The Institute (協会)

Yet another story that demonstrates why heterosexuals should not be allowed to have children!

The other interesting thing I thought about this was the coach's reaction: "He's a good guy who made a bad decision." Always the carte blanc cop-out.... at what point does someone become a "bad person?"

And yes, I'm still leaning towards foul language as a reaction to reading this load of horse... nevermind.

What gets me even more is what his buddy said:

"We know Luke to be a good father," he said. "He's not a neglectful person or an irresponsible parent. It's unfortunate that he made the decision that he did to put here in the car, but I'm sure the decision wasn't arrived at in a neglectful manner or that he was intentionally being neglectful."

This kind of thing is becoming more and more common, and on some levels is as disturbing, if not more so, than the neglect itself. It was bad enough when people used to say "He was a good kid" after talking about someone who just committed some awful crime, but you could always chalk that up to maybe saying that he used to be a good kid and this was a real shock. But now, more and more often, you have friends and supporters making public statements that absolutely fly in the face of the objective reality in front of them, and do it in such an articulate fashion that you have to think this is more than a defense mechanism -- it's an actual belief that you can beat up an old lady while being "a good kid," or you can dangerously neglect your child without having done or thought anything "neglectful."

Half the story is that guys like this are jerks and shouldn't be in charge of taking care of children. The other half is that more and more of the world is going absolutely morally insane, and it gets scarier by the day.

Brad said, "Always the carte blanc cop-out.... at what point does someone become a "bad person?"

Great point.

Sin knows no bounds.

I'm torn between wishing we punished people like Singapore does, and hoping that his girlfriend is related to Lorena Bobbitt somehow.

"Dad" is too good a word for this man.

What is it about the word neglect that they don't understand?!? I experienced a few times of neglect when I was little...doesn't leave good memories.

As much as I hate to do it, I must quote Keanu Reeves from the movie Parenthood. “You know....you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car -- hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming *#%^&)@! be a father."

My apologies if my last post was too (how shall I say it) "edgy." I've had to deal with people like this in the past and it really just frustrates me.