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I think most of the "Predictions" section is copied directly from one of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. -- Wafulz 07:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
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[1] Remember 23:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I just re-read the New Yorker article, after reading one in this months Smithsonian "UNmasking the Mad Bomber". In the New Yorker article, Gladwell asserts that Brussels got it mostly worng. Meteskey, he says, lived in White Plains, not Waterbury and had no connection to the military. According to this Wikipedia article, he did live in Waterbury and sered in the Marine Corps. These are pretty significant factual differences. I tend to trust the New Yorker, but I probably trust Wikipedia more. Can anybody reconcile this discrepency? Graycenphil ( talk) 12:05, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
I guess I can't edit my entry. I meant to say above that, according to the New Yorker, Brussels told the police Metesky was in White Plains, which is where they searched for him. The Smithsonian says Brussels told them he would be in central Connecticut.
Graycenphil ( talk) 13:04, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
I think the link to A LOUD NOISE IN A PUBLIC PLACE – a play with music about George Metesky should stay. The site describes this "play with music" and lists its songs; we can see how the play parallels his life. My favorite title: A Man Can Only Take So Much. The mp3 songs are performed by earnest (if not IMO Broadway-class) talent, and are very entertaining even if it might take two sittings to get through them all because the sound is not so great. The guy's site is not spammy, and hey, it's free entertainment. -- CliffC ( talk) 02:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
A photograph of this man would be of benefit here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.9.151.254 ( talk) 09:59, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
The article is titled "George Metesky", but it begins with his joining the marines: there's nothing about his early life, family, etc. Either the article should include stuff about its subject's early life, or it should be re-named. -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 22:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
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What does the F.P. stand for?
I think most of the "Predictions" section is copied directly from one of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. -- Wafulz 07:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[Removed copyrighted content]
(section copied from Talk:Offender profiling)
[1] Remember 23:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I just re-read the New Yorker article, after reading one in this months Smithsonian "UNmasking the Mad Bomber". In the New Yorker article, Gladwell asserts that Brussels got it mostly worng. Meteskey, he says, lived in White Plains, not Waterbury and had no connection to the military. According to this Wikipedia article, he did live in Waterbury and sered in the Marine Corps. These are pretty significant factual differences. I tend to trust the New Yorker, but I probably trust Wikipedia more. Can anybody reconcile this discrepency? Graycenphil ( talk) 12:05, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
I guess I can't edit my entry. I meant to say above that, according to the New Yorker, Brussels told the police Metesky was in White Plains, which is where they searched for him. The Smithsonian says Brussels told them he would be in central Connecticut.
Graycenphil ( talk) 13:04, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
I think the link to A LOUD NOISE IN A PUBLIC PLACE – a play with music about George Metesky should stay. The site describes this "play with music" and lists its songs; we can see how the play parallels his life. My favorite title: A Man Can Only Take So Much. The mp3 songs are performed by earnest (if not IMO Broadway-class) talent, and are very entertaining even if it might take two sittings to get through them all because the sound is not so great. The guy's site is not spammy, and hey, it's free entertainment. -- CliffC ( talk) 02:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
A photograph of this man would be of benefit here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.9.151.254 ( talk) 09:59, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
The article is titled "George Metesky", but it begins with his joining the marines: there's nothing about his early life, family, etc. Either the article should include stuff about its subject's early life, or it should be re-named. -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 22:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)