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    http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/...ned/index.html

    From what the suspects and witnesses have told police, the suspect yelled, "He's a snitch, he's a snitch" and "pour it on him." Another juvenile threw what police believe was rubbing alcohol on Brewer from a plastic jug and used a lighter to set him on fire, he said.
    So pick your poision? Is this:

    A result of Americas lax attitude to violence?
    A result of the glorifacation of Americas gangs?
    A result of divorce and single parent households?
    An anomally?
    Are we simply reverting back to what we always were?

    The best data I see is only from 1998 so I can't give any proof that this is an anamolly (I hope)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    So pick your poision? Is this:

    A result of Americas lax attitude to violence?
    A result of the glorifacation of Americas gangs?
    A result of divorce and single parent households?
    An anomally?
    Are we simply reverting back to what we always were?
    None of the above. It's Florida, that's all you need to know.
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    Uh, I dont get how sex comes into this...

    On topic though... Stuff like this happens, no big deal.

    Don't get me wrong, it is tragic for the boy, and the other one should be sent to jail. My point was that from a population of millions of people freaks like this will pop up from time to time.

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    Stupidity over $40. Simply amazing.
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    There must be some way to pin this one on Bush.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    There must be some way to pin this one on Bush.
    Which one? This is Florida.


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    Brewer apparently owed one of the suspects $40 for a video game and had not paid it.
    Doesn't anybody wonder what the game was?
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    yeah kukri is right, if it is gta then whatever no big deal, but if it is say mario then that opens up a whole new can of worms

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
    Uh, I dont get how sex comes into this...

    On topic though... Stuff like this happens, no big deal.

    Don't get me wrong, it is tragic for the boy, and the other one should be sent to jail. My point was that from a population of millions of people freaks like this will pop up from time to time.
    I know you think you're cool with the detached, emotionless trolls you lob, but sometimes I read your posts and have a hard time believing you're not suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder. A fifteen year old boy received 2nd degree burns over 80% of his body and your glib response is "no big deal?"

    You are truly disturbing sometimes.

    On topic....

    We're raising a generation of malcontents that appear to be incapable or unwilling to allow themselves to feel empathy. We also have a guilt-ridden parenting generation that seeks to befriend and placate rather than discipline and mold their children.

    Last week, in the small town of Mount Vernon, NH, 4 teens broke into a remote home specifically chosen so as to allow the perpetrators time and isolation from the outside world. Their goal... theft? No. They specifically came to butcher a mother and her daughter, "to see what it feels like to kill somebody". They had access to any valuables they wanted and had no need of using a machete and a butcher knife to hack the mother to pieces and slash the throat of the daughter (who survived but is in critical condition). Already, the calls for banning violent video games, as though the existince of the GTA game series absolves these 4 of responsibility for their actions.

    We have a crisis of responsibility and it manifests itself at all levels, from the national (oops, did we target the wrong building... our bad...) to the local (hey, you can't prosecute me for croneyism for my gay lover, that's homophobia and I'm the governor, dammit) to the individual. It sickens me and I find it a frightening but very real likelihood that one of my two daughters will be sexually assaulted at least once in their lifetime.

    But as Kadagar would sum it up really nicely... big deal. Happens all the time...
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    don corleone, getting a bit personal, are we?

    As I said, it is a tragedy for the affected boy. Know that word, "tragedy"?

    However, also as I said before, this is just one of those random occurances. I don't see the point of duscussing such issues when we have quite larger problems that DO have a solution.

    Please do get me right.

    We have a crisis of responsibility and it manifests itself at all levels, from the national (oops, did we target the wrong building... our bad...)
    Agreed, this is more noteworthy. And a proper subject for discussion on these boards.

    To sum it up, please try and avoid personal attacks, and also make sure you understand my intention before you start flame wars.

    And again, on topic, this is a tragedy for the boy affected (for the third time, just to get sure some people get my standing on this).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone View Post
    They specifically came to butcher a mother and her daughter, "to see what it feels like to kill somebody".
    This is not a new phenomenon.

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    The lack of responsbility comes from the Team American logic of the nether regions.

    Anyway, the whole thing requires social enginneering on a massive scale and social reform. Nothing more to be said really. Only way this problem would ever decrease in a positive way.
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    The fact that people never hurted each other in earlier times clearly points towards a modern problem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone View Post
    We're raising a generation of malcontents that appear to be incapable or unwilling to allow themselves to feel empathy. We also have a guilt-ridden parenting generation that seeks to befriend and placate rather than discipline and mold their children.
    Though I agree with this, I don't think this is the sole reason. People have been doing that for centuries, even when education was stricter than it is now.
    Some people are just sick and should be dealth with before they become a threat to society.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
    The lack of responsbility comes from the Team American logic of the nether regions.

