Floor sags under man’s wheelchair; he seeks help

Tue, 10/10/2006 - 4:23pm
By: Ben Nelms

Floor sags under man’s wheelchair; he seeks help

What is needed is a hand up, not a hand out. And for north Fayette resident Larry Wicker and his family, that hand would be especially meaningful.

Put simply, the Wicker’s home in Four Seasons Mobile Home Park is in need of repairs that the family cannot accomplish without help. A particular hazard is the flooring, which sags in places under the weight of his wheelchair.

As residents of Four Seasons for the past eight years, the family has done much of the repair work on the 30-year-old mobile home themselves. But there is a limit, both with the expertise needed to accomplish the more difficult repairs and the funds necessary to meet the expense.

As much as anything, Larry faces the physical challenges of major plumbing work and the need to replace a large amount of flooring due to the limitations imposed by a congenital condition known as arthrogryposis.

He gets along as well as many people, considering that the contracted joints in his wrists keep his hands permanently folded under.

Larry negotiates his wheelchair handily through the 900-square-foot residence. The chair is a necessity since his legs were amputated at age 9.

And even some of the work the 48-year-old was previously able to do on his own is now hampered by the degenerating disks in his upper spine and the creeping scoliosis that affects his back.

Realistically, the family does not have the funds to pay for the work. Larry has no current employment due to the conditions that affect his body and the family’s sole source of income comes from his wife Rachael’s job in Fayetteville.

Faced with similar challenges, many people resign themselves to an outlook devoid of optimism or hope. But not Larry. He is a bit different. Larry writes and worked on small woodworking projects before his condition worsened.

He improvises needed areas of the home environment, even using his hands to fashion a shaving apparatus by using a wooden stirring spoon from the kitchen.

But Larry Wicker is also willing to see the bright side of adversity, even with the amputations he experienced as a child.

“At 9 years old they amputated my legs, which was great for me,” he said with a chuckle. “They were folded like an Indian would sit, all the time, they never moved. And when they were amputated I doubled in size within a year. It was pretty amazing.”

With a single wage earner in the family and two children and plenty of bills to pay, Larry agreed that a helping hand would be a blessing.

“You can only fix 30-year-old pipes so much. It seems like every time you fix one part of the pipe something on the other side of the house will start leaking,” Larry explained, pointing into the kitchen where sheets of plywood cover the weak areas that make standing or moving a wheelchair nothing short of precarious.

“And I guess about half the house needs the floor replaced. But the thing is, we don’t want a handout. We just need help fixing things. It gets pretty weird going down the hall and having your wheelchair teetering on places that are going to give way. And I don’t want my children to get hurt either.”

Larry Wicker is a man who laughs easily. And he is a man who needs a helping hand to meet some of the needs that are out of his control. Anyone with a hand to lend can contact Larry Wicker at 770-783-2829.

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Submitted by KatamariRoller on Thu, 10/19/2006 - 8:07am.

"In to it you have lost all of the moral compasses you may have once had. Society has it standards buddy. And we have a choice. This morals of Pornography, perversion, incest, rape, homosexuality, masturbation, pedophilia, bestiality or the morals of the Judeo Christian society and the family lifestyles in which it condones. I choose the later.

If intolerance is defined as despising the filthy and destructive lifestyles in which you self fornicate to then indeed I am intolerant."

Yes, you definitely are intolerant.

(And... the standards of society are actually about having a choice, which is what is defended by democracy... which comes BEFORE religion.)

"Where is your tolerance to our views?"

It was there right up to the point where you accused an innocent man of crimes he didn't commit, and insulted/condemned to hell those who supported his point of view. From there on, it was kinda difficult to try and put myself in your place to see if there was any merit to your thoughts, which is how tolerance works. By putting yourself into the other's shoes and seeing if his/her ideas have any merit/sense to them.

With your quoted sections, I have made my point. You won't see me here again (and I swear that's better for me than for you).

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Submitted by sweetpea8870 on Thu, 10/19/2006 - 8:32am.

Your stupid opinion has been noted and i'm glad you wont be back!


Submitted by KatamariRoller on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 11:00am.

"Don't you think it would be in your best interest to just..."Go Away"? Or are you really going to reload our ammo pouches and give Ben another interview? Man...it's as if you're paying big money just to have someone whoop your own tail.

Just remember. You created this situation for yourself."

Actually, you guys created this situation. The topic of the news had nothing to do with his erotic writings. You brought that out of nowhere to justify an active, malicious persecution of Wicker's work engaging in libel, which is a criminal act for which you can be prosecuted (accusing Wicker of being a children molester, for which you have no proof at all).

If so offended you are by his writings, then don't read them, and stop picking on him like this. Wicker wanted help to fix his home, he wasn't advertising his work. In fact, your efforts to supposedly shut him down (or whatever it is you are trying to do) have most probably had the opposite effect (as it often happens with things perceived as negative) and there will be people interested in seeing if he's really "that bad".

Your efforts are being counter-productive to your intentions. Hell, I didn't know about Wicker until he posted in the forums and linked us to this shameful piece of intolerance.

