Authorities Did Not Screw Up – Teen Screwed Up
Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2012
by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com
I’m getting sick and tired of our society’s tendency to not hold people responsible for their own willful misconduct and summarily shift the blame for it to others. We need to stop coddling miscreants and quit blaming others for their offenses. The recent case of the Texas teen who was deported to Colombia is a prime example. The news media is claiming that U.S. immigration authorities screwed up. However, it was not the authorities that screwed up, it was the teen who screwed up.
Evidently, it was this mischievous teen’s plan all along to get sent to Colombia, as she was found there partying, smoking pot, and carrying on a promiscuous lifestyle with a number of men. She even claimed to be pregnant after she was finally located.
Her parents, of course, are glad to be getting her back now. However, this juvenile delinquent doesn’t deserve any sympathy from anyone. What she does deserve is a harsh dose of corporal punishment from her parents, followed by several years of reform school for shoplifting and providing false information to the police.
She got deported because of the false information she provided. When authorities act on false information that you provide and things go wrong, it is your fault, not theirs. This girl has no one to blame but herself for the, um, “predicament” she found herself in. And her family should hold her solely responsible. It is completely ridiculous that they are now planning to file lawsuits over this matter. Any such lawsuits should be deemed frivolous and immediately be thrown out of court.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Right all the way through Terry.Joel, thanks for reading and commenting. You're obviously from the "old school" like I am. :-)
Terry,
I am in total agreement with you. The paradigm of "It's someone else's fault" needs to stop. Child rearing doesn't come with a manual, but a good ol' fashioned butt kicking should only be the start of hopefully reforming this young lady. ICE screwed up, but she mantained the false identification. She's lucky that she doesn't get locked up for falsely ID'ing herself to federal authorities. Note to apologists out there - there is a difference between abuse and a butt kicking.Judge, thanks for reading and commenting. I'm in 100% agreement with you on thos one.
If a case like this happened here, she will be in a pot of hot hot water but why do people on the wrong side still have the guts or whatsoever proof to file a lawsuit ? Don't they know what is wrong what is right ? Suing one another is a bad practice thinking once I win, I will get the money...........
About the 15 years old girl, she needs help and reformation.Hilda, thanks for reading and commenting. I've often wondered about some of the same things.
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