People are good at heart

Last week the 70-year-old wife of an Ohio judge used her favorite saucepan to defend herself in a burglary, and when she got angry she struck one of the four burglars in the head. The burglars fled and were later apprehended and charged. This might be a pretty good end to a story with a somewhat shaky beginning, but it's far from the end. Because her saucepan had been used as a weapon of self-defense, the police entered it into evidence, leaving our poor protagonist without a saucepan.

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not compassionate, and so when we heard of the woman's tragic loss we immediately went looking for a replacement. After asking around just a bit, we found that Chef Emeril Lagasse felt so bad for the woman that he wanted to replace her saucepan, so we let him do it. It all goes to show that people are good at heart, except for, perhaps, those four burglars.