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48 Comments
Latest comments listed first.Because Conservatives like to hide their dirty laundry and Liberals aren't hung up on sex.
Any time that a citizen calls the police, they are using the time and resources of a public service that we all share and pay for. Every single person deserves to know how that public service is being utilized, no matter how "sleazy."
I'll say it again: Instead of becoming upset over hearing about less-than moral behavior in our fair city, try becoming upset that these things are happening at all. Personally volunteer for/donate to local causes aimed at helping those of us who are down and out. Don't blame the newspaper for doing its job.
The point of the section is to assure readers that the reporting staff is keeping tabs on local law enforcement and their official reports. Sometimes, personal issues get published in the name of this, but it is never the point. Knowing that a reporter isn't afraid to take the dirty details about this oral sex fiasco public is a sign that The Courier staff carefully reads police reports and is on the look-out.
It is attention to detail like this that proves The Courier will be capable of bringing to light a related series of crimes, police wrongdoing, or criminal action perpetrated by public figures, if need be.
And, as a matter of personal opinion, I have to ask; when did oral sex become so scandalous?
I have a huge amount of sympathy for the poor cop that took that complaint. I bet the cop did not laugh; I would have.
I read The Courier online since I moved out-of-state. Maybe not everything is there, but most things are.
One must pay to print engagements, weddings, etc. but the Courier seems to find space on a regular basis for trashy details of the latest sex caper.
The next step would be to inform the advertisers of how you feel and the Courier's response to your concerns.
It's authentic.
So much local news is image polishing. Speeches and letters full of hollow words like "conservative" and "family," from moralizing bores.
The real moral issue is the wreckage of these human lives that cops, cab drivers, and night time workers witness daily. Nobody speaks about that misery other than the docket writer.
Kudos for reporting all. And giving me a good laugh.
Leniency has been shown in this thread up to this point.
Please rein in further comments to topics within this daily docket.
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It's my understanding that the Judeo-Christian God doesn't really do that kind of thing.
I did however forget that Zeus, Jupiter, Thor, Susanowo, Tlaloc, Enlil and Vayu, among others, are really big into the whole "throw a lightening bolt and kill people" deal.
To those Gods, I would like to publicly offer my sincerest apologies. Please understand that I was only mocking the fanaticism of Christianity, not other world religions.
In closing, All Hail Thor!
Valhalla!
"Miracle" has kind of lost it's meaning. For instance: It'll take a miracle for the Browns to win another game this season, but if someone prays for God to smite the opposing team with a plague of locusts during the 4th quarter, thus allowing the Browns to take the lead...that, my friend, is "spooky Jesus-magic".
I stand behind the use of this term based on the fact that: The entire town time traveling 55 years in the past would take nothing less than a true act of God (presumably brought on by calling in some cosmic favors and a ton of personal bargaining from the faithful.
Now, having read these comments, I'm reminded that the situation itself isn't the most humorous part of the whole thing. It's the people in this town...the overly zealous, book burners...the evangelicals...the people who wake up every day hoping and praying that when they look out their window they'll find that, through some spooky Jesus-magic, it is again 1954. These people me fill my little cynical heart with joy.
"Oh no! EVERYONE PANIC! The (sob) local news(sob)paper...made reference to...oh dear lord I can't even say it...to...to...a "trouser kiss"...ya know...SODOMY!!!!"
Here's to you Mr. & Mrs. Uptight Courier Reader...because your squawking and fake outrage...Findlay is once again in the world wide news.
Check out www.metro.co.uk/weird
Keep up the good work everyone!
This situation is not funny or clever (whether written up by Findlay Police to test The Courier, embarass females in FPD or Courier). Before you laugh, think about whether you want to think of your wife, your daughter, your grand-daugher, your sister giving sexual services to her stepfater, father-in-law???? This is not news. I think any moral man or woman would call it what it is: depravity! Sex between two adults should reflect the gift it is from God. When you publish an item like yesterday, it diminishes us all. You make it seem like this behavior is the norm.
But maybe this is just a natural progression from a female Courier reporter who thought it was news for her to go topless in Vegas and The Courier printed it! Same reporter is still doing regular news reporting (I hesitate to call it serious news). Does a reporter ever get back credibility after putting her semi-naked image in their minds?
Why should any of us donate to the NIE (news in education) program when The Courier prints items that do not help our children grow in good and productive ways? Our schools are now tasked with teaching values since they are not being taught in many homes. What is NIE doing to improve values?
If The Courier regrets publishing this public record item, then an apology is in order and a reordering of the reporting/editing staff. And I don't just mean the normal present-day apology "I'm sorry if you were offended" but a true apology of "The Courier was wrong to print..........."
If The Courier believes it was correct in the publishing of it, I want to know it right now.
To all commenters who have taken personal offense to the incidents reported in the docket, allow me to address some of your incredibly thoughtful concerns.
To Sandy: I'll just reiterate that your assumption that a "young" step-daughter performed oral sex on her step-dad is a giant misstep in your attempt at a rational complaint. You have completely discredited yourself.
To Jeff: You have every right to be upset. I'll only note that if you intend to present your "wrath" over coffee with Mr. Mattiace, you may want to consider that your foolish use of "here" instead of "hear" has put you at an apparent intellectual disadvantage. Practice up, partner!
Wolfe of the desert: You are truly a fool. Not only does this thread have nothing to do with politics or the political leaning on The Courier's staff, your broken attempt at implying that a newspaper with a clear political agenda is a good thing proves that you are confused. It's clear your head hurts. Lie down for a while.
Tim: You repeat the phrase, "Do we really need to know..." several times. Are you comfortable with the idea that as long as you don't know about it, it's not a problem? If so, you are a sad excuse for a citizen. It may not be pretty, but it's in the police reports. I would prefer to know that the powers that be at the only newspaper in town are not choosing what is and is not appropriate for me to read. Perhaps, instead of directing your anger at the messenger, you should devote some of your time to bettering your community.
CS: Your whiny, unoriginal attempt to connect political leaning with morality is almost undeserving of response. Almost. Your excessive use of question marks and your crapshoot method of capitalization leads me to believe you are a child, and a child that can't write at that. Congratulations.
Doug: Also consider taking it easy on the exclamation points. It is poor form to assume all republicans are the same. It also serves as a pretty weak punch-line.
Sharon: Thank you for presenting a thought provoking opinion.
Now, if you and others would follow the English language as it is written and not make up your own tangled meanings, we would be a better off world!
I hardly see the posting as "graphic" either, hence, "Described in vivid detail", is what I find under graphic. And the line used is hardly described in vivid detail!
CS, my guess is you are another one of those, "holier than thou" Findlayites who's one and only sin is justified because it's not as bad as "others' sins!!!!!! Typical Republican!!!!!!
When I started reading the Republican Courier some 60 years ago it was a paper that was extra conservative ,then along came name change to just the Courier plus many members of the Hemminger family leaving the Courier staff. These new employees were taken from a pool of Dummie-crats of Hancock county----The Courier has went by the way of the Columbus Piss-patch since the Wolfe family has exited that paper. For years to be employed by the Courier a signed paper from the board of election of that your political blood type was republican.
I think this is the CHANGE that OBAMA is talking about
A woman called the police early Saturday morning during an argument with her husband after he claimed that the woman's daughter performed oral sex on him, and the daughter was better at it.
Come on have better tact than that. I know that this really happened and the public deserves to know, but really? I am actually offended by this, a child could pick this up and read it. Heck they might even know what it means!