This is pretty much the definition of a great story - Edit 3
Before modification by Isaac at 07/01/2013 01:35:40 PM
A mother and family are terrified by an intruder who has no business being free and have to resort to violence in order to defend themselves.
It obviously is a great story, considering how many books, TV shows, and movies have revolved around the home intruder being defeated against the apparent odds. Nobody thinks Die Hard was a great story because the terrorists were cool. And just because I'm inspired by a trapped person amputating their own leg doesn't mean I'd wish that on anyone.
This is like posting the events of 9/11 and talking about how awesome it was, because firefighters ran in to save lives.
Well the definition of awesome includes scary and inspirational. That was pretty scary and pretty inspirational. You're choosing to put the 'cool' on the attack, not the events opposing it, and I think it was pretty clear he found her actions impressive and inspirational and 'great'. He obviously considers this woman's actions heroic.
I don't know if you are simply attempting to be manipulative, or if actually are so deluded by your need to make partisan points--in this case, it's obviously a paean to firearm ownership--but either way, you'd be well served by serious introspection about what you consider to be a "great" event. Here's a hint: home intrusion and its results should not feature high on your hierarchy of positive occurrences.
I think you just are being rude and offensive to A2k without provocation in this thread, I don't see him saying or even implying anything you're accusing him of.