I agree. If you go back to that interview with his lawyer on waxy.org, the lawyer is saying doen't matter if we would accept an apology, because these kids are way far from offering one.
Dana > > That's kind of my feelings. There is a lot of talk about the kid just > dropping it, and life lessons learned, and basically for him to take > responsibility for his own actions (recording the tape in the first place). > > But why doesn't that statement apply to the kids that stole and published > the tapes. They have no responsibility? They have no life lessons to learn? > > Or do we just say, well you can't get prevent all teasing so lets not bother > with any of it, no matter how grievous. Throw our hands in the air and walk > away? Sweep it under the covers with blanket statements like "we've all > been teased" and "Kids will be kids". In other words, the lesson's learned > for them, are you can get away without responsibility if you can make enough > people laugh? > > And I'm sorry, but if the tape was stolen and published without his or his > parent's permission, then I think that is fairly well defined in the law as > being illegal. So why should this kid give his legal rights up, just > because he's not popular? > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: RE: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > Of course the real world is mean. However, that doesn't mean we stand > for it. In the corporate world, there are rules to prevent disruptive > behavior since it leads to an unhealthy workplace. > > When I originally made my point, it wasn't to say that we should end all > teasing, since that will never happen. I was saying that maybe we should > just be more strict against those who do verbally abuse others, even if > they are 'just kids.' > > -rc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:14 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: RE: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > > > Even when you teach compassion its still going to happen the > > world will never be utopia. And yes i was teased but i knew > > what it was like so i've always tried to help out people who > > were in similar situations but come on this kid was just > > asking for it lol. > > > > People can't always be compassionate either, its not a matter > > of teaching kids to be teasers or not. I think it will happen > > regardless and we all have to make it through the writ of passage > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
