Thursday, May 24, 2007

Sophie’s Voice

Has anyone seen this story about a managing editor at the Baltimore Examiner pointing a gun at his neighbors over a dispute about him smoking in his own home?

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t condone pointing a gun at your neighbors, *especially* when that neighbor is holding a child in his hands; but man, what a passive aggressive, whiny, bitch of a human this neighbor, David Paul Ayers, is?

Police said in a detailed report that Keegan has been involved in a long-running dispute with David Paul Ayers, 38, who has complained about cigarette smoke coming from Keegan's rowhouse.

The latest argument started after 11 last night. Police said Ayers complained that smoke was seeping into his home and his daughter, Sophie, was having trouble breathing. Ayers called for a paramedic and he, carrying his child, and his wife Christine went next door to confront Keegan.

Ayers told police that he pounded on Keegan's front door and heard someone say, "You [expletive] lunatics, get away from my door." Ayers told police that he shouted back through a first-floor window, "'Look at what you're doing to my daughter.'"


Good Lord, over dramatic much? Yes, I am sure that your child was suffocating to death because you could smell a lit cigarette through an open window. It is a wonder the human race didn’t die out from second hand smoke in the last century. Forget the Holocaust! Forget slavery! Second hand smoke is indeed history’s greatest blemish on humanity.

Had you not been carrying your child at the time, which in itself was grossly negligent, given that the house was a veritable cancer cube and your daughter is obviously more delicate than a tuburcular orchid, I would be nominating Frank J. Keegan as man of the year.

I wish passive aggressive Bitchism was a felony.

8 comments:

Malnurtured Snay said...

Somebody shows up banging on the door screaming, I'd say, sure, grab the shotgun, but keep the door shut and call the police.

DBDP said...

Well, obviously, the police responded correctly, given the situation at the time. But also, given the situation, that he was inside the home, the door was closed and that there was no shell round in the chamber, I strongly doubt that there will be a conviction on the second degree assault charges.

It seems that he did not "rack" the gun as the witness claims, so the witness testimony can be shreded by a defence lawyer... in conjunction with him and his wife obviously being "[expletive] lunatics..."

Although I'm no lawyer.

dizzy von damn! said...

oh wow.

i should get a shotgun.

DBDP said...

miss kendra, you're in California. If they catch you smoking "inside" your apartment, it's off to the Gulag for you. Although my state is catching with yours in the sanctimonious prudery laws department.

tfg said...

I hear that flatulence is to be banned in Baltimore City now.

Anonymous said...

Oh man, this makes me want to start smoking.

Unknown said...

They pay that much to live so close together they can smell each other breathe?

DBDP said...

Krissy, and I was just gearing up to quit myself. I've got the medical prescriptions from my doc and everything. This, of course, is giving me second thoughts.

Molly, excellent point. "Der. I want to live in an overpriced 12 foot wide rowhome, but I want there to be no evidence that I'm living one foot away from other people. It is inexcusable for said neighbors to cook any food that smells more than boild tofu... it is inexcusable for them to play any music at any point during the day without headphones... it is inexcusable for them to speak to one another above a whisper... and it is inexcusable for them to smoke inside their own home."