Court TV reports that a Fla. sixth-grader who stomped in a puddle got arrested. I am always wondering where the line is between mischief and criminal actions in young people. When I was a kid, the worst you got for this was three good whacks on the butt by the principal, and, then a good whipping when you got home from your dad. But then again, the principal would now be arrested and sued for giving a whack for anything, and the parent would be criminally charged for punishing the child in a corporeal manner. So now, I do guess it only makes sense that you should arrest a kid for stomping in a puddle. Does it ever seem that you can now be arrested for so many things anymore? Of course, does anyone now ever feel shame for having done something bad? I think the greatest thing about those severe whoopings I got when I was a kid was that the people who gave them to me never really seemed to get any enjoyment from their end of the episode, and it did always make me feel so shameful to have to put them through such an ordeal.
Posted by Tiger at April 15, 2003 11:08 PM | TrackBack