Also, if there is someone who should "go away", it's you guys. What with Wicker being persona non grata in your eyes. This piece of news isn't about you, or about his erotic writings. It is about his need of someone to fix his home. So I think the source and original... "owner" if you will of this whole place (the piece of news and comments pertaining to it) is Wicker. Now explain why HE is supposed to go away, and not you.

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Submitted by sweetpea8870 on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 1:04pm.

The point is... he is on here asking for help with his floors when all the while he is writing pornographic material about incest and a MySpace site that would blow your mind but he has denied writing the stories and denied things about his MySpace page. I think if you have the nerve to ask the public for help then you should be open and honest about all things considering you are putting yourself in the situation to begin with. Most of the people I know don't help liars.


Submitted by supermrawesome on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 3:03am.

I find it amusing that after a week, this story is still getting comments on it.
A guy wants his floor fixed, and next thing ya know, hes a pedophile.
WTF??
I have reread the said article, and while it mentions that he writes, it doesnt mention the writing itself. Why is it that Fayette Co is so quick to dig up dirt? And on the other hand, while digging said dirt, making everyone all around look hypocrtical? Calling themselves Christian, and yet judging left and right?
Hasnt anyone looked in the mirror lately?
I have known Larry personally for four-five years now. I am a close family friend, and probably Larrys best friend. I know most of his extended family, and his daughters.
Ive read alot of his work, and yes, it is adult orientated. And that is why its on an ADULT SITE.
And I do not see the relevance of his writing having anything to do with his disabilites, and the struggle he has with his family to get by.
Just because the man lets off steam in stories does not make the man a rapist, a pedophile, someone who gets off on incest. As its been mentioned before, if thats the case, then Stephen King is a serial killer, Anne Rice really gets off on homoerotic vampires, and oh yea, DeSade really did all those horrific acts that he wrote about.
But thats not the case.
Thats why its called FICTION. For ADULTS. Well, for those of us who can differentiate fantasy from truth. And apparently theres not many of us out here in Fayette County that can appreciate a good story now and then.
But anywho. I digress.
The man wants help with his floor. And it turned into a witch hunt by a bunch of rich, bored housewives and guys with nothing better to do with their time.
Idle Hands people....Idle Hands....
(For those of you that dont get the reference....Idle Hands Are The Devils Playground)

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:03pm.

hey there,
call me man. gotta say thank you.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:21pm.

On to L____ca. Your porn site and send him a blog where you normally communicate with your fellow perverts.

You seem to have a strong desire to keep this controversy going on the Citizen. I suspect that your beginning to relish the attention as unflattering as it may be.


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:23pm.

Up your nose. I do nothing wrong. I'm sick of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:37pm.

So leave and it will end.


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:44pm.

you to lead the way.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:50pm.

I'll lock up after you leave.


Submitted by aprilw on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 4:15am.

You are not saying anything not already said by his other friends.

I am not rich, I am not a housewife, and I am not married.

You say people must not have anything better to do with their time, yet you are here blogging too, so I guess you don't have anything better to do with your time either.

There are 4 categories of people on this issue:
1. People who were at this site the first night it (the story) became public and who saw the Myspace site before it was deleted and were disgusted and afraid for those young girls.
2. The people who did not see the Myspace site but are outraged by what he writes period, whether it involves children or not.
3. The friends of Mr. Wicker who want this to be a free speech isssue and who come here from all over the world to defend him.
4. People who just don't care about this either way.

I was a number 1, and now I am a number 4.

The number 1's will never agree with the number 3's because they saw that Myspace site. The number 3's will never agree with the number 1's or 2's because a. They never saw the Myspace site as we saw that night and b. They look at this as a free speech or right to write pornographic material issue. The number 4's just don't care.

So we can just all agree that we will never agree on this topic.

I am a number 4 now, but I do hope that if any of those girls on his myspace site need help, and I think they do, they get it and fast. I don't know if it is possible to bring up sites that were deleted, but hope if it would help a young girl(s) the police could do it.

Now I am going to the kitchen to get a Krispy Kreme donought. I know, a real nutritious breakfast huh. Smiling

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:28pm.

you saw my kids and some of their friends. no big deal at all. I took it off as fast as I could to protect them from mindless people like you guys!

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:42pm.

Was your request for a handout and to cover your own tail from the smut and blogging you were doing with young girls. And that's a fact you cannot deny


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:45pm.

just stop. I told all of you to come over and see for yourself, but nobody did.

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:22pm.

I don't mind all of these nasty, rude things that are being said about me, because they are false! Not real! Made up! Prove it! My kids stand with me on this. By the way they are ages 28, 21 and 20. I do think they're safe and would kick my little crippled ass if I tried anything like that. they were raised to stand up and say what they thought. One is a mother of three. the other is a wonderful cook at a very large nursing home and the last still lives at home and helps me around the house.
I don't mind, because you don't matter. say all you want. my family and I know that none of this cr** is real. you guys need to stop.
this isn't the USSR, It's America for God sake. I can do or write anything dang thing I want within the law.
Hell I might write something for all of you! Maybe a good murder story where a guy is harrassed on line and he tracks them all down and....see, now you'll have to go read it to find out what happens.
I don't have anything to hide. you guys are in need of a life and a real cause.
Maybe that plant here in town that made so many people sick or doesn't anyone care about that?
Maybe the kids at Flat Rock and Sandy Creek that are being robbed of their right of 'FREE SPEECH' like me. they need help. you waist your time on me because I write stories that a lot of people read. I have things that have been read 300,000 times. somebody sure like them. Maybe even some of you.
Look around, find something that you can really help with!
I look forward as before to your very childlike replies. It's kinda like being back in the 1st grade and the little things we used to argue about. silly silly kids!

