Re: Enderby Shooter: Attempted Murder vs. Mischief
Posted: Jul 21st, 2012, 12:36 pm
Oh I got that now. And yes, more and more people feel the law is not on their side, and who is?
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Queen K wrote:Oh I got that now. And yes, more and more people feel the law is not on their side, and who is?
Merry wrote:Without trying to defend people taking the law into their own hands, society still needs to consider what can be done to reduce the number of people who feel that handling the problem themselves is their only option.
Obviously this man believed the woman's son and her friends had injured him in some way, and the woman appears to know what it was that the man was upset about (although she didn't go into detail about it). If this is so, I have to wonder WHY she didn't try to deal with the situation before it escalated like this? Could it be because she no longer has any parental control over her son?
I know of numerous instances of "off the rail" kids where the parents feel helpless to do anything about it, because they believe that our social system has removed all their parental controls. And in some cases the parents are right to believe that.
I remember a friend of mine a few years back, whose 14 year old kept breaking curfew, but when the parents tried locking the kid in her room the kid threatened to report them to the police for unlawful confinement. The mother checked and the police said that yes, they WOULD have charged the mother in that circumstance, because parents are NOT allowed to lock their wayward children in their rooms. Presumably it was OK to let her roam the streets all night though, and hang out with all kinds of undesirables.
I think it's time society differentiated between some cruel parent who locks their kid up 24/7, and a caring parent who just does it for a couple of hours to keep the kid from harm. I don't see how locking the bedroom door to stop the kid going out and doing drugs is such a bad thing. What do the rest of you think?
Mama wrote:In this day and age, unfortunately, " Justice" is rarely served. Perhaps Public servants are too chained by the public?
Maybe if the Mothers of these young punks actually did their job, this would not have happened.
And please, dont post any "single mom" sob stories in reply to me. I know of MANY single moms that have done an amazing job with their kids. I also know of some good people with children that have gone bad, but those good people would be apologizing for what their kid drove someone to. Not claiming it was his "friends".
gardengirl wrote:
Well if mom is covering up for her children's criminal activity. YES. Blame the mother.
gardengirl wrote:http://www.chbcnews.ca/video/manhunt+captures+suspect/video.html?v=2258134327
From the sounds of the mother in this clip, there was definitely something that brought this on.
Something that involved her son and his friends.
Her reaction is strange. There is no outrage or questioning what on earth would cause someone to do this.
Perhaps she knows darn well.
Captain Awesome wrote:
Doesn't sound like the guy was attempting to kill anybody. They all seem to know each other. Something must have happened and this is just an ending to a dispute of some kind.