Facebook?
I am not subscribed to Facebook so not sure what you are talking about.
Thanks!
That makes sense to me.
Can anyone tell me why this news outlet is still posting this video ?
They wouldn’t even think about doing that, if a girl was the victim.
Disgusting, double standards without a doubt.
The fuck is wrong with you ?
With due respect, the enforcement of criminal law is not “about” the victim or “about” the perpetrators; it’s about preventing criminal behaviour.
Whether or not the mother wants to press charges (and her public statements are extremely confusing; while it’s said she doesn’t want to press charges, she has also publicly complained that nobody is doing anything) does not change the fact that the state has a vested interest in arresting and punishing criminals, because they’re supposed to protect all of us. If people are allowed to commit crimes in broad daylight and aren’t stopped from doing so, they and others will be more likely to commit other crimes, quite possibly even more serious crimes.
If it was just about the victim and the perpetrators, well, heck, you could get rid of at least half of the criminal justice system and just turn matters like this over to civil courts. But it’s not; it’s about maintaining a civil society by meting out punishments that deter potential offenders and, when necessary, physically segregates dangerous offenders from society itself.
What will happen in this case if the girls are not arrested is that the State of Florida will be, in effect, saying that teenagers stripping an 11-year-old naked in public and then putting on the video is okay, and nobody’s going to do anything to stop it. Wanna bet what’ll happen next?
The journalist in the news story described the video as “controversial” . Really ?
What about disturbing, disgusting etc …
On Facebook, that function doubles as a way of sharing something you want others to see —so it can sometimes just mean “I think people should see this!”
On Facebook you can click a little button to say you “like” something (a movie, an actor, an article, your friends good news, whatever). That’s basically it. When I looked at that page earlier I think it was at 1070 likes, I think it’s up to 1186 now.
Sometimes it’s kind of ambiguous, like “Body of child murdered five years ago finally recovered. 582 people like this.” It’s kind of strange to say you like that, but at least I can understand the family is getting closure or whatever.
I think the only reason to “like” a story like this is you are a jackass who takes joy in the misfortune of others. And yeah, I am guessing it wouldn’t get as many likes if the genders were reversed.
Absolutely, the girls should get the same punishment a boy would, but it is still not unheard of for girl victims to not want to go through with the humiliation of having to relive the whole thing in court.
I guess, but you can also just post it as a link almost as easily. I would never give a “like” to any kind of bad news and I don’t see my friends doing it.
I don’t particpate on Facebook but in this context I take “like” to be synonomous with “worthy” as opposed to “entertaining”.
My only problem with this is apparently it is no defense to point out that the State failed to prosecute others for the same crime.
Always found that kind of shitty but on the flip side I can understand it. You did the crime and a failure to prosecute elsewhere does not make you not guilty. It does however seem to make one wonder about choosy prosecution.
And in fifty years it will be listed that way in dictionaries and thesauruses. For now I am going to continue my policy of not liking assaults, murders, puppy-kicking, etc and raising an eyebrow at those who do.
OK I will stop the hijack now.
No disrespect intended. I thought you were actually posing a question.
Sorry if I sounded offended, I didn’t take it that way. Here is the smiley I forgot to add before: 
I think all of us here basically agree that assaulting an eleven year old is a bad thing.
They “like” it because it is interesting, a good story, thought provoking.
If you and 165,000 other people “liked” Hotel Rawanda, you aren’t giving genocide a thumbs up.
I’ll confess to some double-standards.
If I read about a 16 year-old male who got to bone his sexy female teacher I can’t get very fussed about it. If a 16 year-old girl gets boned by her male teacher I find that more creepy and bad.
That however recognizes the differences in how men and women approach sex. In this case humiliation is humiliation whether it is a male or female. They are tweens. They live and die by their social standing and peers.
I can see how his mom decided to not press charges. I am guessing (read that again) that the kid came home and just wanted to make it all go away. I can see him pleading with his mom to not make it an issue. The more fuss made the more humiliation he will experience.
It is akin to women who do not want to prosecute their rapist to avoid having the whole experience dragged out and relived over and over.
I get that.
So then the question is when do we ignore the victim’s wishes in favor of society? Society needs to send the message that certain things are not ok in no uncertain terms. But do we sacrifice the people involved to send that message?
I dunno…tricky question.
Right, but as I mentioned you can post a link and comment. You don’t have to say you like it. I mean if it’s really important you can take five more seconds.
And yeah, I can understand liking a movie with a dark subject but liking an earthquake that kills hundreds of people or something is just plain weird.
Word mean things. I kinda want it to stay that way. I know it’s swimming against the tide and all but what can I say? Maybe there is a Facebook group for people like me.
Bosstone: Haha! It’s funny cause it’s true.
I admit I know nothing about how the legal system works but you would think with video evidence they could do something with minimal involvement from the victim.
The victim may not need to be in court but he is in middle-school. Everyone there will know what is up.
ETA: I should note the analogy between a woman and her rapist and this case has obvious flaws. Hopefully people understand the gist of it. Analogies are imperfect things.