Well now I've gone and done it. I'm veering waaayyy off-topic in regards to real estate today! Early this morning I stumbled across a bit of news located at the Boston Globe, and was leaving a comment via Digg. After writing the equivalent of a blog, I decided "what the heck... I may as well go ahead and just blog it". So we're NOT discussing real estate in this post; but rather a disturbing occurrence that's unfolding in Utah right now. (I've already Tweeted it and posted it on Facebook... I may as well go all out)

So here it is; for you news hounds out there... "boston.com — PHOENIX—A 10-year-old boy charged in the alleged gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl cried in an Arizona courtroom Monday as his schoolteacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students...."

I'm sure we'll have a wide variety of view points on this, as I've already seen in the Digg.com comments section on this story !  So here's my perspective...

"My parents knew where I was at all times at that age. And I definitely knew right from wrong. This is just depravity, and parents ARE responsible for how they raise their children (to a certain age). This boy was NOT given the foundation and appropriate child-rearing/attention and interaction of loving, competent parents.

Add to that, what sounds like the culture/acceptable behavior among people whose views are drastically different from North American laws and expectations, and we have more of the erosion of our "core values". WE, the North American people, are supposed to be a "civilized" nation. In our willingness to allow others to move to OUR country, so that they too can experience freedom, we are allowing a slow deterioration of these freedoms. Doesn't anyone look past the "right now", and consider the ramifications of what the outcome of this case will have on our future?

Just as every criminal trial does, the actions and decisions of the attorneys, civil servants, and judges in these cases, are contributing to the future freedom, or degradation of this country. They have much investigating to do, and hard decisions to make. I hope and pray that they use wisdom in their final decisions with these children and adults.

I say all this while bearing in mind that I only have the information that has been provided by the mainstream media. Obviously, there could be entire reports that are not factual; which is why the authorities in charge of these children and their parents have much investigating to do before their final decisions are made. I can only hope and pray that they act with wisdom that will serve to educate, discipline, and promote the safety and freedoms of U.S. citizens both now and in the future."

So now you have my perspective. What's yours? ... You may have to re-blog and/or blog and link-back on this one. There is no short and simple answer.

Anyone up for a lively discussion today? (Just leave out the drama.. PLEASE!)

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