A 70-year-old man is alleged to have shot his son - because he didn't like his country music karaoke singing.
William Oller Sr told his son 'I'm going to shut you up' before getting a handgun from his truck car and shooting his son four times.
William Oller Jr was shot in shoulder, arm and chest and also sustained a head wound during the fight with his father outside their home in Redding California.
Police said the confrontation had been sparked when Oller Jr, 50, refused to turn off his karaoke singing machine.
Investigators did not reveal what specific song Oller Jr had been singing along with that caused the argument.
An arrest warrant revealed that Oller Sr told his son words to the effect 'I'm going to shut you up' before grabbing a semi automatic handgun.
When his son followed his father outside the pair grappled and he was shot multiple times.
Oller Sr was taken away in ambulance after opening fire on his son and getting shot in the leg himself
He told paramedics: 'I can't believe he shot me' as he waited to be transported to hospital.
Oller Jr was treated for non life threatening injuries at hospital from the .22 calibre bullets and is expected to make a full recovery.
His father appeared in Shasta County Superior Court on attempted murder and other charges and was remanded in custody in lieu of $500,000 bond.
Oller Jr's lawyer John Kucera said his client does not wish to see his father prosecuted.
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Everyone's a critic!
Everyone's a critic!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Dumb & Dumber
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Probably more like: druink & drunker.
(Wait, is "drunker" a word?)
(Wait, is "drunker" a word?)
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Is druink? 
No worries; the drunks won't care!
No worries; the drunks won't care!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Haven't heard from BobB lately, he "lived" in Redding. 
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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And as I recall, his posing style reflected the "local color," apparently.dales wrote:Haven't heard from BobB lately, he "lived" in Redding.
GAH!
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Akshullee, it reflected his Southron routes (He was living in Alabama when he started posting at le Cafe).
(He was living in Alabama when he started posting at le Cafe).“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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However, If he was butchering (I'll give croaky some slack here, is that even possible....) "My achey breaky heart... ?
...The shooting was justified.
Yup... Just one critics opinion.
...The shooting was justified.
Yup... Just one critics opinion.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer-
Arthur Schopenhauer-
Re: Everyone's a critic!
How could one butcher that which is already butchered?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Mincing?
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Ha! You mean words Sean? Remember, the first rule of Thesaurus Club...Sean wrote:Mincing?
Ok fine. I thought that I made it fairly clear that achey breaky was a trite Hack job banking on the lowest common denominator. Along with about 90% of Country and or Western that is suppose to pass for music these days.
However, I will accept blended, folded, spindled and mutilated as agreeable synonyms. Or, sliced really bloody thin.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer-
Arthur Schopenhauer-
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The key fact is omitted from the story.
What was he singing?
Surely, if it was "Stand by Your Man," the homicide was justified.
What was he singing?
Surely, if it was "Stand by Your Man," the homicide was justified.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
It would be fitting if he had been singing, "A Boy Named Sue."
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Redding would Merle Haggard territory. Maybe Kern River or My Favorite Memory.
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I bet he was singing something by Otway...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Anyone attempting to reach those heights is bound to cause enemies on the way...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Touche!
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Guns, likker, and country music! They go together like Jukes and Kallikaks, like Hatfields and McCoy's. Now that's the real AMERICA!