Underage, overindulgent teens drawn to N.Y. clubs

NorthJersey.com ^ | 07.30.06 | SHAWN BOBURG and DAVID A. MICHAELS

[freekitty]

Why don't these people take their kids back?

[durasell]

These kids come in from the suburbs and have no clue where they are or who they are with. They still think they're back in the 'burbs and act accordingly.

[LdSentinal]

Lesson #1: Don't get wasted.

[SteveMcKing]

"And where are the parents?"

19 is not underage in the sense of parenting - it is a year into adulthood. Parents are irrelevant by then.

[LdSentinal]

I bet most 19-year olds are still living at home with their parent(s), especially during the summer.

[durasell]

Why don't these people take their kids back?




Back where?

[SteveMcKing]

"She is 22 now, confident about how attractive she looks on these nights, with long brown hair, heels and a short white miniskirt that barely covered her thighs."

22 and free... not answerable to anyone!

Wahabists are outraged.

[andy58-in-nh]

19- Parents are irrelevant by then..

Right. The average 19-year old today has the maturity level of a 15-year old in 1960 - maybe. And half the education. The drinking age in any event is 21. These kids are breaking the law, with the complicity, by absence, of their parents, who apparently believe they have better things to do.

[art_rocks]

You mean the AG isn't fixing this problem. Of course, he can't shake down the night club owners like he can Wall Street.

[grjr21]

Underage kids getting into clubs ,thats disgusting things like that never happened when I was growing up in the seventies </fingers crossed behind my back>

[durasell]

Clubs are busted on a fairly regular basis for a whole shopping list of violations.

[Little Bill]

I was in Armed Forces Police in NYC in '67 chasing AWOL's and Deserters, there was no discipline and no supervision, it was wild. I went back to Viet Nam it was safer.

[operation clinton cleanup]

fresh from drinking on NJ Transit's commuter trains, which permit passengers to consume alcohol.

That seems odd... can they smoke to?

[mjolnir]

I disagree.

Many people in America seem to think crime, particularly violent crime, is on the rise when in fact it is not precisely because of non-stories like the above article that attempt to make epidemics out of actual specific tragedies and brutal crimes such as the murder of that poor girl.

[OldFriend]

When Rudy was confiscating the cars of those caught drunk or buying drugs......the kids all took the train into the city.

Nothing has changed as far as going into the 'anything goes' nightlife in NYC, Hoboken, etc.

[OldFriend]

What you still say is irrelevant. The law is the law in NY state.

If kids choose to break the law with fake ID, or the clubs choose to ignore the law, then either the law must be changed or the guilty must be prosecuted.

[durasell]

I see your point now. And, I agree up to a point.

Stories like this bust out about twice a year. They're basically morality stories and warnings. This one scored a home run as far as mass appeal went. Two "nice girls" from the burbs (read: white upperclass) go out partying and it ends it tragedy. Top it off with a alleged killer who attacked television cameraman during the perp walk and you have headlines for a week or at least four days.

[OldFriend]

I read in an earlier accounting of this crime that this murderous scum too was a bouncer at a now closed club.

This piece of garbage has a criminal record.....how could he have been hired.

Perhaps Mayor Blooming-idiot ought to be worried about those hired to work in his city, rather than going after those who choose to smoke a cigarette in his city.

[who knows what evil?]

Money ALWAYS trumps the law...just ask any member of Congress.

[OldFriend]

Thanks for your service to our country.