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To: dervish
The constant message from one's peers that "you're worthless" can erode even a lot of strong positive messages from parents. And this boy did not have two parents; his father was dead and his mother was an overworked, stressed widow who was struggling to support the family.

I am simply tired of Freepers blaming the victim. This was a little boy whose father was dead, and rather than feeling compassion for a kid who didn't have anybody to teach him how to stand up for himself, you are all finding fault with him because he was overcome. He was ten years old, for God's sake! Were all of you pillars of courage, foresight, wisdom, and emotional strength at ten? He hadn't even had the time to develop mature thought processes. He did something foolish out of temporary sorrow, and might have regretted it even while he was strangling. Stop beating up on him--he had enough of that in this life. It's a good thing he's now in a place where no one can beat up on him.

90 posted on 06/04/2012 6:11:42 PM PDT by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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To: ottbmare

So being bullied makes you want to bully others?

I am not taking the rap for blaming the victim. As you said — he was a child, 12 not 10. I do blame the parent. Read the story again. How do you send a search party when the child was dead in the home?

He also had an older brother who taught him not to fight back. They lived in government housing and according to the press the mother did everything she could including trying to get the government to move her to new housing.

Also you may want to get personal. That’s fine. But I’m not interested in sharing with you what my life was like when I was ten.


93 posted on 06/05/2012 8:42:08 AM PDT by dervish (ABO)
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