This is Mr. Cook's 9th criminal charge in his 43 years of useless life. He is a convicted thief, assaulter, and possessor of marijuana. Frankly, I am amazed that McDonalds would hire anyone like this. He has had a LIFE of second chances and 2 different sentences, one for 2 years and 11 months and another for 3 years for his various crimes. We need to take trash like this off of the streets PERMANENTLY before he graduates to becoming a murderer.

Here is an idea. Since this person is someone who takes scarce resources from the government (i.e. it takes more money to arrest, confine, prosecute, and punish him) than he has produced in goods and services to this country, then let's round up sub-human life forms such as Mr. Cook, fire up the blast furnace at Sparrows Point, and thrown him and those like him right into the blast furnace. That way the taxpaying public would not even have to pay to bury this piece of garbage.

These are the people making the "food" that you Soccer Moms so eagerly stuff down your kid's throats.

Guys...Sullivan, you don't know what being a soccer mom is like (and no I'm not female) but that snippy comment shows how common you are. Try to get some class and say something constructive instead of lashing out irrationally like Cook did with the screwdriver; words are much more powerful.

Harry...you make a powerful argument, laced with conviction. I agree with some of your points; however, I do not believe that you are being rational or fair. As for the furnace idea...that's genocide...I cannot believe that someone who is clearly as able minded as you would even sughest a thing.

Why to find a better solution when we can simply throw them all to the flames of an enormous furnace? You have no notion of what that man has actually been through, just police reports and media news stories, which always have their own spin. More importantly, all of that information comes from an external perspective; to really understand a foe or friend you must first experience life as they do, from his or her perspective.

If you're wondering: no, I do not condone violence toward another except in extreme circumstances, so Mr. Cook is not on my A list. However, your idea and your slanderous comments toward another have put you furthet below Mr. Cook, on the D list. It would be the F list if I weren't giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming you were upset and not thinking rashionally when you posted this.

Both of you, try to be a little more tactful next time you decide to bash someone. Diplomacy is the key to friendship and peace!

~Corey