Bong Shop Sells Bath Salts to Dad's Son ... Watertown Father Smashes Up Shop, Pleads Guilty

Syracuse.com ^ | February 25, 2013 | John O'Brien

[Lancey Howard]

I have read several recent stories about “bath salts”, including particularly interesting stories about users eating people’s faces, but never knew what “bath salts” are. This is a pretty good rundown, from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_salts_(drug)

[45semi]

If 24 years of age isnt considered adulthood,
then just what do you consider 'the age' of personal responsibility & accountability for ones own actions?

Is this guys father going to go beat up a firearms dealer if said dealer sells his 24 year old a gun, and the 24 year old murders someone?

The car dealer if his son drives drunk & kills someone?

What age do you consider someone responsible for their own actions?

Was there evidence in the article that the seller mis-represented the product and sold the young MAN something under false pretenses?

I dont 'get' your snarky comment.

"Evidently, your kids turned out real well though.
Maybe you'd like to share your secrets with the rest of the class. "

[The Worthless Miracle]

So not supporting illegal destruction of private property is “trolling”? Great value system you have! When are you due back at anger management? Unbelievable.

[tsomer]

I think I identified with the father’s rage. I’ve
got a kid “out there” and find myself on pins and needles, wondering if she’ll be all right.

I get a little hot under the collar when people immediately jump the parents when a kid goes wrong. This world is nothing like the one I grew up in—far more perverse, licentious and it was hard even then.

You’re right to ask where the dividing line is,say, between shooting a car dealer who sold his son the Yugo he died in, and some guy who sold him the poison that derailed his son’s life. I think it’s partly a matter of proportion.

All things considered, I think the father did well:
1. He didn’t harm the people, just the merchandise
2. He exposed the nature of the man’s business resulting in its closure.
3. He did not flee, but as I recall, summoned the police himself.
4. He exposed his own shame and yielded to his punishment, perhaps in tacit recognition of his own part.