Originally posted by greatpiino
Hypothetical situation: kids are hiding in an alley egging cars. They cause an accident that kills an infant passenger. Do you think people would be
outraged at the actions of the kids, or would people pass it off as an unfortunate instance of 'kids being kids?'
There would be a serious outcry against the children who, in my opinion, would be 100% to blame for the incident. If the children had of caused an
accident, they would be held accountable for their actions. Throwing objects at moving vehicles causing harm is not
kids being kids. A game
of tag where one kid falls and scrapes his knee is an incident of
kids being kids.
I do place blame on the children in this instant, but it is overshadowed by the adult's inability to control his reactions. Murdering a child is not
something people will forget, he will wake up every morning and know this. Regardless of what the courts decide, this man, will never be the same.
Kids get off easy on many things. I try not to support this too much, but in this instant, I tend to ignore the actions of the child. Simply because
the adult should of been able to control himself and deal with it accordingly.
I do not excuse their actions but they are a victim. Many have said that this was not a lone incident and that several vehicles were struck. But to
my knowledge, that would be an assumption. Just as if I were to say it was the only vehicle.
We can not be certain how many eggs were thrown, at how many vehicles, or at what force they were thrown.
The media loves the victim. These children will be portrayed as angels and the shooter will be portrayed as a monster.
Honestly, I don't have a big problem with that.
Originally posted by greatpiino
However, actions such as these (throwing eggs) are just as wrong now as they have ever been; perhaps this is a sign that these actions were put up
with and accepted as typical behavior for too long.
Kids misbehave and they have for months, years, decades, centuries. Their immaturity leaves them failing to see the full consequences of their
actions. Not an excuse, just absolute facts. Kids today are no different than they were in the 60's, 70's, 80's, or 90's.
Some sauce elders, others abuse drugs, others own weapons. Nothing has changed with the children. The only thing that has changed, in my opinion, is
the media exposure on their behaviours. We hear more reports of violent crimes by children, vandalism, etc., which years ago we may not of been aware
of.
Today, there are three aspects to every crime. The guilty, the victim, and the media.
[edit on 4-12-2006 by chissler]