Secondly, it made me think of an episode of "without a trace", where there are series of things that happen to this 13 y/o kid in school. how mean they can be to one another, how easily all of the events and actions of the kids were so misunderstood and their reactions (how things get "out of hand"). who remembers the picked on dejure kid at school. they were counting minutes to find him. at the very end, they finally found this missing boy. he was hanging from monkey bars in the back yard of a classmate. they ran to get him down, they ran and hoisted him and undid the rope. he was still alive. the last thing he said was to his mom while they putting him in the ambulance. i dont want to go back to that school ever again. please. While it is a "fictional" story, seeing the reality of what transpires at school, the recollection of my adolence. it hit a little too close to home for me.
she should have been running to get him down. WTF, how could anyone think to do anything other than that. How is that possible. really, here's the question, how did she "know" he was dead? lets see, 5 yrs in exchange for the life of someone's son/brother/nephew/friend (or whatever he was, he was a PERSON and a child).
justice. was it served? hey, there have been people in the same type of setting who have murdered, as far as I am concerned, and gone scotfree.
in my humble opinion, while its not eye for eye, some justice, in comparison to other cases, was served.
First, it made me think about when my son was having post traumatic stress. he was acting crazy, like i had never seen. - w/o going into the events that lead up to me "threatening" to call the police (he did not physically harm me nor did i think he would, i was scared by his behavior) to the point where i told him, stop it or i'll call the police. i never did call them. he is ok. but that couldve happen to my son. we cant even trust the "authority" (school fuckin counselors), the police would've come for the right reason, but what if my son ended up at a home b/c of it??
one final thing, my son said to me this week, "we are the ones who will determine what happens for the next hundred years"
meaning his generation. his is soon to be 17.
(think about technology, genetic engineering, stem cell research, choosing hair color, eye color, eliminating genetic defects/health problems, curing aids, cancer, DNA codes, children being tried as adults, reversal of roe vs wade, personal freedom, the patriot act , children being tried as adults, gulags, mental vs thinking "out of the box", etc, etc.)
yep. i had to agree with him on that.
to Nate: :nworthy:
they have alot. society, we have to catch up
WP
