And what sort of world do we LIVE IN where not one single person (I'm assuming boys) who witnessed this said something to someone?!?!? Not one!?? It...it makes my head explode. It's like reading those stories or seeing the videos where someone needs help, and people just walk on by.
I have no doubt that the four boys are going to be found guilty, and sentenced. They've damned themselves with confession.
The environment that they come from sounds oddly defensive of their actions. I can only assume they come from a weird, don't make waves Stepford type of place.
I figure that the rapists will soon learn this is no boys will be boys scenario.
What I find horrifying is how 4 of them could have objectified this boy, how they could have justified their actions. It takes a certain kind of dehumanization of someone to repeat an action like this.
I'm glad it came out. I think there should be an investigation into the school to find out what's wrong with the culture. No one came forth. That's a problem.
And there's something sad about that too. These were fourteen year old kids. And they've because of the culture they were raised in & their choice to participate in it, they'll have no future.
Who was the ringleader? Did any one of them squirm during this, thinking "this isn't right" but afraid to walk away? And even if they didn't, I'm sure many of the witnesses did. Afraid that by speaking against the violence, they'd shift to being a target of it. Considering how poor schools tend to be at doing anything when bullying & abuse is happening, it's no wonder there's a culture of silence in schools.
Fuck -- it isn't to say they don't deserve to be punished, but, the whole damn situation is just so screwed up and sad.
That's where I go, too, once the initial shock and empathy for the victim has dissipated. What have these boys seen that even gave them this idea? Why would it even occur to do this to another person? There's no way to trace the chain of events back to the culpable source (which is why punishment rarely leads to change, I guess).
I can't begin to quantify how disgusted I am. There's barely a sentence in the article that doesn't fill me with inarticulate rage. The fact that folks witnessed this and did nothing is horrifying; I'd suggest that they should get aiding and abetting charges, but I suspect that their testimony is needed for the trial.
Attorney Tim Taylor, representing Randall Moye, said his client's family is among the finest in the community.
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So yeah, we should kick takebackscifi into gear.
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I have no doubt that the four boys are going to be found guilty, and sentenced. They've damned themselves with confession.
The environment that they come from sounds oddly defensive of their actions. I can only assume they come from a weird, don't make waves Stepford type of place.
I figure that the rapists will soon learn this is no boys will be boys scenario.
What I find horrifying is how 4 of them could have objectified this boy, how they could have justified their actions. It takes a certain kind of dehumanization of someone to repeat an action like this.
I'm glad it came out. I think there should be an investigation into the school to find out what's wrong with the culture. No one came forth. That's a problem.
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Who was the ringleader? Did any one of them squirm during this, thinking "this isn't right" but afraid to walk away? And even if they didn't, I'm sure many of the witnesses did. Afraid that by speaking against the violence, they'd shift to being a target of it. Considering how poor schools tend to be at doing anything when bullying & abuse is happening, it's no wonder there's a culture of silence in schools.
Fuck -- it isn't to say they don't deserve to be punished, but, the whole damn situation is just so screwed up and sad.
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I can't begin to quantify how disgusted I am. There's barely a sentence in the article that doesn't fill me with inarticulate rage. The fact that folks witnessed this and did nothing is horrifying; I'd suggest that they should get aiding and abetting charges, but I suspect that their testimony is needed for the trial.
Attorney Tim Taylor, representing Randall Moye, said his client's family is among the finest in the community.
Really? Because only low-class folks commit rape?
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