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Originally Posted by gthomas
I thought about posting this story when it happened , several days ago, but decided not too.
Well, it is not the cops fault. It is the kids fault, and they may not have deserved to die, but it is their own fault they are no longer here. I have absolutely no sympathy for them, or their families. What I always find amazing, is how parents of these losers try to justify their childrens wrong actions. We had a shooting the other night here, in front of a school, where the kids met up to settle a dispute over a broken window. Jeep all shot up, 1 dead, 2 others on hospital. Did I mention they met up at 3 a.m.? Throw their parents in jail too.
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I find this argument interesting. Prior to becoming a parent, I would hardily agree. It's the parents fault. Now, being a parent for almost 4 years, I have grave doubts concerning the simplicity of that response. In MOST instances, the parents are, certainly to some extent, at fault. BUT, not always. Sometimes you can do everything "right" as a parent and not incubate a good child. There's more to it than that. There's socio-economic issues, biological issues and random issues. I think that most parents would agree that it's just not all that easy to raise a completely responsible child. Despite ALL your parental efforts, your kid is going to make mistakes. I'd like to think that my daughter's mistakes will be the likes of getting home a half hour late from a party rather than stealing cars for killing joy rides...but that fear exists (to a minute extent) for me.
The previous is not stated to exonerate idiot (and ultimately self indulgent) parents. It is simply to suggest that it's way too easy and simplistic to say, "throw the parents in jail".