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#237303 - 07/10/08 05:41 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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Crime is crime, no matter what your motivation. Groping is a horrible crime, and he should go to jail. Taking the law into your own hands is also not right, and I'd be afraid to live in a society where anyone can do anything as long as they're "angry."
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#237305 - 07/10/08 05:47 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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I'm with Andy, though I'm not sure I could voice my view as eloquently as he.
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#237307 - 07/10/08 05:52 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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What really got me about the story was this: Rodriguez...told police he was wrong for touching the boy and “only fooling around.”
...police decided not to arrest the suspect at the scene due to his advanced aged (BOO-FUCKING-HOO!) and lack of a criminal record.
GRRRRRRR! That reminds me of Debra LaFave who was too pretty to go to jail.
Edited by EGL (07/10/08 05:54 PM)
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#237308 - 07/10/08 05:56 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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I don't agree, Rob. I have to question the dad's motives.
My personal belief is that the desire for revenge is the most counter-productive and negative of all human emotions. Enacting revenge does nothing more than perpetuate abuse. A father's first responsibility should be to protect and shelter his son, and that does not involve assaulting the perp.
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#237309 - 07/10/08 06:00 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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However, I think there ought to be accommodation for the Dad reacting as he did. Oh I think he'll get something light...
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#237311 - 07/10/08 06:02 PM
Re: Arrest WHO???
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I think the kid seeing the dad beat the pulp out of a guy and seeing that rage was maybe more harmful to his little psyche than a one-time grope under the stall....
I know it would've been for me, as a kid...
I'm not defending the groper, of course, just think both parties were wrong...
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