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:36pm.

Why would someone want to help a proven pervert out with a nasty mouth and a supposed daughter that talks like a drunken sailor? I go out of my way often to help people in need but I refuse to subsidize drug addicts and alcoholics in their lifestyles. Why would I go out of my way to the aide of a pornographer?

Larry, what do you do with government monies you get from welfare and disability? We know you get it. Maybe if you quit smoking cigarettes you could save up enough cash to fix your trailer. What other vises do you waste the taxpayer’s money on? Why are other people able to survive on welfare programs that give recipients more to survive on than many working families make? What behaviors and lifestyle do you have that escalate the challenges you already face?

You don't want help. You want a handout.


Submitted by GloriaG on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 11:15am.

Someone make this story go away before I completely lose interest in this blog forever. Let's agree, right now, no more on this subject. If someone wants to help the man please do so and let's move on to another topic.......Yawn~~~~~~~~~~

Submitted by aprilw on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 1:21pm.

Go to Names & Places, Weekend, or Church and scan those stories. There are a lot of positive stories on here, but people always just look at the recent comments and comment on those, but there are a lot of good and positive stories on here.

You can start a blog that interests you.

People have a right to blog on this topic if they want, but it is not the only topic on here. Don't just go by the "recent comments" list. Read over the whole site. There is a lot of positive stuff on here.

People keep saying they don't like this topic but they keep blogging at this topic's site. Go to one of the positive stories and blog there.

I have a feeling if the paper does another story on this topic, people will start blogging at the new story.

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 8:33pm.

Your last paragraph would apply to you and your friends also. Just go away so we can talk about our local politics and stuff this voting season without people from all over the world tying up our blogs.

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:31pm.

when you people stop.
so what I asked for help from my 'perverted' friends. they are writters too. so what. they stand with me and not just a bunch of name calling and false talk like you 'good' people do.

Submitted by HnH on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 7:47pm.

Very well said!!!

Submitted by Lawicker on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:34pm.

Matthew 7:1, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

But, I guess you guys don’t understand that or can’t figure it out. It means, don’t judge me unless you are free of all sins. I know I’m not. Who can say that they are?

First, you guys, when was the last time some hot looking lady walked by you wearing a short skirt or jeans so tight she had to jump 4 feet to get in them? Did you look at her butt wiggling under that small skirt or skin-tight jeans? Or did you close you eyes and run the other way? I’m a man, so I looked! So, that means I sinned.

Ladies, when was the last time you saw that same woman and thought, ‘Oh my God, she looks like a cheep whore!’ that’s a sin too because you judged her.

I write erotic stories and yes, one subject is very taboo. Every story I write for Lit…com the people in the stories are over the age of 18. The site does not allow any underage sex of any kind, shape or form.

Notes from the site:
Submission Guidelines

3. No sexual activity involving bestiality (you can write stories about supernatural beasts like ghosts, unicorns, werewolves, etc.) or underage persons will be considered. For the purposes of this site, the minimum legal age is 18. This site does not publish stories, articles, essays, or other material supporting, encouraging, or defending child abuse and/or exploitation.

See that, it’s true. They don’t publish anything out of line there! Go look for yourselves, I’m sure you won’t believe me, I’m such a sinner!

All of my stories are romance based, even if one is a taboo subject. There is love in them all. No one is ever abused or molested in any way. I hate that.

Growing up, I heard of my sisters’ being raped, later my nieces too! I swore the day my very lovely wife told me that we were going to have a baby, that crap like that would ‘never’ happen to our kids and it never did!

You guys sit on your butts writing these horrible things about me with no truth or facts to support it. Just a lot of talk and name calling to me. I have done nothing! So what, I write stories! That’s all.

Myspace also seems to be driving you guys’ nuts too. I guess I’ll try to justify that, but I’m sure none of you will believe me. All the ‘kids’ on there were mine and friends we’ve known for years.

The first was a picture of me and my daughter taken 18 years ago, then some friends. What I’d like to know about was all of ‘those’ horrible things I was supposed to have said to them? Anybody? Come on, tell me. The only reason I took it off and I’m glad I did, was so you ‘good, God fearing’ people didn’t bother them too. And after all this, I’m glad I did take it off. No, I will not have the site put it back on. You guys will not bother them as you have me.

You’ve ran off a few people that were going to help me, but I don’t care. If they want to believe all this crap that’s been said about me, they are sinners too for not seeking the truth and listening to all these lies. I don’t care about them. They’ll get it in the end and have to answer up for it, just like the ones that have said all the lies about me.

