It seems that to New Yorkers, following this story is a horrible forbidden amusement, like watching a dog fight, or a cock fight, or something. Beyond the shock value of the violence, it provokes questions like "people still do that?" How quaint.

At last, Georgians and their textbook stickers are not alone; they have been joined -- one-upped, even -- by a handful of ID proponents in Pennsylvania, where district administrators have taken it upon themselves to enlighten their students.