I don't think we can equate public corruption in
India with sociological problems with American
youth.
Indian public corruption is a result of an
absence of deterrence, which can be instantly
remedied by appropriate changes to institutions
of state designed to provide such deterrence.
What it takes is political will, which India
cannot forge due to the fractured nature of its
polity.
At 8:31 PM -0700 5/11/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
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Netters,
This is about raising kids, not only in USA but
across the globe. Most kids turn out ok. Why is
it that some turn out to be criminals?
In the case narrated below, is it because the
kid has no respect for community property or is
it because he couldn't see right from wrong? We
have been talking about criminal politicians in
India. Doesn't this incident have some
similarity in the sense that community
property is involved in both cases. How do you
teach kids to respect community property- be it
a school buiding or public funds for a highway?
It is a relief that the perpetrator in this case
has confessed and his father has apologized.
Note that the family had no clue that the son
harbored the feelings to lead to such an act.
What do you think of the readers' comments at
the bottom? Comments from parents outside the
USA are most welcome.
Dilip Deka
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Father of teen accused in school arson apologizes
He begs court not to `hang' the student by
trying him as an adult in Needville High case
By ERIC HANSON
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
RICHMOND The father of the teenager accused of
starting the fire that destroyed part of
Needville High School apologized to the rural
community for the harm the blaze caused and said
his son can be rehabilitated.
"Please, don't hang him. He is something that
can be salvaged. Please don't throw him away,"
he said as he choked back tears.
The comments were made after a hearing on
Thursday in which prosecutors and the defense
attorney agreed the 16-year-old should be held
in the detention center, where he can undergo
psychological testing.
"For the community of Needville I am very sorry
for what he has caused, all the inconvenience,
all the turmoil," the father said.
The Houston Chronicle usually does not identify
juvenile suspects, and because the father and
suspect share the same last name the father's
name is not being used.
The teen is accused of arson and four counts of
solicitation of arson. Investigators said he set
the April 23 fire that razed part of the school
and tried to get others to help him.
The boy surrendered on Tuesday to Fort Bend County authorities.
The father said he does not want his son certified as an adult.
The decision to seek certification is made by
the district attorney. If certification is
sought, a hearing is held and a judge makes the
final decision on whether the case remains in
the juvenile court system or is transferred to a
state district court as an adult case.
The suspect's father said he does not expect his son to go unpunished.
"Something is not right. He's a good kid. I do
not know why he chose to do what he did," the
father said.
"Him and God know."
The hearing was closed to the public by County
Court at Law No. 1 Judge Ben W. "Bud" Childers.
Nearly 20 family members and friends waited in
the courthouse lobby while prosecutors and
defense attorney Steven Rocket Rosen appeared
before the judge.
Rosen said prosecutors read a probable-cause
affidavit to the judge to explain why the teen
should be detained.
Rosen said he is not contesting the detention at this time.
He said the judge ordered a psychological
evaluation of the suspect to be conducted by the
juvenile probation department's psychologist.
"We want our client to get the proper
psychological treatment and evaluation to get
him back on the right footing," Rosen said.
He said the teen has mental health issues but is not mentally ill.
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Don't apologize take him out back and whip his
*** like you probably should have been doing for
the past number of years. Kids run wild and the
parents are the ones who apologize and make
excuses for their little darlings. Why isn't the
kid making any public apologies?
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loghorn i feel ya its funny how the goverment
wants to make laws that protect kids but now
they wanna try this kid as an adult and possibly
jail him with rapist murderers what a great
incredibly stupid justice system we have.
Pendejos. Poor dad was proly scared to whup that
kid cause cps would come after him well there MR
President and so called advocates this is what
lack of rules and whoopings results in. IDIOTS
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I still say that after all is said and done he
is a danger to him self and others. He put the
lives of firefighters from 21 departments at
risk that morning. Every one of those
firefighters is some ones father, brother,
mother, or son. He needs to spend time for this
crime. He needs time in either the TDCJ or in a
mental instatution. But he must pay for what he
has done. I am looked down on by friends and
family for being to hard on my kids but they
know about punishment for their actions. This my
wife and I will never change. I read that every
body wants to not hold the parents responsable
but I ask who is resposible for a 16 yo that is
out at 3:00 am. Beleive me when I say I know
where my kids are.
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I agree completely with you EJELNICA.
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