“MySpace is the anti-Christ for children”

I couldn’t agree more with the Dad in this story (though I think I’d even go as far as removing “for children”) about the cheerleader who got the hell beaten out of her by some classmates over some text messages and MySpace trash-talking (full story here). These idiots even thought it was a brilliant idea to post their felony acts onto YouTube and MySpace (video can be seen here).

Why does this remind me so much of the infamous Summit High School girls, just with more physical violence? What is wrong with people these days that they seem to think this is OK? Where were these kids’ parents growing up? I mean, the kids were sitting there in their holding cells and “one asked if she would be able to make it to cheerleading practice the next day, while several others joked that they wouldn’t be making it back to the beach anytime soon.” Personally, my concern wouldn’t be cheerleading practice, it’d be how to stay the heck out of prison before you become somebody’s girlfriend — whether you want to be or not.

Comments

ALMA says:

WHERE WERE THE PARENTS WHY WERE THEY ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN IN THEIR HOME. MY OPINION THEY SHOULD BE SITTING IN THE SAME HOLDING CELL AS THEIR DAUGHTER WITH THE SAME CHARGES.

Frank says:

When our government officially supports techniques legally classified as torture by international law …
When voyueristic culture is the normative … (Johnny Knoxville, You Tube, Bend Pregnant Man) …
You get a lovely mix of sociopathic accpetible norms.

Marissa says:

so the victim of this disgusting barbarick attack said something about these stupid bitches. It dosn’t justify what they did to her at all. My prayers go out to the victim and her family. I also hope all the attackers are charged as adults. Im sure there are plenty of people who have had someone talk about them, etc. but they didnt retaliate in the way these girls did. These girls could have killed this girl. I wish they could have eight people beat on them and then see what it feels like, but then that wouldnt be right? I dunno. All I know is that these girls better pay for what they have done. And the mother of Brittini Hardcastle, what a stupid bitch, she said that Lindsey shouldnt have dissed the girls. Hardcastle mom just wants to be famouse.

Redmond-ite says:

She was completely cornered. If these girls are gonna fight like the pros, they gotta at least make it fair.
These are the same kind of girls we saw before with that video of the spoiled brat who yelled at her mother when her Lexus wasn’t delivered at the time she wanted it for her birthday party! Teen girls these days are growing up with a sense of entitlement and so much pent up aggression!

Zolon1 says:

The kids’ parents were the same place everyone else’s parents were: doing normal things, trying to make a living, not monitoring their kids’ every action 24 hours a day. The youngest of these kids was 14, and that’s plenty old enough to know NOT to beat the snot out of other people. Stop attacking the parents when you don’t know what their lives are like. Hold the kids accountable (hopefully the DA will exercise discretion, unlike the “hang ’em” sheriff and media. A suitable punishment, NOT putting them behind bars for 50 years.

Samantha says:

I believe it’s their fault and they should be all sent to jail as adults and given serious therapist talk because to be that screwed up in the head to feel no remourse for what you do is grounds for serial killing in a way. What they did was screwed up enough and whether they were look out or simply watching they should be treated the same because all of them knew it was going to happen and no one stopped it. Not one of them cared even after she had been knocked unconsious from getting her head slammed against a wall. They all knew what they were doing and when you screw up you get punished. Sure I understand that was someones house and the parents obviously didn’t teach them something for them to be able to do that or even chant it on.
Them and the boys on “look out” should all be punished and thrown in jail for a while. In my opinoin they probably won’t even get enough punishment because they usually don’t give people the just amount of time in jail for their actions.
How you can feel no remourse even afterwards is almost as screwed up as cornering the girl. They should be kicked out of school as well. God knows they could’ve killed her.

jamie says:

the parent should have been home if there is a sleep over @ there house how would leave teenagers unattended at there house before my children go to a sleepover i make sure there is going to be a parent there. the girl that got be i hope she is ook but the part of a parent is to protect my youngest is 15 and i still go to the house and meet the parents and make sure the will be there before my child stays. my kids don’t like it when i do but this is the reason i do. this is crazy i always call to check up on my kids. if there is no answer i go to do a check up. you know some people say i’m over protected of my children but i would rather that then have to find my child in a at the hospital or worse. parent need to disapline more spare the rod spoil the child. that’s why stuff like this happens because the state puts there nose in to much spank you child as long as there isn’t a mark on your child it’s not abuse my children have called the state on me and i don’t beet my kids the get a spanken on their back side that’s it my kids are my life and i would do anything to protect them. hopefully after all this parent will relize to check up on your kids the might hate you for it but they will respect you more after they get older i know my parents were like me and i’m glad they were i was never in to drug, alcohol, or smoking and i still don’t and my kids come to me about everything my 15 year old told me some boy asked her to have sex with him . if that’s not trust i don’t know what is. parenting dosen’t come with a hand book but some people try. but others don’t want to be bothered and that is sad make a stand for your children your all thay can realy count on. all children need guidance sometimes it’s hard with working parent but that is part of your job.