Son's behavior calls for punishment, not consent

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | September 7, 2005 | claude lewis

[pa mom]

I had to post this. I can count on one hand the number of times I agree with Claude Lewis. But this is right on target.

[jwalsh07]

Mom and son have no "right" to pizaa. He was told to get his ass out of her store, he should have gottne his ass out. End of story. Next in line?

[NRA1995]

The sad thing about many boomer and Gen-X parents is they have grown up with that "trust no one over 30" attitude thinking that any and all authority is a bad thing and are therefore unwilling to be authority figures or disciplinarians.

[Virginia Queen]

Yep. This mom is raising a looter of tomorrow.

[Peach]

Good for the store owner for standing her ground.

And a pox on that mother. She's a disgrace and when her son grows up and demeans women in other ways, she will have no one but herself to blame.

[martin_fierro]

Emblazoned on his white T-shirt was a large yellow smiley face with the tip of a cat's tail protruding from of the smiley's mouth. Beneath the design was an explicitly depraved, three-word sentence that would offend almost any woman.

Gee, I wonder what it could have been.

[David Isaac]

My problem is that his issue is sensitivity and not just plain profanity. It the shirt profaned some other demographic segment, say the religious right or even the State of Israel, would the author have been as upset?

[x5452]

The mother was clearly a bad parent anyway, certainly someone of depraved or absent moral character. The son will be as bad oor worse, the pair just contribute to a cycle of declining moral consiousness.

[theDentist]

I recall once getting a rather obscene but funny T Shirt. I laughed like the dickens, but I never wear it outside, and seldom just around the home. Some things are best left unworn.

[PeteB570]

In our country the youth had every right to wear the T-shirt. Just as the shop owner had every right to refuse service.

I do agree that it is a sign of our times.

[pa mom]

Geesh, there's one in every crowd! :)

[martin_fierro]

Mom and son have no "right" to pizaa.

Or for that matter, to Piazza.

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[OldSmaj]

The mother, fuming, left with her son, threatening to complain to police that the order was refused.

It's a safe bet that this idiot is a regular poster on the DUmmie forum.

In fact, there are dozens of them, with just this attitude.

And every one of them dumber than a box of rocks.

[martin_fierro]

You'll like this mom.

[AppyPappy]

"Get your mind out of the gutter," the youth shouted at her.

Irony can be so ironic sometimes.

[PzLdr]

That ain't Piazza. It's Ivan Rodriguez - a REAL catcher.

[pa mom]

Okay, I'm suing. How did you guys get my picture?

[atomicpossum]

"Get your mind out of the gutter," the youth shouted at her.

Oh, please spare me from the mock outrage of others. The childs pride in the t-shirt is because it is meant to directly lead to the gutter. A tissue of defense at any unawareness of any double-entendre is tedious and tiresome.

[MBB1984]

No Pizza for you!

[Past Your Eyes]

Give that shop owner a medal.