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Posted by Adam Weissman on May 03, 2008 We really are a sick culture aren\'t we? Comic book stores are full of images of intense, graphic violence. Not a problem. But a penis portrayed in a non-sexual context? GASP! Horrors! One has to wonder if this prosecutor is going to charge the boy\'s parents with child abuse for letting him take showers without wearing a blindfold. His innocent young mind is being corrupted by seeing the offending orga-- in full color and 3 dimensions-- far worse than the flat black and white comic book image. And what about YMCA\'s? And summer camps? Young men hitting the showers frequently see other men nude. Surely the administrators of these facilities should be drawn and quartered! Surely there\'s a crusade for an opportunistic prosecutor in that...
Posted by Ginger on May 03, 2008 This isn\'t the first time and won\'t be the last time our vindictive DA needlessly prosecutes a case. I\'ve been told she shut down the old Monte Carlo fundraiser by threat of prosecution for \"gambling.\" Give me a break!!!! Does anyone see a trend here?
Posted by Dan Dan the Comics Man on May 03, 2008 Can\'t the state go after maybe bike gangs or criminal conspirators or maybe TV fortune tellers instead? Or is it that they are too much work?
Posted by KACH on May 02, 2008 Does Rome, GA have armed Gestapo roaming the streets like 30s era Germany? Or maybe armed men more akin to Yosemite Sam? Wouldn\'t surprise me.
Posted by Mark on May 02, 2008 Thank you!! At least a few in Rome GA seem to have a little sense. It\'s just a shame that it takes this kind of national attention for the Rome residence to finally perk their ears up and notice the kind of slow backwards thinking that seems to radiate from the Rome government and especially the DA.
Posted by Vinnie Bartilucci on May 02, 2008 All I know is that this is the only thing I know Rome, GA for, and the only thing I care to know it for. Were I ever to be driving through Georgia, I would stop at Rome for one reason only - to buy books from Gordon\'s store. From day one, this has smacked of an attempt for a DA to make a prosecatorial name for themselves. Well, mission accomplished. Here\'s hoping this debacle follows Ms. Patterson through the rest of her career. Free Comic Book Day (the even that caused the hoohah in the first place) is this weekend. Will Ms. Patterson be there to check all the comics distributed?
Posted by Grant G. on May 02, 2008 I realize this is cold comfort after so much expense and nationwide embarassment, but when I heard about the case and learned you had an indoor football team (since shut down, I understand), I trekked up to Rome one spring day two years ago to spend a good bit of money in Gordon\'s store, have some pretty good BBQ at a little takeaway place with concrete tables and see the game at the Forum. I had a really good day and found your town completely charming. I wish it didn\'t take an idiotic case from an idiotic prosecutor to get me to your fair town, but I didn\'t let my impression of Romans be set by the DA\'s office, but by all the wonderful people I met that day. Best wishes to you all!

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