[cloudmountain]

I think their PARENTS should be put in jail.
Their baby should be given up for adoption.
And the two of them need some intense counseling.

Wow, I sound ULTRA conservative, don't I?

[Ouderkirk]

But it was 10 years ago...she’s now 23.

[freebilly]

I think their PARENTS should be put in jail. Their baby should be given up for adoption. And the two of them need some intense counseling.

Wow, I sound ULTRA conservative, don't I?

Why not shoot their parents, castrate the boy, give the girl a hysterectomy, and put the baby in an orphanage?

If you going to hide behind idiocy and call it conservatism you might as well go all the way....

[from occupied ga]

Wow, I sound ULTRA conservative, don't I?

Actually you sound nuts. I strongly suspect that the parents were not aware of what was going on. Reminds me of a case that happened here several years ago. Some parents came home and found a guy in their 15 YO daughter's bedroom. Called police he was arrested and convicted. HOWEVER, it turned out that the girl had set the whole thing up on the internet. Far from being the victim, she was the one who organized the entire thing, lured the guy in (dumbass), and wanted to have sex with him. The DA publically stated that he was very frustrated because there really wasn't anything he could charge her with. Until the girl miscalculated how long her parents were going to be out, they were completely unaware of what she was up to.

[grania]

Honestly, your view's not real conservative. The child should be raised by one of the families, preferably the girls. One shouldn't dismiss the possibility of the boy and girl becoming a loving couple as adults. Kids will be kids, and I hate it that they have sexual encounters so young. But it's not a crime when they're both that age, it's a response to the sexuality surrounding them in our culture when not being old enough to make responsible decisions.

How old were Romeo and Juliet, anyway? Hormones aren't something new. Christians deal with a situation such as this in a way that leads ALL children around to lead good lives.

[DariusBane]

I don’t like your answer either. The fact is that humans have sex. I don’t understand kids this young having sex together. I have children that age and I really can’t understand how that occurred. I really can’t.

That being said what is done is done. How does putting the parents in jail mean anything? How is society served by putting parents in jail.

I think the law and order conservative has wrought enough heart ache on the world. Remember the law and order conservative created the war on drugs and prohibition. It also brought us Bill Clinton’s 100,000 new cops on the beat and all the busy work that it entails. Law and Order conservatives need to agree to punish crimes with victims harshly but stay out of stuff like this. Seat belt laws, cell phone laws, even the questionable DUI at .08 are questionable things.

MADD, another law and order conservative type whined and cried and got the .o8 passed. They created a whole industry of judges, cops, attorneys and prosecutors. What had happened previously was that drunk drivers were not held accountable even when they caused accidents. The solution from MADD was to create a whole industry around DUI. The better response would have been to throw out BAC levels until an accident occurs. Punish a drunk driver who causes an accident with permanent drivers license revocation huge fines and imprisonment for many many years. This approach requires a victim. That’s the point. A victim.

I have had quite enough of the Law and Order conservative.