Friday, April 18, 2008

Florida Mean Teens

What if we let the Florida Mean Teens get away with what
they have done? What are the consequences for our own
children?
What amazes me the most is that a whole group of kids
decide to beat up one girl. Were all of them so jealous
or envious of this one girl that they would plan such an
event? Were all of them in need collectively for so much
attention that they would organize into a lynch mob to
execute such action so that they could be on TV and get
national attention?
The Virginia Tech situation was one demented child who
struck back at his peer group for whatever was his reason,
but how do you bring together a whole group of other
people to carry out your own emotional sickness and
persuade all of them to feel the same way you do?
It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what the
answers are from the defendants. With Dr. Phil getting
involved in the fracas and getting even more attention, will
probably lead to more "copycat situations" and we will be
hearing about more beatings for national attention in the
future.
If the media would just let it die or if we are going to
have to be subjected to this day and night, just maybe
the judge who gets the case can impose the maximum
penalty allowed to make examples of the Florida mean teens.
What if they don't? What if they let them get away with
a slap on the hand? We as a society will be in real trouble.
We as a society are getting to the point where anything and
everything is ok. or at least accepted or tolerated. We can
only hope that justice will prevail and that we as a society
will soon come to our senses.
What If we don't?

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