Comments on: Fla. Teens Charged In Taped Beating

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[michellem99-2009]

I am apalled that a Poster got the gall to as say they need to a slave of a man..Ye know very well what I mean,,Having babies..ye fool is the last thing those girls should do,,they are not fit fot it..sexxist..is what it is called..The church is not the answer..Thank God Allmighty we have sep of church and state..

[michellem99-2009]

I like the teacher''s posts..made alot of common sense and teaching yer son the same..I am 53. I am legally blind. It happened in my day the bullying. I was billed and I bullyed right back..Was that right no..I GREW UP..I was fostor child and life was hopelwss so I felt as I was used for the bloody state aid..that was all. I made a choce at recess at age 10/11 I knew I did not want to be a parent and never wanted to marry..I have kelp that vow..If they wwere mine they would not have pulled that krap...Teacher May I give ye an idea for yer class..visit a jail and see that life,,they won''t let ye see the imates..ye get an education...why not..Our class years ago did that..Our was was sp ed ..So..The cell was stinky..That is how I remember it. Not much bigger that the family bath room..In our day we did not sass our elders..We had less...They are not abused if grounded...Parents have to get over* I want my children to have it best than I* line of thinking..bs..Surely the adults heard the banging about and did nothing..Mum/Dad...

[missybelle-2009]

These are not kids. These are quasi-adults indulging in pack animal behavior. They need to learn something. Raising children should be a lifetime plan, and I don''t think they do a very good job of raising themselves.

[libh8er]

Try them as adults, convict them as adults (including kidnapping), and make the little social rejects do hard time. They will get PLENTY of like treatment once they meet ''Gertrude'' - who likes to sleep on top!

Posted by missybelle at 11:24 AM : Apr 11, 2008

You contradict your self in your own post!! You said that you are not advocating the beating of kids, but your very first line is that "I''m saying that I think they need to know the same pain and humiliation."

I am not advocating that they not be punished, I''m saying that they don''t need to be punished by having what they did to someone else done to them. They need to be punished, but not by doing the SAME THING TO THEM!!!!

That''s Called Hipocrasy!!!

[missybelle-2009]

I''m saying that I think they need to know the same pain and humiliation. Sometimes the punishment needs to fit the crime, and these kids think they can do whatever they want with very little, if any, consequences. I''m not an advocate of beating children, but I do believe they need to understand consequences and not be treated like little princes and princesses. Humility is not a bad thing, and neither is fear. Or empathy.

I think it would be appropriate to take these rejects out to the school they attended each day for a public beating as a form of punishment and humiliation to them, and as a warning to other students. Apparently these little prizes were rewarded and praised each time they remembered to breath or blink, and never discouraged from inappropriate or antisocial behavior.

Posted by missybelle at 11:12 AM : Apr 11, 2008

So what you''re saying is that it is NOT okay for you to beat someone up. But it is okay for us to beat you up because you did it to someone else.

The only thing that you''re telling these kids is that it''s okay as long as it''s the many versus the few... which is EXACTLY what they did!!!!

Beating someone up to make a point... ANY POINT... is wrong. We as a society of supposedly civilized adults should be able to come up with more creative solutions instead of resorting to the same behavior that we are telling these teens NOT to commit!!!

[missybelle-2009]

I think it would be appropriate to take these rejects out to the school they attended each day for a public beating as a form of punishment and humiliation to them, and as a warning to other students. Apparently these little prizes were rewarded and praised each time they remembered to breath or blink, and never discouraged from inappropriate or antisocial behavior.

[carolt1965]

Ranger1948,
You have a valid point as it is saying on the news they were supposed to be friends of the girl. If they treat a friend that way, who is to say what they would do to someone else. They would definitely need supervision if they had community service. After rereading my post, where I said parents teach their children how to walk/talk but not kindess and about other''s feelings, I meant many parents, not all. I wanted to clarify that before anyone said anything. The parents that are defending their kids, I would be horrified if my son was involved, even if he was just the lookout. Those boys are equally at fault because they knew what was happening, and did nothing to try and stop it. It is scary what teenagers are doing and what our society is coming to. Like the stories of teens thinking it is funny to beat homeless people. While in college to get my teaching degree, in my Teaching Social Studies class, we had to do some 20 something hours of community service. Instead of doing just one thing, I did several and took my son along too, to help. (He was about 8-9) I wanted him to learn about helping others. We did volunteer work with the Humane Society and at a homeless shelter, even helping to serve food to the homeless women. While we were struggling financially at that time, I wanted my son to see that there were many others even less fortunate than us and for him to be thankful for what we DID have (food, shelter, love, and quite a few possessions, including his toys.)

This is easy to solve. Line the little wastes up, put a bullet in their head, dump the bodies on the doorstep of their parent''''s house.

Posted by FloydZepp at 09:05 AM : Apr 11, 2008

This is exactly the attitude that caused these kids to do this in the first place. Thinking that violence of any kind is acceptable. These kids don''t need to be killed, they need to be punished. If you kill them, what do they learn? What does anyone learn except that violence begets violence. Adults are supposedly smarter than teens. We should be able to come up with some creative punishments, that are not violent, and yet get the message across to teens that this behavior is not tolerated in a civil society.