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Originally posted by Megerts
So true... My sophmore year three (maybe 4) girls from my high school were charged with aggrevated assault and armed robbery for robbing some convenient stores in a less well to do area. They were dubbed "the queens of armed robbery." Anyone from Houston know's what I'm talking about. Also, there were a few specials on like abc (?) with Diane Sawyer... I think the circumstances are similar. It's a very prominent area, people live in million dollar houses, blah blah blah... It's what everybody wants, to see the successful and well to do fall flat on their faces. You know tha Sugar and Spice movie?? defintely based on what happened at my school...
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I do remember the Queens of Armed Robbery. Very spooky.
While I think you're right the media is going to play up the sins and crimes of wealthy people for ratings, just as you said, I don't think that's the entire issue.
I think part of it is the kids are spoiled. Not just in this particular part of the country (my SIL lives in Winnetka, so I know some of the area), but any well-to-do neighborhood where kids get whatever they want for the asking and don't have to learn basic values: whether it's the value of a dollar or the value of a life, or the value that actions have consequences. The parents aren't involved, they can financially afford not to be. Then they get all shocked that their darling angel butter-wouldn't-melt-in-their-little-mouths kids are getting hauled off to jail.
Before anyone PMs or replies to this with "Hey, you're wrong because *I* sure don't act like that!".......I know it's not true of *everyone*. But it a number of circumstances you see these common threads-the Houston case reminded me of it.
Back to coffee........
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)