Actually, I’m not the last of my kind. I know lots of lawyers who are as motivated by conservative values as I am.
On this particular issue, I think the behavior of the boys went way beyond normal teasing to disturbing, sexually aggressive behavior. These were 13 year olds who thought they had a right to grope and dry hump unconsenting girls. But the media seemed to leave out the most disturbing facts, like the grabbing of the breasts and the dry-humping.
I agree that if all that was involved was a slap on the butt on a day when everyone was doing it, the reaction would have been draconian. But, considering the fact that much more was involved and the administration tried to stop these boys without involving the law, but the boys persisted, then they got what they deserved, in my opinion.
As for labeling them as sex offenders — well, under the law, that’s what they were. There are various levels of sex offenses, and this activity qualified.
Maybe they were otherwise decent boys who, for reasons that no one can explain, suffered a temporary, amazing lack of judgment. But I doubt it.
They may have escaped the sex offender label this time, but my guess is that, for them to have engaged in such behavior, they will earn it again sometime in the future.
Perhaps these are the elements of the police report (not facts) that the girls later stated they felt pressured to make?
This wpuldn't be first time children have been coached and pressured into making false statements.
Wow, what a gender bias you have there. That would be akin to me saying, the girls who were involved in this, who at least one said that she engaged in the same behavior, may have escaped the "whore" label this time, but my guess is that, for them to have engaged in such behavior, they will earn it again sometime in the future and go to work in a strip club.
Perhaps the largest difference between your position on this matter and mine is this.
You feel America is a nation of laws. I believe it is a nation of principles.
When such a problem arises, I think the principal, the teachers, adn the aprents should have dealt with the unacceptable behavior.
Once there was an America where law and teh courts was resorted to to,balance conflicts where the rights of an individual were in conflict with another’s rights.
In this case, an eager consortium of “intervenors” waded in. Note that the girls didn’t want the legal circus.
Once the philosophy of legal rationalism replaced the historic American legal practice, the feminazis, the childs rights lobby crowd, the guardian at litum folks, ad nauseam - all waxed wealthy and/or powerful.
Voltaire’s only prayer was that G*d make his enemies ridiculous. Voltaire felt his prayer was granted.
Thanks to the antics of such as surfaced in this case, or in the case of the “swarms of officers sent forth to eat out our substance” like Lil Debbie, this writer has not felt the need for such a prayer.
There are all too many working diligently to make the conservative writer’s life one of unlimited material.
The menu is changed daily.
In closing, how many FloriDUH lawyer jokes are there?
Answer: Only three - the rest are true stories. They put the DUH in FloriDUH.
Though, in all honesty, they have lots of help. ;-(