We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I believe this elderly woman is a royal PIA and I'm glad she's not my neighbor. I also think this kid has got mental problems, but I don't think his actions rise to the level of getting the courts involved.
We all have people that we don't get along with, young and old, but I don't believe anyone has a "right" not to be harassed by someone that doesn't like you. Those that are older and wiser should act it.
And yet you back this kids "right" to mock and frighten this old lady for 3 years.
I believe this elderly woman is a royal PIA and I'm glad she's not my neighbor.
What in the complete article in post 88 would lead you to that conclusion?
I also think this kid has got mental problems, but I don't think his actions rise to the level of getting the courts involved.
3 years of mocking and frightening (Her son, Ken, said he walked her home that day because she was worried about going past Loughner again) an elderly woman certainly calls into question his upbringing since it was done in the presence of his parents. ("As she walked in front of the house, nothing was said," added Sally Loughner, Michael's mother. "He stepped off the porch to make sure the dog didn't get out. As he reached down and got the dog, he said, 'Meow.') ("As I walk by, I see Michael and his mother. He got on the porch and hid behind the bamboo screen and starts meowing.
I don't believe anyone has a "right" not to be harassed by someone that doesn't like you.
Can you explain to me these peoples "right" to frighten and mock an elderly neighbor? Can you explain how that's not legally harassment?
I guess the "law" doesn't agree with you.
Meowing teenager taken to court
Pittsburgh-area police have gone to court to back a 78-year-old woman's complaint of harassment by a teenaged neighbor she claims always meows at her.
I am appalled that Freepers would believe that civility and manners are optional conservative values.