Tragedy Due To Bad Parenting

There's a four year-old child dead and his mother is wounded. Because of the investigation that is taking place, police believe that the boy's mother was sleeping and that the boy was standing beside her bed. Police do not think that this was the first time the boy had handled the gun because he'd been seen playing with it in the past.

Bad parenting or bad parenting? How do you let your children play with a gun? How do you let your gun unsecured? A four year-old doesn't have much knowledge of a gun, typically. Because of these careless actions, an innocent four year-old is dead. How tragic.

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Jail Them or Rehabilitate Them?

In Fort Worth, a 42 year-old man was acquitted. He was being tried for rape. Only three weeks later, he was in custody to be tried for the rape and murder of another woman. He was arrested by five officers who found the victim stashed in a closet in her apartment. Court records show that he was also to be in court for robbery and attempted aggravated assult on a 59 year-old homeless woman. Without droning on about all the gruesome details, I can tell you that this man commits one violent crime after another, it seems. Clearly, he needs help. However, should he be thrown in jail or should the time be taken to try and rehabilitate him?

This question is not being asked publically, it's just something I wonder about. I believe that if this man was going to be given the chance of parole eventually, he should be rehabilitated. Throwing him in jail is not going to fix anything. The arguement from the other side represents our money being put into this. I suppose it comes down to economics versus morals - unless money is your top priority. I believe he should be given the chance at rehabilitation. What do you think?

How Sick!?

As a recovering addict/alcoholic, drugs upset me. People think it's cool to use them. It's not. It's not cool when you land yourself in rehab. It's not cool when you have to sit through NA or AA meetings when you'd rather be out with your friends. It's not cool when you realize that you'll wake up every day and deal with this addiction - for the entirety of your life. Trust me, I've been there. The thing about most addicts and/or alcoholics is that they are addicts by choice. Not many people are forced into addiction. How lame is that though? How heartless do you have to be to purposefully addict someone else causing them to deal with this pain for the rest of their lives?

It just so happens that I am NOT an addict by choice. Someone close to me addicted me. By this, I do not mean they pressured me into taking a drink, shooting up my arm, or snorting. I mean they forced me. Anyone who cannot agree that this is pure evil must also be sick. Where am I going with this? A man was arrested at the Orlando International Airport for having heroin in lollipops. The officers ended up seizing 172 lollipops and 3.2 kilograms of heroin altogether.

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