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Battle Not With Monsters

Bob — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:38:36 +0000

Seems like “Only Ones” posts come in bursts.

Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

That pretty much sums up my thoughts about this arrest. I’d be curious to know how many law enforcement officials charged with enforcing child pornography or drug laws or weapons laws have crossed the line and violated the very laws they’re sworn to enforce. Maybe this essay should become required in-service training.

Local coverage, with a link to the indictment.

Guns In The Home Are Dangerous

Bob — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:21:22 +0000

And only police officers should have them there, because the rest of us can’t be trusted to handle them safely. Surely no police officer would ever point a rifle at their significant other, or a TASER at children right?

Only Police Should Have Guns At Home

Bob — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:33:22 +0000

Remember this story when you hear that only police should have guns. People will still try to steal and use them in domestic assaults. Of course, there’s no guarantee that poor Rachel was the burglar, but she was in possession of stolen property.

The bigger issue here is why the mother has any question about pressing charges. The 17-year-old committed domestic violence, kidnapping, and fraud. Mom was beaten, and forced at gunpoint to drive somewhere and do something she didn’t want to do. At this point, as painful as it’s going to be, mom needs to introduce her daughter to the realities of life, and one of those realities is losing the right to go an Ivy League school after beating and kidnapping your mom. Rachel’s mom needs to accept that she was a victim here. Rachel made the choices to commit multiple felonies, and all the teaching in the world can’t stop stupid.

Why We Homeschool

Bob — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:01:58 +0000

Yes, I know this was a substitute teacher, and that such events are aberrations. I also know that parents sometimes abuse their own kids.

But it still happened in the public school system, and it shouldn’t have.

Sarasota substitute named in attack on 3 students

Florida FH Investigated for Fraud

Bob — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:43:47 +0000

The Florida Division of Funeral, Cemetery & Consumer Services is investigating Rubin Memorial Chapel near Boynton Beach, Florida, for the third time in as many years. After audits in 2006 and 2007, both triggered by employee complaints, the state found that Rubin Memorial Chapel had overcharged customers at least 9 times, and was slow to refund the money when ordered.

The funeral home is also the defendant in a class-action lawsuit. Two former employees allege they were told to scan invoices from out-of-state funeral homes, and alter them to cover overcharges, which Rubin would then pocket.

Rubin’s attorney denies the lawsuit allegations.

Funeral Industry News – 17 September 2008

Bob — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:46:01 +0000

In this summary: a funeral home employee steals urns, then sells them for scrap; an SC funeral home recovers from an arson fire; and an NC funeral home has its license suspended.

There are apparently no limits for some people. A former funeral home employee trespassed in a Florida cemetery, stole over 100 urns, and sold them for scrap. Unbelievable. Even more disappointing is the scrap dealer who apparently blindly accepted this guy turning in 15-20 urns at a time.

A South Carolina funeral home is preparing to rebuild after an arson fire over a year ago. They operated out of a nearby church for several months, but are now ready to begin rebuilding. That shows what staying active in your community can do. When Jerry Spears Funeral Home was struck by a fire in 2007, before the fire was extinguished, one pastor offered their church, and within days, other West Side churches had done the same.

A reminder from Michigan City, Indiana police: funeral processions have the right of way in Indiana.

In Greeneville, TN, a woman collided with the last car of a funeral procession as the car waited to make a turn. True, this was just an unobservant driver, who likely would have hit any car stopped to make a turn, but it did involve a procession.

The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service has suspended the licenses of Howell Funeral Home and funeral director Eric Mark Howell. A woman filed a complaint over apparently missing pre-need funds, and in the course of investigating that complaint, the board discovered other irregularities with Howell’s pre-need contracts.