Posted on 04/25/2009 8:14:31 AM PDT by inflorida
Forgive him for almost getting his ass shot off by the waster son she failed to raise right?? He would be the one to forgive her.
Geez, he probably took up a life of crime out of rage and frustration over all the fugly ass girls surrounding him. Geez.
I have sympathy for the mother but the way this article is written, you’d think her son was a victim. The article has a tone of sympathy for him and although any mother will love her son, good or bad, he was a thug who now won’t be able to hurt or kill anyone.
Her son was a criminal robbing someone and got shot, and the victim who fought back needs to be forgiven?
What did she forgive him for? Being faster than her son? For defending his own life against a whacked out druggie? Did she forgive him for being the guy behind the counter that day?
Next she’ll be forgiving herself for screwing up her kid.
Yeah, really.
A few years ago we had some real forgiveness freaks on FR. My favorite forgiveness scenario was the following situation: John Doe commits murder by shooting Richard Roe in Philadelphia. Sam Shlunk in Hollywood California forgives John Doe.
You’d think by what you read here that no conservative, Christian, freepers ever had a kid that turned out bad. My kid has had his moments but I’m pretty sure he’s not going to get shot during a holdup.
I know kids of friends and co-workers who are in all kinds of trouble. There aren’t a lot of them that I can look at and say, yeh, the parent is DEFINITELY the problem.
I’m pretty sure the woman didn’t look for a writer to get her name in the paper. Just think how pissed you’d be if she complained to the writer, “Why din’t he shoot him in da laig or de gone out his han’?”
I like a good successful self-defense story as much as the next guy but I’m not going to crow or grunt at an old woman whose criminal son is dead and chooses to forgive and embrace the man who killed him. Seems to be about as good an ending as possible under the circumstances.
But, the point is she chose to forgive the man who took her son’s life rather than to stay angry. Ofcourse her son brought it on himself, but it would only be human nature to be angry at the man who shot her son. I think it is commendable of her to try to offer solace to the pharmacist.
...spoken like a true a-hole. No parent has the intention of raising a bad kid. Do you think that was her dream? Ultimately her son CHOSE to do awful things and was killed as a result and she is left behind to pick up the pieces. We should be praying for her. Every good mother loves their children.
Thank you for your thoughtful post.
You may be more correct than some other posters can imagine.
You can’t forgive someone who did nothing wrong.
In this instance you can understand them and empathize with them.
I reread the article several times trying to figure out what I missed. I was sure there had to be something more than a pharmacist defending himself from being shot.
When you put that way, it makes sense.
But the entire tone of the article is spun so hard that it is heard to actually extract that interpretation.
This was a bright kid who might have had a promising life if he hadn't become addicted to drugs--was that because of what he lived through as a child in Bosnia, or getting mixed up with the wrong crowd in the US?
Excuse me if I don't give her my annual humanitarian of the year award.
I am tired of hearing the deluge of 'he was such a good boy' sob stories from parents of children that do these things. He was not a good boy, he was an armed robber! In my book, the two are mutually exclusive. If thinking that way makes me an a-hole, then so be it.
Judging from the the response of the pharmacist friend of the pharmacist who shot her son in self-defense, I would think that he had no difficulty understanding and appreciating her attitude and her message.
"The pharmacist who shot her son wasn't there. His friend, another pharmacist who witnessed the attack, was. The pharmacist who shot Mario was struggling to come to terms with the shooting, the friend said. It is because he is a religious man.
Vukomanovic said she forgave the pharmacist. She and the friend cried together."
The article wasn't written as well as it could have been written, so inferences must be drawn from available information. There is speculation on all sides here including mine.
I hope I'm right in thinking the woman went to the pharmacy because she desired good to come from this bad situation caused by her son. Perhaps she accomplished it, and solace was received as well as given.
Thank you for your well thought out post.
You’re a very thoughtful person, like the poor woman in the article. Life is full of tragedy.
Thanks for posting.
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