We’ve had more people stopping to see us and are going to help. One very nice man came by Saturday, I told him as soon as he came in what was being said about me. Do you know what he said, ‘I’m not here to judge you, I’m here to help you.’ It was so cool! He’s a really nice man and we thank him.

Plus lots of calls and more people wanting to help. I can’t say their names, but to you all, we say ‘THANK YOU’.

To my ‘freaky’ friends that came forward from Lit…com, and from here in town, thank you too. You guys are the best and I’m glad you stopped by. I can’t name you all, but thanks a million.

Yesterday, I sent out an invitation to come by and meet me, but that too was taken the wrong way. There were comments about me beating people up or beating me up. Yikes, that would not be very hard. I asked you to meet me and my family is all! But just like everything else, it was blow up into a riot!

I guess you guys think you’re doing Fayetteville a favor by doing this, but you’re not. You’re making everyone here look so bad with you’re name calling and false accusations about me.

I’m a good man, I have my faults just like everyone else, but I’m not what you are saying. I have never hurt any kid in my life and I never will! You guys are making up all this and have no proof of anything and never, ever will!

Hell, I’m lucky I can get out of bed in the morning, let alone hold down a screaming kid and try to rape them. I’m been disabled all my life and the years and hard life is taking its toll on me big-time. My curved back, degenerating desks in my neck and bad joints don’t allow me to do much of anything these days, but sit in pain. (I’m sure you guys will love that, I’ll be sure and count the bad comments too.)

I will look for a lawyer. You guys have gone way off line with all the name calling and something needs to be done about it. You have no right calling me all these names with no facts to back you up. I have done nothing wrong, except write stories.

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Submitted by sweetpea8870 on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 9:21pm.

Let me get this straight...On one hand you sit there and read scriptures to us while your thinking of your next porn story, and on the other hand you are looking for a lawyer but you cant afford to fix your floors...You remind me of Eddie Murphy in trading places..What a scam artist!


Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 9:30pm.

I wish someone would fix his floors already just so maybe he would leave us alone. Smiling

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:26pm.

I didn't start this. some guy that knew my writing name did. He named off stories and told me how much he liked them. he is the one that did all of this, not me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then he lied about it on here.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:39pm.

with your pants down. Stop the denial.


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:43pm.

there was nothing to hide. that myspace thing was just my kids and some of there friends is all. but you people gotta blow it up.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:49pm.

Your teenage friends from all around the country? The ones that thought you were more than you really were? The ones that thought you made $60 - $75K a year?


Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 8:13pm.

If there was nothing wrong/bad about your myspace page then why did you immediately take it down? Put it back up exactly as it was that night so people can see it and judge for themselves.

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:32pm.

from people like you guys.

Submitted by aprilw on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 7:16pm.

That you were talking too. Your kids are grown. You said so yourself.

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Submitted by Git Real on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:44pm.

You're a wonderful human being in your own mind. Yeah Larry....I can make a huge list of my shortcomings. But incest and perversion won't be on it. And neither will corrupting young people with smut and pornography.

I'm glad your house is getting fixed. I only hope you request help for your life next.

As far as my lawyer goes.....Wanna make a bet mine's better than yours?


Submitted by Lawicker on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:47pm.

Going to reply to you, but your mind is set on hanging me. There's no use in saying or telling you people anything. Believe what you want and be sure to call me a bunch more nasty names.

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Submitted by Git Real on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:50pm.

Don't be silly. Unless you are a pedophile. As for the names. Well it ain't like you hadn't used a few good ones yourself.


Submitted by Lawicker on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:53pm.

Pee-brain. that's a bad name compaired to what I've been called. I'm done for the day, go watch George Forman eat something.

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Submitted by Git Real on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:58pm.

Your postings. You sound like a drunken sailor claiming he's really an altar boy.


Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 3:59pm.

himself into our lives in answer to your last paragraph. Why can't his family and friends fix his trailer. Go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get some tools and wood and fix it, and then we could all be done with this topic hopefully.

Submitted by samanatha44 on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 1:58pm.

Well if we had the money to go to lowes and get the things we needed why the hell would he have asked for help in the first place. If he would of known this was going to come out of this I pretty sure he would of never asked such "Godly people" to come and help him.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:18pm.

Why hell girl. Them's old godly people just ain't coming out of the woods work to hep us poor folk. Whut the heck's rong wit them?

Samantha....if you're real go get a job and help your dad out. Other than that keep your ignorance off of here lest you desire to throw more gas on the fire.


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:36pm.

for you man. you are one evil person.
you talk about my kids and mock them so much. fyi, that girl is the top cook in a large nursing home. she and her very good husband have helped us a lot, but they have their house payment, cars and many other bills. don't tell her to help mister!
I should not say this, but... I hope you burn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:44pm.

We'll burn together. If you want this to end then stop the lying and denying. I'd like to move on but I'm not going to let you get away with calling the credible bloggers on here liars by virtue of your denial and spin.


Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:50pm.

that's funny.
I'm done with you guys. if my daughter wants keep it up she can, but as far as I can see you guys are hopless.
hear no evil, but make up all you can with no facts. don't bother repling because I'm off of here.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:52pm.

Are one. Why don't you guys let this drop?


Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 3:56pm.

we would stop commenting on this topic if you and some others from far away would stop coming here trying to tell us how wrong we are for what we say in our blogs!

You and your friends are the ones keeping this alive! We comment on what we read and you are what we are reading.

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Submitted by Git Real on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 1:48pm.

In to it you have lost all of the moral compasses you may have once had. Society has it standards buddy. And we have a choice. This morals of Pornography, perversion, incest, rape, homosexuality, masturbation, pedophilia, bestiality or the morals of the Judeo Christian society and the family lifestyles in which it condones. I choose the later.

If intolerance is defined as despising the filthy and destructive lifestyles in which you self fornicate to then indeed I am intolerant. Where is your tolerance to our views?


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Submitted by Git Real on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 10:03pm.

Those Dawg Gone Bulldogs. Have they ever been instructed on the art of pass coverage? Or did Vanderbilt's receivers smell so darned bad that the UGA defense dare not get within 15 yards of them. And guys....when the ball lands in your hands you are supposed to keep it there. Oh well..the weather was phenomenal and there were 300 people from Tennessee that had a great drive back.

What's up? I see Larry's defenders are really starting to expose themselves for what they truly are. Yeesh! And our buddy Mr. Wicked has accused everyone of participating in a witch hunt. Well DUH Larry. We went on a witch hunt and caught one wouldn't you say. Heh heh heh.

I agree with you Larry on the name calling. One of us went over the edge and an apology needs to be made to you.

You listed:

I've been called... pornographers, freakazoids, pervert, sickness, perv, sex offender, sick individual, pervesions, YOU ARE GULITY BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS THERE! Dressing up in woman's clothes tonight, perverse sexual addiction. PERVERTED FRIENDS, Larry's twisted sexual fantasies, Larry Wicked's pervernt friends(that pee-brain can't spell) don't wee wee on our feet, sick perversion, sicko, Wicker's writing destroy, denegrate, corrupt or victimise innocent people, sick and evil conduct, pornographic perversion, pervert, We care about the children this man comes in contact with!!! would love to come kick the spokes out of your wheelchair, you SOB wicker,
you are vile and disgusting, molest children, child-molestation, you are one sick man! He is a scammer and a pervert, online pervert, possibly a child molestor, He is a scammer, he is a perverted, incest promoting, child sex promoting, scamming, piece of ...

Our apologies Larry. No one should have accused you of dressing up in womens clothing. That was way out of line. As for the rest of your titles.....What's your point?

Don't you think it would be in your best interest to just..."Go Away"? Or are you really going to reload our ammo pouches and give Ben another interview? Man...it's as if you're paying big money just to have someone whoop your own tail.

Just remember. You created this situation for yourself.


Submitted by L B P on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 10:30am.

I was beginning to think that the good folks had been chased
away by some of these "new bloggers". I look forward to reading
your words of wisdom mixed with some good humor.

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 11:33pm.

Your comments are so fun and funny! You have a good sense of humour unlike someone on here tonight. Yeah the Bulldogs didn't do so well.

There is always next time!

Submitted by Run Like Hell on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 11:15pm.

Listen to you, or read yourself
(looks like you like that)

Our apologies Larry. No one should have accused you of dressing up in womens clothing. That was way out of line. As for the rest of your titles.....What's your point?
Don't you think it would be in your best interest to just..."Go Away"? Or are you really going to reload our ammo pouches and give Ben another interview? Man...it's as if you're paying big money just to have someone whoop your own tail.
Just remember. You created this situation for yourself.

You are so ... [we are looking for a 4-letter word]
Just remember, you created this situation for yourself!
And then again: You offer help: "GO AWAY!!!"
... dream sweet

Submitted by Lawicker on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:41pm.

run like hell, maybe you will when your judgement day comes. how will you answer when asked, 'What facts did you have when you judged that guy Larry?' what will you say? 'I saw it on line, it had to be true.'
I'll go away when people like you pull your heads out of your ***
thank you.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:47pm.

Your shooting yourself in the foot. Go get yourself some help with your sex addiction.


Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 1:39am.

Your blogs don't make any sense.

Submitted by head_ragg on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:07pm.

this is what I have to say. We all have a right to choose. Me, I don't like this, but this is me, in my mind, you guys are wasting you time just giving this guy attention. I don't like his ideas, but you are loosing site of the fact that we don't have to be brought down by people we don't agree with. One of the most wonderfull lessons of my life was that things like this, we can walk away from. As adults, we choose our lives, or at least have a lot of say in it. I found, to be able to walk away from the hatefull, mean, or preverted things, was one of the most wonderful gifts God gave me. Don't waste your time. If someone wants to rebuild something for this guy, they will or won't, but don't go down with him. This is your life, make it as wonderfull as you Want, but, don't waste your time swapping spit with someone who is so far at the other end of the rictor scale. My life is precious, what I have left, I don't want to waste trying to make someone else think what I think, neither should you. By ignoring him, you are no longer even giving him the reason to justify what he does. Don't care, think about the nice things you have around you, good kid, etc. don't even go there. Look at the good, be thankfull, there is enough bad in the world.

