Comments on: 140-Yr.-Old Cannonball Kills Civil War Fan

Va. Collector Died While Disarming 19th-Century Ammunition In His Driveway

[swwils]

I have sympathy for this mans family.Many people don''t realize that the un-exploded one are the danger factor.They can at any moment explode.During Vietnam,some soldiers died when they were discharged and came home.They bought ceramic tigers,dragons and such and shipped them home but they didn''t know that the VC had planted triggered explosives in them and these soldiers would set them in their homes and one day boom,their goes the house.All explosives are very dangerous,I know I was a combat engineer in the military I mainly planted explosives but they should be given the utmost respect no matter how old.

[kaviz]

I''m sure newster is only one of the names he goes under on these pages. The hired nut jobs flip around day to day to rile emotions and try to stir conflicts. some are pretty good at it, others should be fired by their sponsers. Best to just ignore them and dont feed their thirst for opposition, for they will never change their viewpoint. Thats what they are payed for.

[effjay4]

Kaviz, Newster is not only a cold dude, he''s a classless piece of garbage.

[kaviz]

Erichsh, from the sounds of your blog, you can officially include yourself in your last sentence.

[namesnames]

"....that there was a manufacturing defect that no one would have known was there."

Better sue the defense contractor who made it.

[erichsh]

The more I visit these blogs, the more I become repulsed by the vermin I find here. Just on the last two pages I find: (1) The guy was an idiot, (2) He deserved to die and (3) People who believe in God are idiots. I''ll add (4): what a bunch of callous, pompous, self-righteous blowhards you all are. The man pursued his hobby and love of history with a passion, and was killed in an accident that even the experts cited in this article agreed was extraordinary. He sounds like a far more decent and engaging individual than the bleaters and stone-throwers on these pages.

[blackyowe]

Ouch now that took balls!

[voltaire333]

Ironically, he had a much healthier outlet for his obsession with weapons than most gun nuts in this country.

[kaviz]

"Don''t worry honey, it''s disarmed. Now go get my drill. This is going to make a great bowling ball. Wait til the guys see this.

[blackstudman]

I can only guess that when he told his wife it was disarmed, it was in response to her question "What the he11 is that doing in our driveway?"

Posted by kaviz at 01:19 PM : May 03, 2008

Maybe they wanted to celebrate the fourth of July with the show of his cannonball?