Millions in fines is more than enough to ruin his life- the average american only makes a million in their working lifetime. But to remove him from his family?
I mean, is it a case of neglect or abuse, or just poor supervision? How many other children start fires unintentionally when in good homes and supervised as well as any child can be? Should they also be removed and made wards of the state?
I dont know, it just seems like head hunting to me. Its like they want to find fault, and punish someone to make up for it or something.
He's only 10 for Christs sake.
2007-11-07 12:54:18 · 7 answers · asked by amosunknown 7 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
A young boy finds a box of matches starts a huge fire and everyone wants to crucify him and his parents. How can you possibly jail a 10 year old.? How can you separate him from his parents ?. How can you blame the parents if he found the matches ? How much can you fine the parents with a billion dollar bill.? I just hope that it is a lesson to all parents.Young children and matches do not mix.
2007-11-07 13:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 7, I thought it would be really neat if my best friend (I was a total tom-boy) Andrew and I took the Barbie dreamhouse that someone had given me out to the back yard so our G.I.Joes could rescue the Barbies. Then I thought, HEY! Instead of pretending the house is burning, why don't we wrap it it toilet paper and set it on fire for REAL! Well, that sounded GREAT! We were 7 and in 2nd grade, what the hell did we know? We knew it would be dangerous, but we had the hose RIGHT there! It would be fine. No, it wasn't fine. We burnt down my olive tree (which is kinda similar to a weeping willow), which was huge. My sister came out, she was probably 13 or 14, and put it out. Man were we all in trouble. But it sure wasn't my dad's fault. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't understand the true nature of the danger we could have been in. I didn't understand until that tree started to burn and I didn't know what to do, the hose wasn't strong enough, and I was too short. I find it sad that this boy has to learn his lesson this way. Keeping him from his parents is NOT going to make him better, if anything he will get worse. He will grow up thinking that they could have done something, that they don't care, and he is going to need more therapy to get over THIS therapy. Tell me, do you watch EVERY SINGLE MOVE your 10 year old makes? Did you parents watch every single move? Chances are that unless you grew up with a security team you were not being watch 24/7 and did some stupid idiotic stuff that maybe you didn't get caught for that could have really been disastrous. I'm guessing you all just were perfect children and were born adults with no lessons to be learned. Give it up.
2007-11-08 12:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is totally unfair. doesn't the government realize that he is only a child. that poor boys life is most likely ruined now because of the government that is suppose to be protecting the people but is punishing this boy protecting the people of the nation? what has are government come to? don't they think that the responsibility of being the one at fault for all the damage is punishment enough ?? its terrible
2007-11-07 21:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by heroe 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He is obviously neglected. Normal children from normal families do not burn down cities. This is a serious mental health issue which his parents obviously failed to address adequately.
Personally I think criminal charges should be brought against the parents. For starters what is a 10 year old doing ALONE long enough to start a fire?
2007-11-07 21:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Would you like to pay for all of the houses that got burned down. All the man hours of firemen who fought it is hundreds of thousands of dollars involved in what happened. This is why they probably need to give him some more structured help. A new safe place for him to live.
2007-11-07 21:01:26 · answer #5 · answered by bonnie w 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
absolutely, yes because he is a minor it should be held responsible to the parents of the boy they never take a good look at him he's parents are irresponsible morons
2007-11-07 21:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by ivan b 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
i agree with bonnie she is right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-07 21:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by diana_simon2 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