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:48pm.

Just to clarify my last comment. You are right. Life is precious and it is what we make of it! Smiling

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:20pm.

of what you said, but if people want to blog they can blog. This is a public blog. If you don't like the topic you can skip to another news story.

I am not commenting specifically to Mr. Wicker. I am blogging to whoever reads the blog really. So if people don't like the topic, don't read the blog. I have left comments at other stories and no one replied to them (yet that I have seen).

I think the problem is you and some others who don't like the topic are commenting in the wrong place. Go to another news story under News, Faces & Places, or Weekend and read over those stories to see if there is anything you like. People just seem to automatically respond to the last comment posted on the list without going through the site to find other topics of interest.

Submitted by Run Like Hell on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:24pm.

You guys are way off target here.
That dude is in a wheelchair, right.
No predetor in sight!
That dude is "writing" sticky storries?
So, until just a month ago, porn related topics where the most requested searches on the web.
I just hope there is no real bad ending to your witch-hunt.

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:04pm.

I am not on a witch hunt. I am simply commenting on blogs. It is a give and take thing (blogging). A lot of people feel that people who have fantasies/thoughts/dreams or who write about incest,rape, and/or child abuse might decid one day to act out those fantasies.

I don't see how any one could blame anyone for not being thrilled with the thought that people with these kinds of fantasies are livng in their community whether they are in a wheelchair or not. There have been caes (in New York for one) where men in wheelchairs have sexually abused children. The fact this man is in a wheelchair is of little comfort to some people.

The fact that porn is popular on the web is not the issue here. The issue is if people with fantasies about hurting children or adults will want to act them out one day. I don't fear people who fantasize about sex with Pamela Anderson for instance. I fear people who fantasize about sex with children like those men who killed Carla Brucia, Jessica Lunsford, Paulie Klass, and on and on and on. This is what this community fears. Now we have people from all over the world talking about freedom of speech and all that and all we (the community) care about is the potential for people like this to harm our children or if they have harmed children in the past.

Submitted by Run Like Hell on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:19pm.

little world of yours, right!
Fear sweet!

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:24pm.

to this site. I have commented on several stories besides this one. This seems to be the only one where people are blogging right now. And you say you don't like the topic yet you are here right now? Why?

You don't like me blogging here, yet you are blogging here. At least I try to engage in some serious discussions and don't just leave rude comments.

Submitted by dr_mabeuse on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 6:14pm.

(noun) one who has the nerve to write down what the rest of us only think about.

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 7:11pm.

Some one who writes about incest and/or sex with children. (For example: a story about a father who has sex with his 8 year old son or a story about a father who has sex with his 16 year old daughter.)

Submitted by loveptc on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 7:41pm.

Enough already about this porn guy! Is there something else to go talk about? Did anyone go to the air show today? How was the crowd? Thinking of going Sunday.

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:10pm.

If you don't like it you don't have to read the comments. Just read the news stories. Like I told someone before go to the different sections and read what you like and skip what you don't like. Leave a comment if you like and don't if you don't. It is that simple.

Yes, maybe the site could be designed a little differently so people can get to topics they are interested in quicker, but I have to say this in one of the best blogging sites I have seen.

Submitted by loveptc on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:36pm.

I watch from the sidelines while the "regular bloggers" do thier thing. I do not judge anyone (Ive seen no proof of child porn that this man has written), because I don't want to be judged. Please don't lump those us of us that live in Fayette County as one group. There are those who stand by the side lines, and let others voice thier opions .

Submitted by Run Like Hell on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:48pm.

Well said.
NEXT

Submitted by loveptc on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:56pm.

Every done the bubble warp on bored.com? I found that site thru an e-mail link about 4 years ago. Grest site!

Submitted by Run Like Hell on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 9:05pm.

You are funny!

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 7:49pm.

This perhaps would of been better to put it on the story about the air show. If you go through the news stories, the names & faces, and the weekend sections you will find a story on the air show. Post your comments there and maybe others will get in on that conversation. Like I told Hardtack it might be better to have a list of the news stories to the side of the screen, rather than a list of the comments so people could just click on the news stories they were interested in.
No, I did not go to the airshow, but I did read the story about it here on this site.

Submitted by KatamariRoller on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 5:40pm.

The way you guys talk, it's as if we erotica writers sacrificed goats and virgins, or something!

Erotica is erotica, and child molestation is child molestation. If you seriously think erotic writings can make people go mad, then I suggest you start censoring Hollywood, the News, History Channel, etc...

I've seen waaaay worse things in daily TV in the news than I've ever read in erotica. If you are going to keep saying we are evil rapists, then go ahead. The Internet is a free expression medium, no matter how stupid the content is.

But don't expect anyone to take you seriously if you are going to keep using expressions declaring that we are filth, evil, child molesters (to summarise, drawing links that don't exist in the first place), etc...

