GA:"We is teenagers, don't shoot me"

Gun Watch ^ | 20 November, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Has the use of the word "teenager" by the old media given criminal teens a sense of immunity?   You see it again and again. Trayvon Martin is constantly referred to as a teenager, as though that somehow absolved him of his crimes.

Most male children, who are brought up in intact families, do not become predatory creatures in their teens.   But for those who do not have strong, moral, male role models in their lives, especially if this is the default position in their community, predation is a common role.

In a home invasion in Georgia, the homeowner grabbed his gun as his door was broken down.  As he confronted the three invaders, they yelled at him.  From wrdw.com:

"The first thing he hollered, we is teenagers, don't shoot me," Green said.

Green said he didn't care what age they were, they were breaking into his home.

"If you are old enough to do a crime, age doesn't matter. Doesn't matter whether you're a teenager, you're grown. If you can do the crime, your punishment, it shouldn't matter. I had my gun in my hand and I just started firing at them," Green said.

A six foot plus 17 year old can be just as dangerous as an older criminal, maybe more.   As I read media reports, it seems that being 17 should give some special sort of invulnerability to bullets and jail.   The juvenile justice system may give some invulnerability to jail, for a time.   But words do not stop bullets.

The "progressive" position seems to be that "children" are inherently good.  That is not true.  Children are inherently selfish and amoral.  In Christianity, this is recognized as original sin.  Each child is a wild animal that must be civilized and taught moral virtues.  This is much harder to do in a single parent home.    If teenagers are told that they are expected to steal, as many media reports seem to imply; and that it is excused because they are "teenagers", we should not be surprised when large percentages of them become actual criminals.

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[marktwain]

Teenagers can be some of the most dangerous criminals.

[greatvikingone]

The idea of teenagers as a group took off in the 1940s courtesy of ad agencies. Before then, a person was either a child (0-12) or an adult (13-100+).

[cripplecreek]

Hell I’m lucky I didn’t get shot when I was a teenager.

[Pontiac]

"The first thing he hollered, we is teenagers, don't shoot me,"

Is that the Royal “We”?

Either way it makes no grammatical sense.

[glorgau]

Da yoots.

[rdcbn]

In Africa, the revolutionaries recruit children 12 and up to fight and the younger fighters in the 15-16 year old range are the most dangerous and vicious fighters they have because they are grown up enough to every bit as much damage as adults, they are more violent and they have less inhibitions than older fighters

[KC_Lion]

Old enough to join the Military.

What was that old Saw about old enough to Kill for Uncle Sam, But Not Old Enough to Drink?

Although I was 20 When I joined the Air Force, the point still stands :P

[windsorknot]

We is teenagers, and we is illiterate.

[tgusa]

Tou and me both, brother.

[SpaceBar]

[circlecity]

A lot of our troops overseas are teenagers. Teenagers can be as deadly and dangerous as anyone if that is their job or inclination.

[tgusa]

“Tou” would be “you”.

[Tennessee Nana]

someone said years ago that if that screaming red faced angry baby could he would try to kill you...

[Safetgiver]

Teenagers can be some of the most dangerous criminals.....In my professional experience, MOST teenagers are the most dangerous criminals.

[stormer]

It answers George Bush’s question, “Is our children learning?”

[dfwgator]

Geez, can’t this guy speak right, it’s “We Be Teenagers.”

[rdcbn]

The current generation of young Black thugs who have come of age in the Obama era feel it is their god given right to assault, rob, rape and even kill other members of our society because they are entitled

[GeronL]

13 were adults?

did they all have factory jobs and their own apartments?

[Safetgiver]

Tgusa would be Ygusa?

[SMARTY]

“We is teenagers...”, and we is illiterate.

Translation:

‘We are allowed to kill you (or worse) and steal from you. You are NOT allowed to defend yourself.’