 25th, 2009 @ 2:26 pm

You've reposted your own letter 50 times, pete. What's your point?