# Man almost attacks Superbowl... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712 "2008-02-07T19:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/21 "2008-02-07T21:40:40Z")
[QUOTE=Skara\_Brae] As I read the article, he had received a LL under the name 'The Haunted Castle." When he decided to name it “Drunkenstein’s” it was refused. (City not wanting to promote drunkeness, perhaps?) That makes this seem more like a (very scary) temper tantrum over not getting his way [/QUOTE] I’m guessing they it wasn’t as easy as just changing the name back, just based on personal experience & his reaction. If it was, then I agree with you 100%. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/22 "2008-02-07T21:47:31Z")
OP: You went to school with HEAT MISER? How AWESOME is that? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/23 "2008-02-07T21:52:04Z")
[QUOTE=Xema] I like this part: [/QUOTE] _Perhaps the blood of the inculpable will cause a paradigm shift…_ Wasn’t that in the mission statement from Jerry Maguire? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/24 "2008-02-07T22:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Wasn’t that in the mission statement from Jerry Maguire? [/QUOTE] It was just a memo. ---
**Author:** ![sockswsandals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sockswsandals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sockswsandals)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/25 "2008-02-07T22:26:24Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] The guy HAD A GUN! IN HIS CAR!! And he WAS MAD!!! And he was NEAR A CROWDED PLACE!!! And he THOUGHT OF KILLING SOMEONE!!! But HE DIDN’T!!! Yep, sounds like a terrorist to me. You oughta be shaken up. Slow news day out there? [/QUOTE] I think you are kinda missing the point of the OP here. I don’t think he came in here to calmly and precisely describe using acutely appropriate terms the simple circumstances surrounding his former friend’s breakdown. I think he instead came in the Pit to vent. So yeah, if you wanna be an asshat and nitpick what he says go right ahead. I for one can certainly empathize. I can’t begin to fathom how I’d begin to take in the news that one of my high school chums had nearly gone on a killing spree. I can certainly understand **Arizona’s** want to at least try to put some of his confusion down in words though. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/26 "2008-02-07T23:59:44Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] A terrorist. A goddamned terrorist. That’s the only word to describe it. [/QUOTE] I think the term you’re looking for is “Mentally Ill”. No need to make it into something more than that. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/27 "2008-02-08T00:45:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Drunenstein is kind of lame name for a bar. [/QUOTE] He should called it _Sodomy_; liquor in the front and poker in the rear. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/28 "2008-02-08T00:52:10Z")
[QUOTE=Labrador Deceiver] Huh? You’ll get no argument from me that the guy is a jackass, but I’d be devastated if the business I recently started and funded was knee-capped by the city. I wouldn’t have hurt anyone, but I would’ve seen white spots in front of my eyes if my dream (really, this business I started was that big of a deal to me) was killed for such moronic reasons. [/QUOTE] But…from what I understood they didn’t sink his business, just the name. The fact that he tried to get cute and not just _pick a different name_ is what killed it. Right? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/29 "2008-02-08T03:01:56Z")
So what is the penalty for felonious letter writing, anyways? Or is it worse if it’s called a manifesto? Send him to a shrink, get him on some meds, and let him go. Lots of people rave like that. And while they’re at it, give him the liquor license. It’ll keep him busy. But this is Maricopa county, right? Home of the tent city jail where they feed you on 30 cents a day? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/30 "2008-02-08T03:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=cookeze] So what is the penalty for felonious letter writing, anyways? Or is it worse if it’s called a manifesto? [/QUOTE] Well, it got Karl Marx deported. ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/31 "2008-02-08T03:51:54Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Well, it got Karl Marx deported. [/QUOTE] Damn, but that’s right. I’ll bet this nut wishes he did get deported by now. Do they still brag about feeding the inmates green bologna? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/32 "2008-02-08T04:16:06Z")
Green bologna? Who eats that? Son of Sam-I Am? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/33 "2008-02-08T04:41:11Z")
His liquor license has not even been denied. The city council voted to turn it down, since he was basically lying on his application, but they are only advisory, the state liquor board has the final say and they haven’t ruled yet. So he was planning on killing a bunch of people because of something that hasn’t actually happened yet. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/34 "2008-02-08T05:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Green bologna? Who eats that? Son of Sam-I Am? [/QUOTE] > **[Joe Arpaio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio)** > > Joseph Michael Arpaio (/ɑːrˈpaɪoʊ/; born June 14, 1932) is an American former law enforcement officer and politician. He was the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, for 24 years, from 1993 to 2017, losing reelection to Democrat Paul Penzone in 2016. > Starting in 2005, Arpaio took an outspoken stance against illegal immigration, styling himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff". In 2010, he became a flashpoint for opposition to Arizona's SB1070 anti-illegal immigrant law, which was largely stru... Joe Arpaio was the Maricopa County sheriff who came up with the idea of a tent city jail. Page down to CONTENTS and click on “Changes to jail operations.” He was re-elected a number of times. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/35 "2008-02-08T05:48:15Z")
**ArizonaTeach** I feel for you. It has to be a shock to find out something like this about somebody you know. Kind of brings it home. And then to think about the people you know who were there? Wow. I’m so glad he didn’t follow through, although it does kind of seem like he might have been more talk than action. But it sounds like he was pretty much armed to the teeth. Breathe. And talk. It’ll get better. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/36 "2008-02-08T18:06:17Z")
**ArizonaTeach** , I can sympathize with what you feel. This goes beyond RO for you, it actually hits close to home. Imagine how much worse you would feel if he actually had carried it out and killed an unknown number of people. Too bad other people didn’t have an attack of conscience such as the guy who shot up the city council meeting in Missouri. At least this guy is likely to get some kind of professional help now that he has been arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/37 "2008-02-08T18:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Well, it got Karl Marx deported. [/QUOTE] And a spliting headache. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/38 "2008-02-09T16:53:46Z")
Thanks all…after a couple days the shock wears off some! Like you all, I’m extremely thankful that nothing happened and am glad that he stopped himself. He’ll get help. Hearing about what happened in St. Louis really makes one realize how much worse it could have been. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712/39 "2008-02-09T20:54:39Z")
I bet if someone had pointed out that Drink’N’Stein’s was a much better (and far more clever) name he’d have had a “Throw Mama From The Train ‘sultry’ moment”. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-almost-attacks-superbowl/436712.md?page=1)