you know....

[kuangning]

Appearing on television within twenty-four hours of your kid's admission that he planted 18 pipe bombs, and making the statement "my son is not a dangerous person" doesn't help his case. It only makes you look either feeble or plain fuckwitted.

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[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

One could extend that statement to 'there is no such thing as bad children, only bad parents'

No, one couldn't.

That seems to me like a case of passing the buck; looking for anything to blame other than the perpetrator. If you're in college and generally seen as well-adjusted prior to that, any actions you take are your own fault.

I'm twenty-one. So if I go and do something stupid, is it my fault or my parents'? I'd say mine. Popular culture seems convinced that nobody who isn't an adult "for real" ("but he's over 18! He's legally an adult!" "Oh, but he's not really an adult!") is capable of performing actions of their own free will.

I'm just wondering how long it'll be before they blame *this* on violent video games and rock music. (CNN made a big deal about him wearing a Cobain shirt, as though the two were somehow connected.)

People need to realize that sometimes something somebody does is their own bloody fault. Just because they're not forty yet doesn't make them some kind of victim, their crimes one whose real cause has to be hunted down.

That's irresponsibility.

Sorry if I was vauge...

[galith.livejournal.com]

It was the kids fault, much more so than the parent, and he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. He is fully responsible for his actions. Period. My point was more along the lines of 'there is probably SOMETHING messed up with this kids parents, or at least his enviroment, and it would be good to look into what that is.'

And yeah, whenever a youth decides to do something nutty they always seem to blame it on music or video games. *sigh*...