"Harry Krause" wrote in message

David Havenner, 41, of Port Orange, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor
charges of battery and possession of an alligator,

...Havenner was keeping the 3-foot gator in his
bathtub and swung it at his girlfriend,....The gator struck Monico at
least once,

Now, I need to clarify. Was Havenner considered to have caused battery to
the girlfriend, or to the gator? The account is unclear. :-)


... after which time Havenner threw empty beer
bottles at her and then kicked her out of their mobile home,

Aaahhhhh........

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Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal!

Now, in accordance with your signature line, Harry, let me ask this -- Shall
we consider it a failure of Liberalism that Mr. Havenner is now
incarcerated? Or are we to believe that it was somehow a triumph of
Liberalism that prior to the event Mr. Havenner, the gator, and the
apparently short-tempered and toothy (but hardly toothsome) Ms Monico were
free to mix with society, wandering their trailer park in search of more
beer and an evening's diversion?