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Auburn boys who shot BBs sentenced to wheelchair
Seattle Times ^
| 12/5/03
| Michael Ko
Posted on 12/05/2003 2:36:31 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: EggsAckley
I gotta go with you. The headlines the next day will tell of shoppers who had to dodge two teenagers who spent the day racing each other through the mall in wheelchairs while the security guards couldn't stop them because it was court ordered. The article will also point out how the kids learned to do wheelies and how they learned that it is possible to go down the up escalator in a wheelchair while wearing shades and listening to headphones set on "stun".
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posted on
12/05/2003 3:09:05 PM PST
by
ZGuy
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I understand shame but this is flat out ridiculous. He will get nothing from this experience. He is 12 and he is a boy- it will be fun and something that he and his friends can joke about. I bet the paper will sure be well thought out! (sarcasm) The suggestion for community service would be much more beneficial.
To: ZGuy
Heheheh. Yep! You paint a perfect picture. Eggsackley what I envisioned!
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posted on
12/05/2003 3:12:01 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..................."Dean's got Tom McClintock Eyes".........................)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Why wouldn't parents have to drive them AND wheelchairs to the mall? Perhaps they will? This article is quite short on details.
To: Tax-chick
"Why wouldn't the parents have to drive them to the mall. And this time of the year WHERE would they park?" What did you see in there that indicated parental involvement other than driving?
Why would the parents be excited to help during the cold crowded icy parking lot holidays?
Maybe I missed the section where the parents will write their papers as well?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I was suggesting that the parents might be motivated to be more responsible in future, if the boys' punishment also inconvenienced the parents. I would expect to have some legal responsibility if my sons did something so dangerous and destructive. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
(And how are you doing that with the type - the large print is restful to these old eyes!)
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posted on
12/05/2003 3:28:56 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(It's hard to see the rainbow through glasses dark as these.)
To: ZGuy
Not if they give them a spinal first.
Let them see what it's like not to be able to move or feel their toes, feed them lots of cokes then let them see what it's like to try and use a public restroom in that condition.
I'm leaving out the part where they are in the mall parking lot and other teen age jerks get to shoot at them with a bb gun.
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posted on
12/05/2003 4:44:50 PM PST
by
tet68
To: half_nelson
"He is 12 and he is a boy- it will be fun and something that he and his friends can joke about." Yes indeed, While there amongst the adults he'll act contrite and sorry, and come Monday he'll be yucking it up with his buddies what a stupid lame idea these people came up with. And he will be even more frustrated with adults. He needs clear establish boundries of appropriate behavior, and harsh punishment when breached, not role playing phoney empathy crap on how awful it is to be handicapped.
Punishment my a$$! A pile of liberal social feel goodism if you ask me.
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posted on
12/05/2003 4:47:46 PM PST
by
Bob Mc
To: 76834
As I read this story, I was just trying to imagine the ass-whipping my Dad would have administered had I been involved in such a hateful, dangerous activity.
It's about what my own son would get if he did something like this.
To: tet68
Let them see what it's like not to be able to move or feel their toes,... That is an impossible scenario as they know that they will be able, after their "sentence", to walk away from their judicially imposed confinement.
To: 76834
I dunno the strop is good but so is caning.
Perhaps we should try both on the lad and ask him which one taught him the bigger lesson .........
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posted on
12/05/2003 5:10:28 PM PST
by
festus
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Hanging Judge: "Bailiff!"
300lb Bailiff: "Yes, your honor".
Hanging Judge: "Bend that little punk over the bar and put thirty hard whacks on his smartass butt with your belt! HARD!"
300lb Bailiff: "Yes, your honor".
That would be a penalty that would get through to these delinquents.
Of course, I am living in a dream world. Something that makes as much sense as giving a stupid punk a dose of the strap would never happen in reality.
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posted on
12/05/2003 5:15:53 PM PST
by
LibKill
(The world will not pad its sharp corners. It is up to you to look out for them.)
To: Stopislamnow
>Shame is a very old sort of punishment. Biblical type >stuff.
A very good one too. My six year old daughter stole a dollar from her brother's dresser and I told her we don't associate with thieves. Noone in the family talked to her for the entire day. She did not "exist" to us. She was begging us to acknowledge her and by the end of the day (she was fed BTW, just silently) she swore she'd NEVER EVER steal again. She hasn't to my knowledge, even making sure to bring me any money she has found. A friend of mine's husband said it was tantamount to child abuse. His son stole $100 from my friends purse (his stepmom, and he was six also) and he refused to punish him. Said "all kids go through that". Let's see whose child will continue to steal and whose won't.
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posted on
12/05/2003 5:17:08 PM PST
by
sunryse
To: gitmo
I don't see this as particularly cruel or unusual? I'm also quite certain the standards of what was unusual has changed definitions quite a bit. We mustn't make give our criminal classes any neurosis by shaming them, ya know.
To: 76834
Maybe a good vigorous spanking, with a razor strop.I'm with you.
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posted on
12/05/2003 7:20:38 PM PST
by
wizardoz
To: EggsAckley
True enough... I learned how to do wheelies and stuff in one of those, and had a blast. This sentence is a joke...
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posted on
12/05/2003 7:51:41 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's true warmth!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Timmy's feeling mighty nervous...
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