Besides, like I care. I don't even live in the USA or United Kingdom. Sticking out tongue

Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 7:22pm.

to Puja from England. If you don't live in our community, or around our community, or in our state than why are you here?

You made several more weak arguments. One being that the daily TV news is "waaaay worse". TV news is bad because they do a lot of reporting on crime. A lot of crime is children being hurt or killed or women being raped and killed.

They are reporting factual things that have happened. You are writing what you say are "fantasies". We (most people in the communiity) worry about how long your fantasy will be enough. We worry if you will get tired of just fantasizing and/or writing and decide to act on your fantasies. That scares us. We don't won't our kids or any kids for that matter showing up on the "waaaay worse" news as another crime victim.

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Submitted by FallingToFly on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 7:58pm.

Okay, okay, I really will let this go after this but...

I'm going to have a heck of a hard time finding a vampire to indulge my fantasies in. Or becoming a gay man. Or a pretty Finnish rock star.

Fantasies are fantasies- I wanted to be Malecifent(sic I'm sure) from Sleeping Beauty when I was 10. I still occasionally daydream about being her, but it's a fantasy- designed to never be fulfilled.

Dreams are what you work for. Fantasies are strictly for those odd moments of squirming and giggling with sheer personal glee.


Submitted by aprilw on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:15pm.

Like I said before to the other guy/gal is that the fact that people have fantasies that involve children or incest is what is scary enough for most people. We don't care about people who have fantasies of being rock stars etc. We worry about the people who have fantasies about incest or hurting children because we worry they will want to act them out one day. Most peole also probably would not want people to have fantasies of blowing up buildings or shooting people either because they might act them out one day.
A lot of people get angry at someone or something and think about doing something awful to them but they don't dwell on it or plan it out in their minds unless they are really considering whether they could or would do it. People who talk about hiring a hitman to kill their spouse get in troubl for just talking about it with someone. It is called attempt to commit murder or attempt to commit assault etc.

Submitted by loveptc on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 8:25pm.

thats what I meant by beating a dead horse. Lets talk about somethine else!

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 1:59am.

But this topic is here under this story. Other topics are at other story sites. What I meant earlier is if you don't want to be a part of this conversation you don't have to. You simply read another part of this site or go to a different blogging site altogether. Or you could start a new topic by going to the place where you post your own new blog. You can also go to Freedom of Speech section and do that and the opinion section etc.
I am just saying if you don't want to read my blogs you don't have to. I am not forcing anyone to read my blogs and I know they are boring to a lot of people, but others who want to discuss the same topic may not think so.

Submitted by Cranky Princess on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 12:35pm.

Please tell me why everyone is pandering to this "man". The topic is disgusting and has already resulted in Kathleen being banned. Feeding his ego by continuing to comment on his and his family's comments is not worth the effort. Of course, I realize that is my opinion only.

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Submitted by Git Real on Sat, 10/14/2006 - 5:43am.

Dear Lit____ca members and writers, I need your help and support.

Recently my local newspaper did a story about my family and me needing help fixing my house up. Well, some s__t-bird did a search of my name and found out that I write adult stories.

I?m being put down and called some pretty bad things. I need ?EVERYONE? to go to the newspaper site and post comments about freedom of speech and whatever you like. These people are not only putting me down, they putting down ?all? of you that write adult stories.

Read the story and PLEASE post your comments.

Please help!

http://www.thecitizen.com/node/10906

I'm not using yahoo anymore, sorry. You gotta email me or leave a comment. My book 'R____ng T____gh Time' can be bought on line and ordered at just about any book store.

On the Fayette Speaks blogs I found a link that a blog researcher friend of ours came up with. Now you know where all of Larry Wicked's defenders are coming from.

Folks it is my contention that we are hearing from the sickest of sick in regards to mankind's worst and one of them has been verified to live among us.


Submitted by HnH on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 1:55am.

It looks as if a number of people have decided to persecute this guy because of his private-time endeavors. Endeavors, by the way, that as far as that website is concerned, have nothing to do with sexual activities with minors because the website brought to question here does NOT allow that kind of content.

Feel free to get your facts straight.

I doubt seriously that all of his defenders are coming to him exclusively from that website, but even if they are they're not just coming to defend Larry. You people are condeming him for expressing himself and his imagination in COMPLETELY HARMLESS WAYS. The last time I checked there was still some little document (being trampled all over by the right-wingers) that doesn't only protect Larry's right to express himself in harmless ways, but it also protects him from being persecuted for doing so. If anyone wants to openly go against that minsicule little writ from American history, then the simple truth is that you don't belong here. You belong in some sanitized little country where all forms of media, art and productions of any sort that you find offensive to your tender senses, has been banned, burned, butchered and lambasted right out of the land. This is not that land. Hopefully it never will be.

The simple truth here is that Larry is NOT a bad person for writing the works that he's written. Anyone who thinks to the contrary is helping our "free" land to become as the USSR was years ago. You know what I mean. When the Russian government was up the butt of every person in the country to make sure they stayed in QUIET compliance.

