Teen who was sentence 10 years in prison for consentual sex to be released

that fact that we're even talking about their race is what's sad

I would advocate that something legally (albeit very minor like probation) should be done because they filmed it, technically producing child pornography. But this is very different from an actual "child porn" case and must be treated that way.

Teen sexuality (so long as it doesn't brake laws of consent) is a matter which should be largely left in the home

You know what? They'll probably end up in jail that long anyway, if the lack of parent presence to stop that is a factor, may as well get a head start.

that fact that we're even talking about their race is what's sad

I would advocate that something legally (albeit very minor like probation) should be done because they filmed it, technically producing child pornography. But this is very different from an actual "child porn" case and must be treated that way.

Teen sexuality (so long as it doesn't brake laws of consent) is a matter which should be largely left in the home

What? I cannot believe you said that. It's "sad that we're even talking about their race"?????? That's what this is all about...is "race". There are definitely 4 kinds of justice...there is black justice (which is sometimes known as POC...People of Color Justice) and there is "white justice"...there is "rich justice" and there is "poor justice".
O.J. Simpson benefitted from, (strangely enough) "white and rich justice"...(details need not be delved into, as they are apparent.)
This poor young boy, who had a promising athletic career, unfolding, had it all shot to hell, for poor judgement...had he been a rich white kid (or even a poor white kid) he would have gotten a slap on the wrist, and remanded to his parents (who probably would have taken him out for an ice cream)..instead, because "black lives" are not seen to have the same value as "white lives"...he was thrown into the criminal justice system...amongst hardened criminals, perhaps having to fear for his own life or well-being...career and life ruined, for what should have been, and is now, a "misdemeanor"...justice deferred. And the irony of it all, is his release is being appealled by a "black" atty general....misguided and somebody's pet dog, undoubtably, looking for a pat on the head...or some political bone.

that fact that we're even talking about their race is what's sad

And the Duke Lacrosse players suffered the same fate

my point is that if Justice is blind then the amount of Melatonin in your skin really shouldn't matter one way or the other.

After Duke we learned that the race card cuts both ways, it must be put away entirely if we are to get to the next step in the evolution of our culture

(for those not up on their Duke scandal, DA Nifong (sp?) was running against a Black Women in an election when the incident occurred)

IMHO Fetuses are not unborn children...they are developing, "potential" life, which cannot sustain themselves without the mother, until the last couple of months pregnancy. And the decision to terminate pregnancy, should be the sole decision of the woman, and between her and God...certainly not pundits, with agendas.

IMHO Fetuses are not unborn children...they are developing, "potential" life, which cannot sustain themselves without the mother, until the last couple of months pregnancy. And the decision to terminate pregnancy, should be the sole decision of the woman, and between her and God...certainly not pundits, with agendas.

OH, YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN DIPPING IN THE KOOL AID.
I AM NOT HERE TO CHANGE YOUR ARCANE AND DISTORTED VISION OF THE WORLD...I CAN'T
BUT YOU ARE NO AUTHORITY, AND HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE ALL THAT YOU HAVE STATED (MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU READ IT SOMEWHERE), AND FOR ALL YOUR ARGUMENTS, I COULD FIND REFERENCES TO DESTROY YOUR PREMISES ( HAD I THE TIME OR THE MIND)....SINCE I DON'T...I'LL LEAVE YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT...IN THE SAD STATE YOU'RE IN.
"DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY", INDEED! LOLOL
KEEP DRINKING THE KOOL-AID


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha

Aaron -



What about the father? Where does he fall in the decision making? Personna non grata, I suspect.

