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zink wrote:Or what about when people threaten other people on the comment sections? *Cough JuiceInDogtown, Cough*

So I think it shows that even level headed people somehow just go crazy on those comment sections over at stltoday. Sort of like doing drugs (the hard stuff)

JuiceInDogtown wrote:It was clarified - I never threatened anyone, I made a stab at a heartless, insensitive comment made by our friend zink and took a below the belt shot at Kurt Greenbaum.

Basically the story was about someone running out of insurance money for their kid who has cancer and zink and another user said that the people complaining were greedy and should, in essence, "cut their losses" (let the kid die). As a father, I was very angry, and now that it's been brought to my attention, I'm angry again.

And to be clear, my post on STLToday said that "If I were that kid's parents, I would contact Kurt Greenbaum to get your identities and hunt you down." Not exactly a threat.

If you want to bring "threats" out in to the open on UrbanSTL, I'll bring to the attention something I would hope you would have the decency to keep to yourself in a civiziled public setting. I hope the cancerous kids' parent didn't read your comments.

JuiceInDogtown wrote:Anywho, I agree, debating it on UrbanSTL is probably not the place.

ben1040 wrote:So now comments include voting buttons. But there's a fatal flaw. Once a comment reaches a certain threshold (of either upvotes or downvotes), the vote option is locked out.


Along with some of the usual garbage comments, I'm seeing a handful of decently written and thoughtful comments getting downvoted into the abyss. The only reason I can imagine is that their authors' opinions don't agree with those of the people who had the vote option available to them at the time. And once they comment is below that threshold, they can't be resurrected by well-meaning folks.

(Warning sirens) EPIC FAIL ALERT!!! EPIC FAIL ALERT!!! This prop has just as much chance of passing as St. LIBous does as being recoginized as one of the safest cities to live in for 2010. BOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIING.

Just another entitlement program promoted by the nanny-culture, do-gooder bureaucrats who want to plan where we live, shop and travel in the area. If there is some process by which these guys can repeatedly propose increases to our tax burden, there ought to be a way in which the ordinary citizens can propose and vote on a decrease in their budget and revenue - and make it stick for 5 years or so! It is time for these public payroll parasites to lift their snouts from the public trough and pay attention to the taxpaying public's clearly expressed wishes.

I was a real working person who contributed to society unlike a lot of the youg non paying punks that use the system and that are on welfare. Get a life and maybe you better start looking for another means of transportation since it is going to fail.

Metro has never been a viable organization and will never be the way it is being run. I am sure Obozo will give Metro more tax dollars borrowed from China after the tax fails.

..of you that can't see the trash on the ghetto Metro drive across Grand between Hyw 40 and Chouteau and see whats coming out of the elevators and running in front of traffic daring you to hit them. They usually look like their running from the police.

Pete Parisi February 21, 2010 9:52PM CST
Moderator's note: Nearly every comment on this story seems to be posters' lame attempt at being clever or funny, making references to various TV sports or weathercasters. Which is why we are closing comments.

Mr Brown: This comment is coming from one of you–an African American–and I grew up in North St. Louis, attended the crappy public school system, then worked 3 hours after school M-F, studied at night, graduated, then went on to college and now am enrolled in graduate school. The most time my dad spent with me was 10 minutes of fornicating with my mother 24 years ago. And that’s all it was, Claude! Otherwise, he has been out of the picture for 24 years! The public schools are crap, Claude. Why? Not because of Whitey, but because of our cool bros! They make it crap, Claude, because they’re lazy and want to complain about Whitey (because it’s easier than studying and working), and they want that welfare check every month, Claude. You know it and I know it. We’re both “bros”, Claude, so you can’t fool me! I’m tired of feeling embarrassed because I’m Black, Claude. The majority of the entire race embarrasses me, Claude! People like you think you’re doing a great job representing the AA community, but all you’re doing is perpetuating the cancer, Claude. You’re making it OK for Black teens to do little more at school than feel up the girls, threaten the teachers, and defy anyone to teach them anything. If I could bleach my skin and straighten my hair, I’d do it TODAY, Claude. Why? Because I’ve made something of myself, without WELFARE, without any gov’t support, but with the example of my sweet mother and the desire to become….something.

I have to leave now to go to work, Claude. Yes, work! Unfortunately, I’m forced to work 3hours in the morning, then 4 hours at the same place 2 hours after the first shift ends. Pain in the butt? You bet, Claude. But it’s what we have to do to survive. You and the rest of the NAACP should preach that sermon, Claude–not the sermon about Whitey~!