Suspect.
computer repair technicians turned his hard drive over to the police and
following a report from the photo developing store
mother of twelve
councilling services are being offered to the survivours
dear New York Post
while it is true I play a mage in my warhammer roleplaying group, but referring to me as “Imperial grand Wizard” in your fine paper would cause me severe inconvenience at my job at a local video store in Harlem
also
hapless accomplice
innocent bystander
and
local expert on Victorian Pornography
Is this an actual occurrence? :eek: Even if it wasn’t, it made me laugh out loud.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
But- the only time it’s used to publicly describe a person is usually when that person has committed some kind of crime that was noteworthy enough to make the news…
I think of it like this- there’s nothing wrong with masturbating, but I wouldn’t want to be publicly earmarked as a masturbater.
or a notorious user of public toilets
“Called before congress.”
Good one!!
Creaky was kind enough to send me a long PM clarifying his position, to which I’m still pondering an equally nuanced reply, but my point is that if the mental illness isn’t relevant to the crime, which it generally isn’t, than it’s not relevant to the story, and only serves to reinforce in many people’s minds a largely spurious association between the illness and the behaviour: “Scissorjack, who has a history of mental illness, was stopped and cautioned for excceding the speed limit.”
Thank you.
<Insert name here> brings shame to our hometown
<Insert name here> was denied entry into the Uk
Pope Benedict XVI recently reinstated <insert name here>into the catholic church
by court mandate not allowed to come within a 5 mile radius of any elementry school, kindergarten or chickenfarm
and
while the details of the setlement are not known: parties close to <insert name here> reported to the press it included a experimental genital restraining device
yes, i spend a lot of time worrying about my name in the paper
Speaking through his lawyer…
How about:
perennial presidential candidate
“White Power advocate”
“Professional rabblerouser”
“confessed”
“exorcised”
his funeral was**not **picketed by Fred Phelps
…crony of George W. Bush…
…acquitted pedophile…
…had a bit part in porn movie…
…Jeffery Dahmer’s roommate…
…Roseanne Barr’s ex-husband…
(…actually, all of the above would make for a very funny resume, assuming you wanted to continue getting unemployment…)
“…before turning the gun on himself…”
“…survived by his wife Hilary…”
Regards,
Shodan