did everyone know about this kid??
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did everyone know about this kid??
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19569704/?GT1=10056
This kid makes it sound as though the entire world was lauughing at him.
Did this story make it out of texas or was it just his imagination?
This kid makes it sound as though the entire world was lauughing at him.
Did this story make it out of texas or was it just his imagination?
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Jake
good God! What a horrible thing for this kid to endure.. I cant imagine what it would be like to go thru all he did, let alone in the public eye... Those 2 guys convicted of the crime will no doubt find prison brings them a similar fate.. even then, they are getting off easy compared to what they did to this kid...
I read where the kid refused mental health treatments/counseling.. too bad.. He certainly needed professional help to recover emotionally..
To answer your question, I never saw this story until now.. I am in western NY...
good God! What a horrible thing for this kid to endure.. I cant imagine what it would be like to go thru all he did, let alone in the public eye... Those 2 guys convicted of the crime will no doubt find prison brings them a similar fate.. even then, they are getting off easy compared to what they did to this kid...
I read where the kid refused mental health treatments/counseling.. too bad.. He certainly needed professional help to recover emotionally..
To answer your question, I never saw this story until now.. I am in western NY...
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I only read about it yesterday, on Comcast's news page.
What has happened to people, nowadays?
If this had been my child, I'd be going to jail, myself, for serving up some 'southern style justice'.
That kid (child) didn't need to hold in the anguish that he was harboring.
What has happened to people, nowadays?
If this had been my child, I'd be going to jail, myself, for serving up some 'southern style justice'.
That kid (child) didn't need to hold in the anguish that he was harboring.
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We read the story here when it happen. We read it when it went to trial. Twice I believe. I read about a teen jumping off a cruise ship the other day.
Then today, I read that the teen was him. Sad...very sad.
Then today, I read that the teen was him. Sad...very sad.
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I read about it when it happened and also heard a breif mention of it on the news but havent heard anything since until I read this thread. Terribly sad, I hope the boys that did it were introduced to the proverbial "Big Bubba" and have had the opportunity to get to know him up close and personal...............daily.
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Originally Posted by jake00
This kid makes it sound as though the entire world was lauughing at him.
.If you have ever known a victim of sexual violence (I do), then you would know that what they go through during the actual attack is very short lived compared to what they go though afterward - some for the rest of their lives like this kid. Besides the horrible memory and the nightmares, people talk about them like they are dirty or somehow to blame. It is no wonder most rapes go unreported - the victim gets victimized again and again.
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I Understand this kid went through some HORRIBLE crap.
His direct quote was
and I had never heard the story before, and was wondering if it truely was national and worldly news as this kid stated.... THAT was my reason for the OP.
I'm not trying to figure out what his problem was, I'm trying to figure out if I'm that much out of the news loop........
had the story been about a stolen car that the owner stated was worldy news, and had I not heard about it, I would have inquired about it as well....
but to answer my own question, the only 2 people who had heard about it are the 2 closest to houston.
His direct quote was
It's just the fact that everyone knows I'm the kid. It was bigger than Houston. It was bigger than Texas. It was bigger than America. Everybody in the world knew what had happened and everybody knew the details of it."
Originally Posted by Nitramjr
I don't know what his problem was either .
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had the story been about a stolen car that the owner stated was worldy news, and had I not heard about it, I would have inquired about it as well....
but to answer my own question, the only 2 people who had heard about it are the 2 closest to houston.
Last edited by jake00; Jul 4, 2007 at 01:01 AM.
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Originally Posted by jake00
had the story been about a stolen car that the owner stated was worldy news, and had I not heard about it, I would have inquired about it as well....
but to answer my own question, the only 2 people who had heard about it are the 2 closest to houston.
but to answer my own question, the only 2 people who had heard about it are the 2 closest to houston.
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I read about it on the web when the guys got convicted. It's absolutely horrible what he went through and I blame the guys that tortured him for a lot of what happened now, but he had other problems before he got attacked. He was doing drugs with some kid he met in alternative school that night. It doesn't make it alright, but it does indicate he had some problems before they pushed him over the edge.
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Originally Posted by kw5413
Well, hopefully he is at peace now.
And now beause of this, many lives are ruined, not just his. I feel bad for all the families involved. I wouldn't wish what is happening to the punks that did this on anyone but they are in for a tough time in prison. All because the kid made a pass at on of their sisters.
And I agree OKMIC1, the kid was no angel before this happened - none of them is blameless. Just a shame all around.
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Originally Posted by Nitramjr
And now beause of this, many lives are ruined, not just his. I feel bad for all the families involved. I wouldn't wish what is happening to the punks that did this on anyone but they are in for a tough time in prison. All because the kid made a pass at on of their sisters.
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> Did this story make it out of texas
Yes, I remember reading about it when it happened.
> none of them is blameless
He was blameless.
Raping an unconscious person, there is no excuse for that and what could the victim do other then lie there, be burnt with cigarettes, and burned with bleach?
No deserves this kind of treatment, including the felons. What they do deserve, is upon conviction they should have been hung in public and the kid or a blood relative should have had the option of pulling the lever.
That might have gone a LONG way towards helping the victim heal and come to terms with his rape and torture.
Yes, I remember reading about it when it happened.
> none of them is blameless
He was blameless.
Raping an unconscious person, there is no excuse for that and what could the victim do other then lie there, be burnt with cigarettes, and burned with bleach?
No deserves this kind of treatment, including the felons. What they do deserve, is upon conviction they should have been hung in public and the kid or a blood relative should have had the option of pulling the lever.
That might have gone a LONG way towards helping the victim heal and come to terms with his rape and torture.