    Anyway, the whole thing requires social enginneering on a massive scale and social reform. Nothing more to be said really. Only way this problem would ever decrease in a positive way.
    Social engineering helped create the lack of responsibility in the first place by trying to not only legislate morality (every country does that), but also by trying to legislate the application of morality, thereby remving the necessity of developing a properly nuanced and discerning mind capable of using moral principles.
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    You can socially enginneer people to meow at the end of sentences, but that doesn't mean all applications of it will.
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    This kind of stuff has happened since the beginning of time, from Lemur's "Leopold and Loeb" (Ice Haven and Clarence Darrow FTW). There's an Ancient Egyptian inscription which complains of the lack of respect the youth have for their elders, and their rampant delinquency. And this kind of thing, although obviously morally repugnant, will happen until the end of the time. Humans are a flawed species, so we shouldn't be surprised when messed up like this happens.

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    Sex (that's safe - so we don't get more mini sickos) is exactly what they need. When I was 15 I was in "masturbate four times daily" phase and strove to lose my virginity to much older girls. It was not until I was in my early 20's I started to focus on games and less on older girls.
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    Earlier this year me and a friend were ambushed and beaten up by a group (about 6 or 7) of drunken , late at night on the street, while neither of us had done anything to provoke them. One of them hit my friend on the head with a bottle, apparently they panicked when they saw he was bleeding badly and ran off.*

    Sadly, random beatings like that one happen so often nowadays that it's not a "big deal". That a bunch of teenagers take their time to think things over and eventually decide to set a classmate on fire is a lot more disturbing. Still, it's a big world

    (*my friend needed stitches but was otherwise fine. I had two black eyes and bruises on my face, nothing serious except that I looked like for almost a week)
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    Those responsible appear to have rescinded their right to be part of the human race. Deal with them appropriately.

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    Earlier this year me and a friend were ambushed and beaten up by a group (about 6 or 7) of drunken , late at night on the street, while neither of us had done anything to provoke them. One of them hit my friend on the head with a bottle, apparently they panicked when they saw he was bleeding badly and ran off.*

    Sadly, random beatings like that one happen so often nowadays that it's not a "big deal". That a bunch of teenagers take their time to think things over and eventually decide to set a classmate on fire is a lot more disturbing. Still, it's a big world

    (*my friend needed stitches but was otherwise fine. I had two black eyes and bruises on my face, nothing serious except that I looked like for almost a week)

    In america those people usually get shot by law-abiding gun owners.

    Where were the police when this happened? Exactly. Get a gun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexanderSextus View Post
    In america those people usually get shot by law-abiding gun owners.

    Where were the police when this happened? Exactly. Get a gun.
    Or in Oakland they just shoot you dead before you can defend yourself . Twice earlier this year (or thrice I forgot) there were two youth shootings over girls. About 10-16 years olds got hurt because the girl they liked decided on another. So they got their guns went to the other boy and shot and killed them (two separate incidents). Hearing about this is nothing new but it's a big deal imo. Most of the time you hear the parents quip, "they were always the best behaved kid," or "they were always nice I didn't think they were capable of such things" (kinda like serial killers huh).

    I agree with Don Corleone about the parents issue imo. And blaming video games is just a lazy excuse to tackle the real problem because it's a difficult and touchy issue.
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    Poor kid. That's a terrible thing to do over such a trivial thing.

    As to the kids who did it. Enjoy jail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexanderSextus View Post
    In america those people usually get shot by law-abiding gun owners.

    Where were the police when this happened? Exactly. Get a gun.
    People packing heat are much more likely to die in the event that they are mugged, especialy by someone with a gun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
    Those responsible appear to have rescinded their right to be part of the human race. Deal with them appropriately.

    Put them in a cage at the zoo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexanderSextus View Post
    In america those people usually get shot by law-abiding gun owners.

    Where were the police when this happened? Exactly. Get a gun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Yes, in Europe, we prefer the rule of law as opposed to the rule of the strong....
    Speak for yourself, I cannot think of something more civilized than the right to carry guns.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Yes, in Europe, we prefer the rule of law as opposed to the rule of the strong....
    That's funny. Especially considering that firearms are the great equalizer.

    Aren't the strongmen the ones that outlaw the possession of weapons to secure their grip on power?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
    That's funny. Especially considering that firearms are the great equalizer.

    Aren't the strongmen the ones that outlaw the possession of weapons to secure their grip on power?
    That, and I think it's a good gesture for a government to say that they can only do so much. The trust some euro's have in their governments is kinda unsettling. Food and games.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
    That's funny. Especially considering that firearms are the great equalizer.

    Aren't the strongmen the ones that outlaw the possession of weapons to secure their grip on power?
    In countries with a dysfunctional justice system, yes.

    Norway has a functioning justice system. Does the US have one? If not, I think it's quite obvious what you should be fixing...
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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