i don't think anything can overcome the damage the schools do nowadays. you can't watch videos about rosa parks all day while being told that you and everyone else is just the greatest and not come home warped. young people are trained nowadays to be utterly mindless. in other words, they are too stupid to figure out what it is exactly they are doing and brainwashing into thinking it's all good.
between the media and education their minds are corrupted to the point of uselessness. most parents will fail to inculcate values related to decency. add to this the natural tendency of adolescents (and adolescence today seems to extend until roughly the age of 30) to do stupid and disturbing things, and it is nearly a lost cause. about a year ago, a high school kid (and, it turns out, the step son of one of our customers) is sitting behind the ex wife in teh turning lane. the ex wife goes to turn. she is old and slow. she isn't going fast enough for the lad, so he bumps her, nascar style. he thinks this is normal behavior, not because he is bad, but he is just THAT stupid. and despite all the videos, he probably doesn't really have his facts straight on rosa parks either. As he had money, i settled the matter by having him pay me a $1500 tribute. now he will know that nascar is good on tv, but not the thing to do on the street (which, btw, despite massive investment, the criminal justice would not be able to teach him just as the schools, depsite their massive investment in him, had been unable to do). while i cannot undo the damage done by the public schools and television, i can at least do my little part to educate those less fortunate between the ears than myself. On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stealing one for "thrills" or a dare is one thing but an entire box of > Mercedes hood ornaments shows me that they had a gross disrespect for > other > people's property. And I see no difference between this and a common > thief. > I should have prosecuted but I also blame the parents. > > My "children" are 25 & 26. My youngest Son came home with a trunk full of > mailboxes one day. First, I asked why I should not call the police since > each mailbox represented a Fealony. Then I explained the consequences & > explained that I would call the police if he did not make things right in > the next couple of hours. I would have called the police and he got the > "message". > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:19 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] my 81 300TD smashed today in hit and run > > And the end result of that would have been what? > No stars for you, cops have to do paperwork, 'kids' end up with criminal > record over something stupid which may well lead them right off the > rails, over worked justice system has more work, blah blah blah. > Sure at that age they should know better but if they are really bad kids > then they will end up in jail. > Anyway remember to a parent a child will always be a child, whether they > are 2 or 22. > > Hendrik > with two genuine kids at 7 and 12 > > Tom Hargrave wrote: > > "kids" were trembling. > > > > I found out later that the "kids" were 21 & 22 years old - hardly kids > at > > all. I should have looked closer at the license and should have pressed > > charges. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom Hargrave > > www.kegkits.com > > 256-656-1924 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.22.3/1354 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 > 5:38 AM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.22.3/1354 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 > 5:38 AM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
