AMERICA: WHERE YOU CAN BEAT YOUR TROUBLES TO DEATH WITH A SHOVEL...

This from WKYC out of Cleveland, OH...



Euclid woman charged with beating fawn to death
Posted By: Kim Wendel Posted: 7/7/2009 7:09:52 PM WWW.WYKC.COM

EUCLID -- Resident Dorothy Richardson, 76, said she was defending herself when she beat to death a 25-pound fawn that was crouched in her flower bed, then stuffed the fawn's body in a cardboard box and put it out on trash day.

A widow, she said she has been defending her garden against deer for years and this time took a shovel and beat the fawn until it died.

She said the fawn's eyes contacted hers, like he was going to jump and bite her head off.

Euclid City Councilman Christopher Gruber says Richardson told him something different.

Gruber says Richardson said she hit it once and, according to her, it screamed and she hit it two more times, then she said that what she wanted to do was put it at the end of the yard so the other deer know not to mess with her.

Gruber is now a witness in the animal abuse case against Richardson. If convicted, she faces up to 60 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
© 2009 WKYC-TV




Wow. Seriously...what the hell?

I mean... a shark, sure. A bear cub...eh...OK...they at least have sharp teeth and eat meat. A stray dog- still extreme to beat the life out of it with a shovel, but I can see how a stupid person might be of the belief that there's some kind of threat involved. I can even see beating the neighbor's jerk-ass kid to death simply for him being a jerk-ass kid and you being a miserable old woman. But a baby deer? Honestly?

Hasn't she ever seen Bambi? I mean, he wasn't bringing shit to a fight.

Outside of a dove- the eternal symbol for peace, a rabbit- the eternal symbol for magicians, or maybe a butterfly- the eternal symbol for weak-ass wussies, I can't think of an animal more synonymous with gentleness and harmlessness than the deer- let alone its babies(topsoil erosion and crop-eating aside.)

It is horrifying to me that the general public can be this ignorant and hell-bent on "protectin' thar propurtee..." as to beat a baby deer to death with a SHOVEL in front of their neighbors...and THEN to LEAVE ITS LIFELESS BABY DEER BODY AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY TO "WARN" OTHER DEER! I have to think that was more to warn away neighbors.

Y'know that guy a few years ago who suffocated to death in elephant shit after giving one an enema and standing right behind it? Not as ignorant as this woman.

What if this lady was your mom? Imagine getting the phone call that your mom will either face a 1,000 fine or two months in jail for beating a baby deer to death with a shovel. There's no way Social Security's gonna cover that one, and good luck finding a Hallmark card to fit the moment. But then, imagine the kind of insane, fucked up shit her kids must have been spoon fed as a baby humans. She probably tried beating her kids to death with a shovel, too, so she could lay their lifeless bodies at the foot of her womb to warn it from getting pregnant again.

But what about the deer? I'm a little befuddled that it just stood there and allowed this old woman to beat it to death. Don't deer startle easy and frolic away at the sound of a twig snapping in the distance?

So was it deaf? Was it just stupid? Did it have some kind of weird baby deer death wish? Maybe it just deserved it. I mean- let's face it; just in general terms, if you are a mammal of any size or strength at all, it's pretty difficult to be beaten to death by an old woman, shovel or no.

Maybe he was ready to start some shit... She'd been startin' up some cheese with his relatives- he didn't like the way she was looking at him. Maybe he should have brought a folding chair. Now that's a headline I want to read: "Baby Deer Beats Ignorant Old Woman To Death With Folding Chair."

As I read article after article, day after day, about gun nuts brandishing automatic weapons and sporting tri-cornered hats at Obama's rather mundane, non-threatening town hall meetings about health care, I can't help but feel there's a similar thread there.

The difference is- I'm thinkin' Obama's remembered his folding chair.