Posted on 12/15/2013 9:48:56 AM PST by Kaslin
Lawyer’s for 16-year-old Ethan Couch were able to pawn off on a doe-eyed court that “affluenza” was to blame for his stealing beer at WalMart, getting wasted and then plowing his out of control Ford F-350 into a group of folks, killing four.
Affluenza? Please.
For those who’re not hip to “affluenza“, allow me to help you add another word to that ever growing list of PC terms spun by blame-shifting therapists in order to explain away criminal behavior by little Ethans who need to go to prison instead of a luxury rehab in Newport Beach:
Affluenza is a portmanteau of “affluence” and “influenza“. It’s the malady of rich kids whose parents never let them suffer the consequences of their bad behavior. In my day we called them spoiled little bastards and the way we’d help them get healed from affluenza is by beating the crap out of them at school when mommy and daddy weren’t around.
According to a defense psychologist, this is what Ethan suffers from and we should feel sorry for this brat. Yep, these wizards postulated that little Ethan was unable to link his criminal/deadly behavior with its being bad due to his parents’ teaching him that wealth buys privilege. Therefore, to impart to him this hard lesson in reality, his parents hired out an expensive law firm that successfully convinced a court that numb-nuts needed rehab versus jail. Wow. Way to go. Lesson learned.
God knows this ain’t the last specious, bullet-dodging word we’re doomed to learn to let evil people off the hook. Mark my word, some redneck is going to die trying to ride one of T.Boone Pickens’ wind turbines after getting all liquored up at Hooters. His trailer trash parents, upon learning it was one of T. Boone’s turbines, smell blood in the water and sue Pickens for not taking into account their sons Dipshitzophrenia that disallows him to time his jump on to the moving blades. That would be the swiftly rotating unsafe blades, mind you.
Hey, losers. Two can play at that game. I say our conservative reps in the House should start getting more vociferous regarding their disdain for BHO and The RINOS. They could blame their new, aggressive outspokenness on a Stercore Tauri Disorder that makes ‘em scream “BS” uncontrollably when those twins trample upon our founding docs.
Silliness aside, we have four dead individuals who lost their life because this punk didn’t have a life; and now walks away unpunished because our land defines deviancy down.
Personally, as you can imagine, I feel no sympathy for Ethan’s made up ailment. No, my empathy begins and ends with the victims and their shattered families who, not only have to live with their loved one’s loss, but they have the additional pain of watching our justice system dole out a comfy sentence to a kid who should swing
Ping to my 80.
“but without evidence that it was a known pattern of behavior, it is not punishable by a prison term”
Ummm, he broke several laws and proceeded to kill people. ANY one of his actions IS punishable by a prison term.
Ted “Sir Osis of Liver” Kennedy is a good example.
Sounds like the “Kennedy” children.
Bet you’d be singing a different tune if it was one of YOUR family members who were savagely run down by the snot nosed little punk.
White Punks on Dope - The Tubes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltXDMQsQQ
No trees were ever killed to make paper bags, they are made of recycled products, scrap wood pulp and recycled paper. Paper bags have the additional benefit of being totally recyclable.
The real push for plastic bags was to find a way to reuse plastic products.
Retiring, huh?
Wonder how much mommy and daddy paid the judge for her verdict. Dirty, filthy judges are to be found all over. This instance leads me to believe the judge received a nice fat difficult to trace payoff.
Prove me wrong, “judge”.
On reading the whole thread, I think it’s HIS kid that’s the one who’s ‘out of control’ that’s he’s worried about facing the consequences of his actions.
Parents who protect these kids are just as guilty.
First off when one makes a statement that “NO TREES WERE EVER” that isn’t a reasonable statement. Secondly I didn’t say it was true ..I said it was a liberal argument for plastic bags...which it was...they still think so
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/paper-bags-or-plastic-bags-everything-you-need-to-know.html
What got into you? No one was challenging your post.
My Dad worked in the pulp paper industry, my uncle owned a couple of mills. I know what I am talking about.
Holy cow, the pack dog mentality is alive and well on FR. And the attack dogs are zeroing in on you, dear. Everybody on the attack needs to slow down and take a deep breath.
The accident was in Texas.
Tell it to the innocent people he killed. Tell it to the boy he paralyzed.
“It is an accident, first, second the kid is under age, third, he was impaired so could not form the requisite intent for murder which is a specific intent crime, fourth, y’all appear to be angry because the kid has money”
Yeah it was an “accident” BUT the kid should still be held accountable for HIS actions.
Yeah the kid is underage, there are LAWS that pertain to underage drinking just like there are LAWS that pertain to shoplifting as well as LAWS that deal with drunk driving.... The kid violated all three.
If the kid was trailer trash, he’d be sentenced to several years in Juvie hall, but once again money talks and perps walk.
Oh, thank you. I am wondering where I got the Newport Beach link. Big pick ups are common in Texas. Still, a teenager can be a real hazard behind the wheel of such a heavy vehicle.
Whoa!!I was merely pointing out the obvious and giving evidence.....trees have been used to make paper bags it might not bee the main source but it is a source!!!
Very common, all the boys like driving big pick up trucks. The parents sent the little drunk to a rehab in Newport Beach.
Yep...I think a lot of folks agree with you about the pay off.
Ummm, he broke several laws and proceeded to kill people. ANY one of his actions IS punishable by a prison term.
Hey 2CAVTrooper,
This yldstrk guy implies that he’s a law student. That’s hilarious given the correction you had to administer to him, isn’t it?
He (or she? idk) doesn’t seem to understand the difference between vengeance and justice, nor how life is priceless.
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