November 22, 2009
Comments by k_hawn
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Which would you rather believe:
1. A young man and woman were in love, planning to marry, and a horrible accident occurred injuring a her child, while in the care of her fiancee. The local officials, high on the ride from several child deaths, charged the fiancee with an unthinkable crime. A little girl is now in a wheelchair, and the two who were once in love are torn apart, as are their families. Full of anger, hurt and unforgiveness.
2. A young man and women were in love, planning to marry, and the young man assaulted her child, and ruined his life. The dream of a life together forever gone. The jury found him innocent, but the family maintains he is guilty. The community has mixed feelings, many thinking he is guilty, just as the unrelated cases which proceeded him.
On Blinde acquitted of assault
12 jurors could not find evidence to prove him guilty. This is our system in the USA (unlike our foreign neighbors). For those who don't like the system, register to vote, become a juror, work on changing your local government, get involved with the party of your choice.
On Blinde acquitted of assault
The situation with immigration is not likely to change. We should be working on learning how to make the best of it. Like all other races, there are good and bad among them. I do think it should be mandated the immigrants learn basic English, along with passing legislation depicting English as the official language.
On City has fastest-growing Hispanic population in U.S.
Version1955, I do not receive the News-Press, only the online version, the article was listed on the main page. As I referenced previously, it was obviously lacking in journalistic skills, due to this I attributed it to being an opinion. As I stated opinions are like bellybuttons, everyone has one. We have clearly received several.
I had suggested the ink be put to better use. I was implying the writer of the article, who gets paid for research and writing, might have better spent their time educating the readers vs. slamming a specific group. I did not realize version1955 would expect me to write an essay for such a limited audience as this comment area. I will give it some thought.
It is not so easy as to point our finger at one group or another and fix the problem. If this were true the problem would have been solved long ago. The answer is in education. Educating the girls, boys, men and women, who create our communities.
BTW, several of the people involved in this story have came forward to say there was no pact, so I guess all our writing is a mute point. I would assume there are 17 (or maybe we should say 34) different stories.
Lastly, it was attributed to me as a poster that I had made this a religious issue. I do think you have mistaken the poster's identity which led the thread toward God. Yet I must now agree, a little more Godliness and a lot less sex, and we would not be discussing this issue. LOL.
Version1955, you and I will just have to agree to disagree. Have a nice evening.
On ‘Pregnancy pact’ girls should blame themselves mostly
--I stand by my statement: Why waste ink placing blame when you could use the ink to write possible solutions to the problem, maybe even improve someone's life? It is a small person who has to attack a group of teenage girls who obviously made some bad decisions, and will be living a harder life as a result.
--I am not defending nor attacking what these girls have done, my issue is with the writer of the article. This article is very one-sided and lacks the qualities of true journalism. See how the article reads if you insert your favorite ethic or religious group in the place of the word "girls", you will soon see the hate woven in the words.
--Good journalism does not take sides, it reports the story, writes both sides or a neutral perspective, only stating the facts.
--If this writer is but an opinion column writer, we have the right to strongly disagree with his opinions. Opinions are like bellybuttons, everyone has one.
On ‘Pregnancy pact’ girls should blame themselves mostly
This was one of the rudest and most hate-filled articles I have ever read in the News-Press. We live in a society which is so quick to place blame. Why waste ink placing blame when you could use the ink to write possible solutions to the problem, maybe even improve someone's life? It is a small person who has to attack a group of teenage girls who obviously made some bad decisions, and will be living a harder life as a result. Cast your stones another direction.
On ‘Pregnancy pact’ girls should blame themselves mostly
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