http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/23/teen-gets-detention-in-pit-bull-attack/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/23/teen-gets-detention-in-pit-bull-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-10138 Miss Jan Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=14015#comment-10138 If you read more of the Seattle media what you will find is a whole lotta excuses for this nasty evil teen. At what age (she is 16) do you make a conscious decision to go with whatever sorry background you have and decide to do better? I grew up with a physically and mentally abusive set of parents but even at the age of 5 I remember making the decision NEVER to be like them. And I kept my promise to myself! I used to live in Washington and I have a recollection that in Washington state parents by law were responsible for damages and lawbreaking by their kids. Why did this not happen in this case? And why if the parents of this by-choice-violent teen were providing a bad home environment where is the prosecution of the parents??? There is frankly just too much excuse-making on the part of the community and court system. Punishment needs to be very swift and extremely harsh not only to prevent future such activities by the lawbreaker but ALSO as a deterrent. Yes! Deterrents work! Courts - catch a CLUE! Start taking the pulse of your communities - you are FAR TOO LENIENT on these people and you never consider the true lifelong effects on the victims! If you read more of the Seattle media what you will find is a whole lotta excuses for this nasty evil teen. At what age (she is 16) do you make a conscious decision to go with whatever sorry background you have and decide to do better? I grew up with a physically and mentally abusive set of parents but even at the age of 5 I remember making the decision NEVER to be like them. And I kept my promise to myself! I used to live in Washington and I have a recollection that in Washington state parents by law were responsible for damages and lawbreaking by their kids. Why did this not happen in this case? And why if the parents of this by-choice-violent teen were providing a bad home environment where is the prosecution of the parents??? There is frankly just too much excuse-making on the part of the community and court system. Punishment needs to be very swift and extremely harsh not only to prevent future such activities by the lawbreaker but ALSO as a deterrent. Yes! Deterrents work! Courts – catch a CLUE! Start taking the pulse of your communities – you are FAR TOO LENIENT on these people and you never consider the true lifelong effects on the victims!

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