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1. state of mind???

   Why does everyone keep saying "her state of mind" and "she must be mentally ill" WHAT???!!!! It wasn't as though she was distraught or delirious. The girl had a plan and executed it. She had to be in some good state of mind to pull it off. "Here, let me check my bag...oh, c-ya!" Not only that but ignorance doesn't get you that far. I knew at 16 where to take a baby- her high school counselor could have told her that if she wasn't aware. No excuses...none. And to the "stop being judgmental" person- isn't that what the blog was for- to state your opinion of the situation? We are all asked to read the article and then say what we think. Thats what we are all doing.

   6 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Gone Baby Gone

2. Its the law

   I did see "Gone Baby Gone" and the bottom line here is the law is the law. The character in that movie should have called child protective services. Yes, it is wrong for people to neglect their children- BUT that is why there are laws in place to protect children and there are procedures to be followed in those cases. You should never take matters into your own hands. That being said, this teenager should go to jail. She broke the law. There are all kinds of places that she could have taken the baby and not been questioned at all- and the baby would have been safe. BUT she chose to do it the illegal way. There are consequences to your actions.

   6 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Gone Baby Gone

3. okay....

   Okay, so no one agrees on who is actually at fault here...and we can debate about that all day long - BUT something needs to be said about the fact that our government has nothing in place to punish kids who act out like this- other than kicking them out of school and giving them community service. Why not? I would have thought after Columbine we would have some kind of "juvenile" system set up. I realize this is the first time this has happened with children this young, but we are a foolish nation if just slapped on the wrists and this happens to us again- I don't see it getting any better. It just seems as though our youth are acting out violently younger and younger. So what in the world can they do about it? What kind of punishment seems fair? I mean at least some kind of boot camp or confinement away for a time. Yes, they are children, but they certainly are not acting like it. Disabilities or not, they have to own up to their own mistakes. They have to know how to function in society and learn what is acceptable or not. Better teach them now while there is still hope!

   7 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

who's to blame???

So who is really to blame here? Video games, violence in the media, bad parenting skills? I am sure that this attributed in some ways to encourage them in the act. Parents refuse to discipline their children- and therefore, they respect no one. But the bottom line here is SIN. The story that comes to mind in the bible is Cain and Able. Genesis 4. Abel brought an offering before the Lord and the Lord respected his offering. But he did not respect Cain's offering. His countenance fell, and he became angry. So what did he do? v6 So the Lord said to Cain, "why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." Now Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Cain became jealous and angry and he killed his brother. Can we blame this on the culture? Well, what culture? There were only 4 people on the earth at the time including himself! Can we blame the media? Nope, there was no media then. There was no "government". There were no peers to influence him. In fact, the only counsel he received was from the Lord and the Lord told him to rule over his sinful desires. He chose to kill his brother on his own. Sin was crouching at the door, and Cain let it in. He gave into his jealousy and anger- and it grew. And he murdered. Period. The same thing can be said for these kids. Remove the media, remove the peers, remove the administration, the government, and the parents. What is left? These kids and their own sinful nature. Thankfully, the plan was leaked out to another teacher, and they were stopped before they could harm the teacher. So there is talk about community service (woopidie doo- attempt to kill your teacher and you have to pick up trash off the side of the road in an orange vest) and making them apologize for their actions because our judicial system is not set up for children. It seems to me that we should have something in place for this kind of thing, since the violence in young people seems to start earlier and earlier- maybe this is a wake-up call to our government that depravity doesn't begin in a teenager. Maybe even a wake up call to our nation, if they will just put the blame where it is due. This is a fallen world we live in. Sin is bound up in all of our hearts. Cleaner media, better parents, more understanding teachers will not fix that. If it were that easy, Christ would not have hung on the cross.

7 months, 3 weeks ago In response to Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

Define what responsibility means to you.