[moosejaw]

Back to the original post, I wonder how long until a grieving parent tries to blame the the boy's action on a movie (AKA Fast & Ignorant) instead of proper adult supervision/responsibility. "It wasn't his fault, he saw it in a movie. It's the movie makers fault!" This is what angers me the most.

Here is St. Louis there has been a flurry of teen street racing incidents in the last year. Many of these incidents have resulted in innocent deaths of young people, some not even involved in the "racing". The encouraging side to this has been the successful prosecutions of the drivers of crashed cars and the other participants in the "race".

One case where a car side swiped a guard rail sending the rail through the passenger door cutting the two passengers in half. The officer on the scene realized to his horror that his son was the driver of the vehicle. I was impressed with the lack of cover up of this incident. The son was not shielded from prosecution.

Time will tell if these high profile cases will discourage the less experienced from being stupid.


Mike