The 'right thing' tears at a family

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | July 8, 2002 | Chris McGann

[Protagoras]

Are you capable of posting something without it containing the word "despicable", or calling people by some other demeaning name?

I find your advocacy of family treachery despicable. I will not hold my tongue on that. I have called you no names.

I have called a drug dealer "the scum of the earth", a person you now seem to embrace. I stand by that "name calling".

I hope you slept well, thinking about turning your children over to the authorities to be abused and have their lives ruined, "for their own good".

[southern rock]

The family should be proud of this boy instead of ridiculing him.

They should shun him for the rest of his life.

[Salvation]

The "stand-up" message from his ROTC course echoed in his head.

We should have more individuals like this young man in our society.

[southern rock]

Addressing a previous poster on the illegal gun thing. According to the constitution there is no such thing as an illegal gun.

And exactly where in the constitution are illegal plants mentioned?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Trever Palmer = Fredo Corleone.

[Texas Mom]

What he DIDN'T do, apparently, was to talk to his dad about his concerns about the pot-growing. He didn't say "Look, Dad.........I know this is your house, but it's gotta go or I'll have to do what I really don't want to do." Nope. He decided to skip the interim steps and send Dad directly to Jail; do not pass "Go", do not collect $200.

How do you know what he DIDN'T do? Maybe he did try and talk to dad and dad said, "This is my house, I'll do what I want." No one has any idea what this kid did or didn't do and for how long this has been going on.

[southern rock]

He didn't say "Look, Dad.........I know this is your house, but it's gotta go or I'll have to do what I really don't want to do."

Or even more appropriate:
He didn't say "Look, Dad.........I know this is your house, but it's gotta go or I'll have to do what I really don't want to do move out."

[Protagoras]

We should have more individuals like this young man in our society.

That's what Lenin and Mao thought too.

[Texas Mom]

Or even more appropriate: He didn't say "Look, Dad.........I know this is your house, but it's gotta go or I'll have to do what I really don't want to do move out." And let the two younger kids deal with it.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

How do you know what he DIDN'T do? Maybe he did try and talk to dad and dad said, "This is my house, I'll do what I want." No one has any idea what this kid did or didn't do and for how long this has been going on.

Ratting out a blood relative to the authorities is the lowest thing you can do. Except for sleep with the spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend of a blood relative.

[Marysecretary]

Well, Thomas, I can't say what Jesus would do. I only know that sin has consequences and we ALL end up having to pay those consequences, whether it's jail or whether it's something else.

I know a young man who has been in jail for several years now and he's never been raped.

[Texas Mom]

That's what Lenin and Mao thought too.

Oh good grief. The dad isn't being sent to the gas chambers for heavens sake.

You have no idea what this family went through before the phone call, nor do I?

[southern rock]

And let the two younger kids deal with it.

The father is the head of the household. It's his house, his rules. It is none of the little snot nosed punk kid's buisness what their father is growing or smoking or selling in HIS home.

[southern rock]

We should have more individuals like this young man in our society.

Personally, I'd like to see him tarred and feathered and scourned for life.

[Travis McGee]

"911 Operator, can I help you?"

"Uh, hi operator, we had a policeman come to school today with a poster about illegal guns, you know, machine guns and assault rifles and stuff.... and well... my daddy has one of those long black rifles with the handle thing on top. He has it hidden up in the attic of the garage, I saw him put it there last year. And I know how dangerous they are, and I don't want to see him get in trouble, so....

"Don't worry son, we have police units on the way to... help you. You did the right thing."

[Marysecretary]

I know my theory isn't waterproof. Kids do what they want to do, but the example set before them has so much to do with how they conduct their own lives. One child will grow up not to drink because of his dad and the other will drink because of his dad. That's how life is. But why take the chance? My parents drank too. I have two brothers and a sister who are alcoholics. I married an alcoholic. My siblings live for the next drink. Some life. I'm sure you're a good father and that your children respect you. I don't mean to imply that. But many, many men have abdicated their responsibility to their children and bring them in to bars, get sloppy drunk in front of them, drive when they have the kids in the car with them...been there, seen that.

[Protagoras]

Well, Thomas, I can't say what Jesus would do.

Clearly

Hint, you can find out in the bible

I only know that sin has consequences and we ALL end up having to pay those consequences, whether it's jail or whether it's something else. <>/I>

Yep, but it's off topic. The topic is turning your family over to the authorities.

I know a young man who has been in jail for several years now and he's never been raped.

I guess it's OK then to turn them over. Because some kid didn't confess to you about his anal rape. Or because he was one of the lucky ones. I guess prison would be good for your kids as long as they don't get raped.

[Squantos]

until he graduates and joins the Air Force.......Awwww gheeesh !

This guy is dead meat at some point IMHO. Sure wish he'd join the Navy instead. Easier to fall off a ship at sea than to have to depressurize an aircraft at 30 thousand feet, open the door, and convince everyone he "fell"........... yada yada yada.

Stay Safe Travis !

[Protagoras]

Oh good grief. The dad isn't being sent to the gas chambers for heavens sake.

I guess it's OK to do what Lenin and Mao wanted, namely that children show alliegence to the state before their families, as long as the family member isn't put in a gas chamber?

BTW, Hilter used gas chambers, not the commie pigs who were just as bad as him.

You have no idea what this family went through before the phone call, nor do I?

The story tells what went on, re-read it. The boy had "issues" with his father.

[vin-one]

Mary, I have seen it also, in one of my brothers, I know what you are going through, but we can't let a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch.....

Good luck to you, and never give up.