I know I am going to get yelled at by both sides for this, but...
I'm glad that people, at times, are getting upset by terrible things they see happening in their community.
I know, they are not supposed to take the law into their own hands
That might be true, but also amazing how different we are than 100 years ago. I have read many, many accounts of people taking the law into their own hands. And since our judicial system has been over run by PC, hippie liberals, I can't get upset when the people get upset enough to make things right on their own
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Residents beat man accused of showing porn
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People say they believe in the law, the Constitution and democracy; yet they often feel justified breaking the law and criticizing the judicial system.
What about the trauma the kids felt when they saw 15 guys, some of them likely their fathers, assaulting Burke? The pornographic pictures probably didn't phase them, but the beating will be repeated in the children's nightmares.
Count me in the disagree category. I stand for Law and Order, not vigilante justice.
I have absolute contempt for the PC hippie socialists that infest our society, but I don't even believe in protesting, so you can guess my attitude about forming a lynch mob to right a perceived wrong.
Sadly, the system doesnt work for child offenders. The recitivism is almost 100% for those that are even caught.
I certainly don't endorse such behavior, but I can definitely understand it. When our second oldest was still in grade school, there was some scumbag exposing himself to kids around the school. Pornstudent assumes that kids would be traumatized by seeing a fight, or a group of neighbors beatin' on a guy. With TV, I doubt it. But I can assure you that if I was the adult when some sick exhibitionist dropped trou in front of my or any kid, I'd make damn sure that perv couldn't escape arrest, even if it meant beating on him. Keep in mind, these are kids we're talking about, and when they are at risk, well, let's just say the "kid gloves" come off. I will say, however, if the perv co-operates, I wouldn't beat on him, no matter how much I might want to.
BTW, "pornstudent"???!!!!
One last thing: what makes you think that pornographic pictures wouldn't have some dibilitating effect on a young child? Most are taught some measure of modesty. Exposing them to such things would most likely affect them negatively. They might even grow up to think it cool to assume a moniker like "pornstudent".
When I was in fourth grade another student brought a Playboy magazine to school and showed it to me. I remember thinking that the breasts on the women looked odd because they were so big. Nothing debilitating. Younger children have no feelings about porn. It means nothing to them.
The violence kids see in movies, cartoons, sports, news and on the playground teaches them to be violent, often in ways that are debilitating. You didn't let your kids watch people get beat up on TV, did you, Art Marshall?
pornstudent, are you a member of NAMBLA?
I agree with Marshall --
If anyone had done anything remotely similar like expose my kids to porn, or molest them, or worse, I'd make sure they didn't even make it to court. There's way too many pervs out there -- they're NOT going to get to a child around me.
& that means whatever I had to do; beat the shit out of them, take a contract out, whatever. It's worth it to me to go to jail myself to put a pervert out of business, in particular when the law mostly these days protects the pervs, and not the kids (or even adults, for that matter).
I have no problem letting children watch a TV fight. With the type of shows I would allow them to watch in the first place, the fights would involve a good versus evil scenario. It is good for kids to understand that evil must be fought, and a TV fist fight is an easy way to illustrate it to a kid (even better, a fight between, say, Batman or Superman vs a super criminal).
On the other hand, I would never want them to view anything that is suggestive in terms of pre-marital sex, for example. I don't want them seeing people barely dressed or acting slutty. I prefer they remain as pure as possible for as long as possible. Along the way, they'll be taught values and standards I feel are appropriate for growing kids.
Life is filled with struggles, and unfortunately, some of them are of a physical nature. They cannot always be avoided. Kids eventually need to learn when it is appropriate to engage in a physical confrontation. Certainly, if a small child saw a brutal beating, I doubt it would be a good thing. But if they have good guidance, they'll easily survive.
I would have no problem allowing a kid to watch the same, but for a different reason. In order to be able to handle it correctly later on in life, they need a good dose of reality.
However, I do have problems letting them see on t.v. or anywhere else, what is entirely, completely inappropriate age-wise.
My son before he turned 18, never got his music censored, nor his t.v. (unless it was totally demeaning, as in demeaning to women or others, and then when they were old enough, they did see it because demeaning happens). Neither did my daughter. When they asked about something, I told them the truth, and that it was unfortunate that people sometimes act like that, and not to be that way themselves (and I also explained to them how to keep themselves from being drawn into it). However, I did allow them to watch it, so they'd know that violence, etc. exist, and how to handle it when it does.
This is how kids learn.
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