Another simple truth here is that upon hearing of Larry's little past time, every person who could do so should not only have helped Larry to overcome his plight, but they should have also shaken Larry's hand for openly exercising what is easily the most important right he has as a citizen of this country. Once the free thinkers and speakers are silenced who will be left to protect us? The people with guns? They'll have had those taken away shortly after freedom of speech was tossed out because no one could speak against it.

There are no two ways about this. No matter what you think of Larry's past-time activities, they're not harming anyone, and he's being a truer American for doing it than anyone is who says he shouldn't be doing it.

Think of it this way too; You're taking offense to what he has written just as the monarchy took offense to our Declaration of Independance. And who was in the wrong there?

While your all sticking that in your peace pipes to smoke, go give Larry a hand. He deserves it no less than the rest of you.

Take care,
Christian

Submitted by OldSchoolFootball on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 10:32am.

YOU go give Larry a hand. I will not comment on your Revolutionary War analogy (now I have heard it all) or your free thinkers speech (no one I have read said he didn't have the RIGHT to write) but we, at least in this family, will spend our time and effort at Egleston Childrens Hospital donating both time and money. Since his wife and four kids won't, YOU go fix Larry's trailer!

Submitted by HnH on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 7:12pm.

I help out with abused women and children on a regular basis. Send me the hospital's PayPal address and I'll get a donation to them. Otherwise I'm simply too far away to lend any physical assistance.

Glad you've heard it all. Now you can go live it.

Submitted by ATLtoPTC on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 8:40am.

To make a donation to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, which includes the Egleston & Scottish Rite Children's Hospitals, visit their website at http://www.choa.org (there is a donation link on the homepage). Giving has been down recently (always a reflection of a tough economy) and your donation would be greatly appreciated. I like the idea of doing something positive to balance out the negativity.

CHOA consistently ranks as one of the top children's hospitals in the country, and we need to help them stay on top!

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 8:21pm.

Why are you blogging here?

Submitted by HnH on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 8:59pm.

WWW mean anything to you? I blog here because I can. Well, and because someone was being attacked over petty crap that should never have been brought up in conjunction with the original story. Duh.

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 9:28pm.

And we the regular bloggers and/or the readers of this site blog here because we can so why are you and your friends getting mad at us for blogging here.

We have a right to blog. You have a right to blog.

This story would probably die down if you and your friends and Mr. Wicker would stop blogging here. You do not care about this community or the upcoming political elections here or the situation with the schools here or the situation with local development etc. You just want to defend your friend, so what I am saying is maybe you and your friends should start your own blogging site to discuss this all the time because I think a lot of people are getting tired of this topic here at this site. I know when I blog on this topic I get people telling me they are bored with it and all so maybe if you and your friends would stop blogging here we could all just move to another topic.

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 2:12am.

what a lot of people on here or at least the ones who were reading this newspaper site the night this all began are upset about is the Myspace site with the children and sex talk that was suddenly taken down by Mr. Wicker and some other postings he had on the web that dealt with children. They were taken off that same night so by the next morning all people saw were his Lit site stuff and other stuff that did not have the same content.

I am pretty sure that if they (the bloggers on that night) had not seen that part of his stuff, they would not be wasting their time on this subject, but when it comes to people doing inappropriate things with children or hurting children a lot of people get upset.

I was reading the paper that night, but was not blogging. I did not start blogging here til last night, but I saw his Myspace and the other stuff before it got took down or deleted and I understood their outrage.

I don't think I or the other bloggers are communists. I just think when it comes to children a lot of people don't like the idea that there are people like that in general in this world because we know bad things happen to children and we don't want our children to be one of those that bad things happen to.

Submitted by samanatha44 on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 11:00am.

If you know about myspace then you know that the stuff is being screened and any pictures or any other obscene words you get booted out. So if he supposably had those things on his myspace they would of booted him out!!

Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:04pm.

Mysapce can not screen every thing that goes up on their site. People who use the site have the ability to report questionable photos. We did't get that chance because it was taken down within minutes of us first seeing it.

I don't think Myspace edits language at all, because I have seen other sites and so I think it is only pictures you can report if they are pornographic or illegal or violent, but it is us (the public) who has to let myspace know about it and they will check it out and ban it or something.

There are myspace sites with violence and sexual content and all kinds of things. I don't think they screen for that. They only screen for stuff that is illegal etc with the publics help.

Submitted by samanatha44 on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:07pm.

Here is the terms and conditions of myspace in that area:

Please choose carefully the information you post on MySpace.com and that you provide to other Users. Your MySpace.com profile may not include the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other MySpace.com Members (for instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, If you become aware of misuse of the MySpace Services by any person, please contact MySpace or click on the "Report Inappropriate Content" link at the bottom of any MySpace.com page.

See right there if he did have anything that was obscene don't you think they would of reported him to myspace? B/c anyone not just your frineds can go there ANYONE and if a mother or father seen that was one his myspace don't you think they would of reported him?

Submitted by aprilw on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 7:07pm.

Report him that night to myspace. He took it down before I could. I think though it would be better if the police had the chance to see it.

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Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 2:24pm.

Larry aka Samantha44 if these terms were adhered to then why were you allowed the smut you posted?


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