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A Michigan woman was arrested Wednesday night, accused of choking a high school girl during a fireworks display at Disney’s Magic Kingdom after the teenager and her friends wouldn’t sit down and blocked her view.
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I'm apparently the only adult that did not skip my teen years.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
"Being a teenager" doesn't make it right to have a big group of kids mocking someone who walks funny, or has a twitch, or otherwise has restricted mobility. It doesn't give them the right to walk as a group and patronize someone that's just there enjoying their day and wants to have fun.
They have every right to have fun and be "kids" all they want, but when they cross the line and start trying to do a comedy routine stolen from (comedy thief himself) Carlos Mencia, behind the back of, but directed toward the man in the oversized grumpy jersey with jean shorts way above his waist and velcro shoes - you of all people should see where that is unacceptable.
Call me a horrible human, but I can't stand seeing kids be even worse humans, and it being brushed off as "kids being kids" because their parents are afraid of them and won't teach them how to be decent toward others.
edit: In no way and I saying that's how this girl was acting - but we did witness a group doing exactly that to that poor guy, and it's repulsive.
It's not about what's right or wrong, it's about becoming your parents.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
The "My Father/Mother, My Self" thing is real and has a way of sneaking up on you. As we get older I really do marvel at how much my brother acts like my dad did and how every once in a while my mom's voice comes straight out of me.
As for our Tek's desire for parenthood... well, I'm gonna trust his own good judgement there.
But wait, let's delve.
Don't all of us, in spite of the hand biology has dealt us, have a bit of parenting in our nature? We live and gather the wisdom of age. In turn, we can't help but impart that knowledge on our friends, neighbors, co-workers, young people we meet, and dare I say, even pets? Of course we do.
And in the best of situations, a lot of that is a result of what our parents were. We all carry and excercise the parenting instinct whether we actually sired or not.
You're not getting away from this, TekDaddy.
I think for some reason kids are more empowered now to be nasty in public. During my time in school we certainly mocked other kids while in school, but we never would have mocked a perfect stranger out in public at a park.
I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks, than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.
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