OT: What Has The World Come To

[primitive]

Congrats to Fox for a well executed political propaganda stunt. Seems like they got the response they wanted

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Good god these ultra "protect you from your rights" fanatical lefties really need to step the hell back and seriously consider MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS!
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It's an election year

[geoschmo]

Well, I'm a little confused why every topic becomes a left vs right thing.

I have a 7 and 10 year old. Call me an irrational overprotective parent if you want, but I'll be damned if I'm going to leave them unattended in the car out in the parking lot. What's wrong with taking your kids into the store with you? Afraid they will act up? Well be a freaking parent for once. Teach them a little discipline maybe? For that matter get them interested in your home project. Teach them to build something and be creative. At least use them for slave labor and make them carry stuff. Heck, getting someone else to carry stuff has been a primary motivation to have kids for thousands of years.

Why the heck do we even have Dvd players's in the car? That's a rant I'd like to see someone make.
And beyond that, kids do stupid stuff sometimes. You can't be troubled to take them into the store with you, but you are going to leave them unattended in a car where they can damage it, or other cars in the lot?

On the other hand, I agree it's stupid arresting this guy. Last I checked stupudity and poor paranting aren't illegal. This doesn't quite fit my defintion of neglect. But he shouldn't have left them either.

As to why it's news, it's news for the same reason that kids getting kidnapped is news. If this van had been carjacked and his kids molested or killed it would be news. We'd all be clicking our teeth at the sad state of the world today that you can't leave your kids sitting in the car while you run into a store to get some nails.

Or if you are of the "It's stupid they arrested this guy." persuation I would think you would want gross abuse of police authority to be news.

Either way it's news. At least by the standards of local news in a country with an overabundance of 24 hour news networks. It's not exactly earth shattering national news level stuff.

We used to play in the woods when I was little too. But life was different then. But we didn't play in the parking lot. And if we tried to play in Dad's car we got yelled at.

Car's aren't daycare centers, and Dvd's aren't babysitters.

Be a parent.

[ April 02, 2004, 13:22: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Sniper]

I should probably make myself scarce then, being one of those left wing types! lol

Seriously though, a slow media day is common here in England espc in the smaller counties (like were I live) and all kinds of social commentary gets put up without a hint of irony.

I dont have kids so I couldnt say wether I'd leave them alone in a car, my dad used ot leave me in the car alone all the time...on the other hand he was one of the worst parents ever, yet it is a fairly common practise... Jail terms and the like shouldnt be political currency.

[Yef]

I don't remember ever being left alone, but then, I come from a very large family, with 7 brothers, 3 sisters and 67 cousins out of my 5 uncles, and I am the youngest, so there was always a lot of older family members around me.

The point is that I don't know if what that guy did was justified or not, but it was definitively something that I will not do the day I have kids.
He should have left his kids with his family.

[Wardad]

In Arizona it is illegal to leave a DOG or Child alone in the car.
Of course, this makes some common sense in a HOT desert.
BUT... I do not know if the law is written in a common sense way.

My brother was visiting and one cool night we decided to run to the store. The dog jumped into the car with us, and since he liked the dog, we brought him along.
We shopped quickly and headed back to the car. Standing by the car were two ladies, and one of then was on the cell phone talking to the police! The other one started to scold us, and said "Do you know it can get above 140f degrees in that car in minutes?"
I rolled my eyes, looked at the sky, and said " I don't see how, it is night time, the sun is not going to heat up the car.
She gave me a blank stare, and started up talking again...
I said "Let me introduce my brother, the High School science teacher, I'm sure he can explain it to you."
The other one told the ploce never mind and hung up the phone.
We exchanged a few curtious words and left.

[Unknown_Enemy]

Where are involved the left fanatics in there ?
Did the news said they were ?

I don't get it.
Has it anything to do with the Patriot law (whatever name) squeezing away some freedom of yours ? I though the Patriot thing was a Bush creation ?

[geoschmo]

I'm pretty sure the Patriot Act doesn't cover leaving your kids in the parking lot of the home improvment store watching Dvd's.

Unless maybe they are watching "Bowling for Columbine" or something. There might be a clause buried in there for that.