Wow, I guess sodomy laws really are worthwhile

[Boris Godunov]

Thank god the judge rejected the plea deal for the fiance. That bastard should go to prison.

[Drake Tungsten]

I just love that it was the handyman with a ninth-grade education that figured out it was all a hoax.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Flip McWho
It truly is mind boogling how this could happen. How can people so blindly follow orders. Its simple. A police officer who is supposed to uphold the law orders people over the phone to break the law is not a real police officer.

And trying to blame the company is just pathetic too.

actually I think they have a case against Mickey D's. These are supposed to be managers (and asst. manager). They are supposed to know what they are doing. It's poor training by McD's.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I just love that it was the handyman with a ninth-grade education that figured out it was all a hoax.

Yea, that is pretty cool.

[Mr. Harley]

Dr.Strangelove, read the entire article - yes, I know it's hideously long. I read it on my lunch break. The man combined casing locations and/or the typical confidence man techniques of extracting the info from the individual in the conversation and then making it seem that they knew them. What truly sucks is that he may get the least punishment - hopefully when he is charged in multiple jurisdictions, and if the judges impose maximum sentences, he will go to prison for a very long time. The good thing about it is that it seems that some number under 20% of the people went along with this monster, maybe even under 10%. I think that is a good thing - maybe our societial attitudes have changed since the 1950's - and that the 1960's point on questioning authority had some good points.

Mr.Fun - I posted the entire article so that those who really wanted to see the context (I was hoping others would pick up the handyman point, which I thought was hideously ironic). Are you trying to imitate Drake now? You do now how to use, what does one call it, a scroll button.

[Aabraxan]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I just love that it was the handyman with a ninth-grade education that figured out it was all a hoax.

No doubt. And then she thought it would be a good idea to go on TV with her side of the story, thus announcing to the nation that that handyman . . . is smarter than she is. Now there's a truly, truly stunning display of PR savvy. Anyone else having trouble believing that she and the fiance really didn't know it was a hoax? How can you not know that something's amiss when the caller (who claims to be a police officer) tells you that if the naked 18-year-old girl doesn't do XYZ, you're supposed to spank her?!?

[Az]

I just love that it was the handyman with a ninth-grade education that figured out it was all a hoax.