On August 23 2012 07:37 docvoc wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 07:33 QuanticHawk wrote:On August 23 2012 06:50 docvoc wrote:On August 23 2012 06:27 QuanticHawk wrote:On August 23 2012 04:55 docvoc wrote:Wow, just wow -_- that absolutely sucks for this guy. I am sorry to hear about this story ![](/mirror/smilies/frown.gif) . why? it's not like at 17 you're runnign around doing shit because you've got no other means of income. it's someone doing stupid shit because they can Hawk I don't know where you live, but where I do, Mid-South U.S. there are a lot of kids that get out of poverty through sports and do this exact thing. I hear about it more than I should, it happens probably 1-2 per year. Some kid fucks up his life like this. His doing this ruined his entire life, and he didn't know that then, but he sure as hell knows that now. the op even says his mother moved them specifically to get him out of shitty environments... so the family isnt so poor that he has no other idea of how to do anything with his life. he's 17, not a baby. it's a dumbass kid doing dumbass shit specifically because he can/thinks it is cool/whatever id be a hell of a lot more for the pizza driver, who is probably some other teenager from equally meager means who decided to tr to work and probably pissed himself when he had a gun jammed to his head for the $20 he made working 7 hours I guess I should qualify my thought, I pity the kid for ruining his life, I don't pity the action, what he did was stupid and he needs to pay the time for the crime. Yeah I agree with you, the kid working the job deserves my sympathy, but for some reason (maybe where I live, most likely) I just feel bad that the kid unknowingly ruined his life. I do however understand where your coming from Hawk, and understand that my point of view is kind of wonky haha.
Nah I get what you're saying to a degree and it goes with what silentness said, which ties directly to a lot of black kids growing up in real shit ass, economically depressed ghettos with no way out. it's a nasty cycle.
But at 17 years old, you're certainly aware of your actions and the consequences. You know damn well what can happen when you go robbing someone with a fake gun.
And if your (im assuming) single parent has enough income to physically move you to a better area to get you away from trouble, putting you in a better opportunity, it's not really something you can chalk up to 'kid in the ghetto with no support and no way out'
shit if there's anyone to feel bad for, it's her. probably busting her ass to give him a better shot and he does that.
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