Teen Says He Used Sling-Shot To Destroy Virgin Mary

[matcom]

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CLEARWATER - Angry, bored and unable to sleep, Kyle Maskell grabbed his Marksman slingshot and headed out of his foster home to destroy something that might bring him a degree of infamy that rivaled his rage, police said.

He soon looked up into the image of the Virgin Mary, the iridescent figure that had formed on the side of a glass building on U.S. 19 eight years earlier, drawing throngs of believers to Clearwater.

Maskell reached into the pouch of his slingshot and launched three or four ball bearings, striking the image's top three panes, police said. People who showed up hours later found the virgin beheaded.

That's the story Clearwater police say Maskell, an 18-year-old Clearwater High School sophomore, told them Monday morning before they arrested him on a charge of felony criminal mischief. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail Monday night in lieu of $10,000 bail.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/11/Tampabay/Teen_held_in_Virgin_M.shtml

[sniffa]

1. those poor guLLibLe saps

they now have no dirty window to gather around. :cry:

[Ganja Ninja]

2. All they have to do is install new tinted glass and ...

bust off a sprinkler head then wait a couple weeks before fixing it and the "miracle" will happen again. Sometimes God works in mysterious ways and sometimes not.

[arwalden]

5. A Most Excellent Reply...

Even after all has been explained... rationally and proven and demonstrable and repeatable... the blind faithful still insist on believe anything EXCEPT that which is the plain truth. Sigh.

-- Allen

[Ganja Ninja]

6. I actually witnessed the first miracle.

I drive by the building every day on my way to and from work. When this particular miracle happened it didn't happen all on one day. A sprinkler had broken repeatedly that summer and it took the building owner several days each time to get it fixed. Praise God or the guy driving the lawn mower.

[frylock]

3. it's gonna be ok. there are some sodium lights in ensenada..

that are casting an image on the wall of an industrial tilt-up that resembles Maria de Guadalupe. Saw it in the paper the other day. Perhaps they can all go on a pilgrimage.

[kiahzero]

4. This people are nuts

"If he's 18, he's an adult. For this kid not to know, at the age of 18, what this represents is inexcusable," Pombo said. "I think he should serve a very long time. It's desecrating a holy place. That's like going to Lourdes in France and desecrating it."

Window == Lourdes... interesting.

So, his right to vote is going to be permanently removed, because he broke a window. Does anyone else have a problem with that?

[Fenris]

7. I said no graven images, dammit!

/Catholic, so flame elsewhere!