'Don't Whiz on the Alamo': Texas Man Faces Jail Time

[El Supremo]

Don't tinkle on Texas.

An El Paso man faces up to 18 months behind bars after pleading guilty to urinating on the Alamo, the crucible of the legendary 1836 battle in San Antonio between the Mexican Army and Texas settlers fighting for independence.

"The message is, 'Don't whiz on the Alamo,'" Bexas County District Attorney Susan Reed said in a statement, according to Reuters. She added that she would oppose any bid for probation.

Daniel Athens, 23, pleaded guilty in a San Antonio court Tuesday to the felony of Criminal Mischief of a Public Monument or Place of Human Burial — a charge that carries a punishment of up to two years in prison.

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It's not the first time the Alamo has been treated as a restroom. In 1982, British rocker and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne urinated on the Cenotaph — a memorial to the Texans killed at the historic battle....

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dont-whiz-alamo-texas-man-faces-jail-time-n22946

I highly object to the capricious tone of this story! And they can't even spell Bexar.

[TXPaganBanker]

1. So, you pee on a building...

and you get 18 months in prison, if you kill four people (or blow up a building killing 15), you don't see any prison time. Texas amazes me. And I live here.

[3catwoman3]

3. You make a most...

...excellent point.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I almost posted this story,

but I didn't want anyone to have flashbacks to Ozzy Osbourne--been there, done that.

BTW, those Horns are looking pretty tough in the homestretch to March Madness.