OH, YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN DIPPING IN THE KOOL AID.
I AM NOT HERE TO CHANGE YOUR ARCANE AND DISTORTED VISION OF THE WORLD...I CAN'T
BUT YOU ARE NO AUTHORITY, AND HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE ALL THAT YOU HAVE STATED (MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU READ IT SOMEWHERE), AND FOR ALL YOUR ARGUMENTS, I COULD FIND REFERENCES TO DESTROY YOUR PREMISES ( HAD I THE TIME OR THE MIND)....SINCE I DON'T...I'LL LEAVE YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT...IN THE SAD STATE YOU'RE IN.
"DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY", INDEED! LOLOL
KEEP DRINKING THE KOOL-AID


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha

No, not saying that at all....just saying, I'm not going to spend time researching, in order to convince someone that they're wrong and I'm right. It not about wrong or right. People believe whatever they choose to believe, for various and sundry reasons.
Silverchild79, asked me to do some research on fetuses reactions to stimuli during abortions...I qualified my feelings about abortion in a subsequent posting...I do not favor abortions. But I believe it to be a decision left up to the woman involved, and no one else. If her life were in jeopardy, due to the pregnancy, would we save the fetus/child as opposed to the mother...that is a medical ethics question I cannot answer.
A lot depends on which trimester the pregnancy is in...it becomes increasingly problematic the later the pregnancy, of course.

There are those who believe homosexuality to be a "developmental disability", on one end of the spectrum, and others who believe it to be a "gift from God Almighty...and those who believe somewhere in between. Free country, believe as you like. Just be careful not to impose your beliefs on anyone else.

No, not saying that at all....just saying, I'm not going to spend time researching, in order to convince someone that they're wrong and I'm right. It not about wrong or right. People believe whatever they choose to believe, for various and sundry reasons.
Silverchild79, asked me to do some research on fetuses reactions to stimuli during abortions...I qualified my feelings about abortion in a subsequent posting...I do not favor abortions. But I believe it to be a decision left up to the woman involved, and no one else. If her life were in jeopardy, due to the pregnancy, would we save the fetus/child as opposed to the mother...that is a medical ethics question I cannot answer.
A lot depends on which trimester the pregnancy is in...it becomes increasingly problematic the later the pregnancy, of course.

There are those who believe homosexuality to be a "developmental disability", on one end of the spectrum, and others who believe it to be a "gift from God Almighty...and those who believe somewhere in between. Free country, believe as you like. Just be careful not to impose your beliefs on anyone else.

But you are claiming your OPINION is backed up by facts, this is a debate forumn. You do owe the person that you are saying is wrong, something other than a "NUH UH your wrong"

I myself am politically pro choice, it is a morality issue which should be settled in the home, certainly not on capitol hill or in the courts. America by the numbers is Pro Choice, and therefore it should remain legal for now. And, neither should we restrict the rights of any homosexual to join with another if they chose and reap the same benefits as a married couple (although I would not afford them the title married as I believe that's disrespectful to others religious practices).

However

We all must bow to reason and knowledge. The research is there to show that a fetus is aware of it's impending doom and resists death by abortion. There is also surfacing evidence that homosexuality is in fact a developmental disorder, a hormonal imbalance if you will. To cast what we have learned aside would be to forget the lesson we learned when man first theorized that the Earth was not the center of the Universe. He was punished for this knowledge by those who would subscribe blindly to what they thought was, without consideration for the ever expanding pallet of human knowledge. Those like Rosie O'Donnell who are critical of this information do exactly what the church did 500 years ago, they put their preconceived notions ahead of the progress of human knowledge. And in 500 years when Homosexuality and Abortion are understood to their core I believe that she will be looked upon no different then those who persecuted Galileo.

And to respond to RUGONNACRY's comment

this is a forum of debate, those who refuse to provide any substance to their stance are routinely picked clean. Forewarned is forearmed...

Well, now that I think about it...perhaps you're right...I didn't mean to claim that my opinion was backed up by facts, and the other person's opinion wasn't.
It's all about perception...how we see the world.
I see it differently, is all. Not wrong or right. Different.
I get so fired up, sometimes, my clarity is sometimes clouded...like anybody else.