News story of the week

OK so I just had to comment on this news story coming out of Spingfield, Virginia. Eric Williamson made coffee in his kitchen naked at 5.30am on Monday morning. No one was home (he shares the house with several work colleagues) so he just got up and had a cup of joe without getting a robe or getting dressed. But hey, it was his home afterall!

A woman had cut through his front lawn and was passing by the kitchen window at the time with a 7 year-old boy. She then called the police and Mr Williamson was arrested for indecent exposure. Meaning the police believe he wanted to be seen naked.

I'm not kidding. Do the authorities in Springfield, Virginia honestly have nothing better to do with their time than take a crazy woman's complaint seriously? Based on the details, it sounds like she cut through his yard!! And then noticed him naked at 5.30am and rather than turn her head or pick up the pace, she called the cops? Really?

How sad has America become in turning on our own neighbors who are just in their own home not disrupting anyone? It's like anything can set people off to complain, call the police or sue just to feel better about themselves.

Does anyone not realise it was 5.30am!!! What in the hell was that woman doing with a 7 year-old at 5.30 in the morning cutting through his yard anyways? Surely school doesn't start for an elementary student at 6am. Let the poor kid sleep! And if the guy really wanted to be seen naked, who would do it at 5.30 in the morning? It's not like that many people in the suburbs are out walking the streets at that time anyways.

I just can't get over how sensitive people have become. Especially in the states. Having moved away and lived in England for the past three years, I have finally noticed how much entitlement Americans feel they have. I know it's not like that for every American, but it's certainly something that is taught to us inadvertently when we are enlightened on the American dream.

Thankfully Mr Williamson is fighting the charge and may even seek damages caused by the Fairfax County Police. If he is found guilty he could spend up to a year in jail and face a maximum fine of $2,000.

In a response to the charge, Mr Williamson told Fox News, "I am a loving dad. Any of my friends and anyone knows that and there is not a chance on this planet I would ever, ever, ever do anything like that to a kid." He has a five year-old daughter.

Obviously I wasn't there and don't know if his side of the story truly happened, but based on him going public with the story, it sounds very credible that he was just making a cup of coffee. I'm hoping this case will be dropped and the woman who called the police will apologise. And hopefully she's learned a lesson as well, as this probably is harming Mr Williamson more than the 7 year-old's eyes.