[Alouette]

On cases like that of the Fort Worth woman whose 9-month-old son died in a closed car Tuesday, the nation's legal community is divided.

Here in Michigan, I have heard not one single person defend the creature who let her two babies die in the car while she had her hair done. Is the Texas woman a professional? There seems to be a double standard that applies when upscale yuppies cook their kids opposed to when it's done by "trailer trash" or "inner city" folks.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I don't think so. I think it is a reasonable application of different standards in the cases of harried parents who are WORKING to support their children, and parents who are spending 3 hours getting their hair done without any thought whatsoever of their children. I don't there would be much sympathy or leniency for a rich yuppie mom whose infants died in her hot BMW while she was getting her hair done at a trendy salon.

[iconoclast]

There seems to be a double standard that applies when upscale yuppies cook their kids opposed to when it's done by "trailer trash" or "inner city" folks.

Thinkin' the same thing.