This is an interesting collection of responses.

Joe:

 

This is an interesting collection of responses. The story itself hits home as my brother and I lost my mother on December 7th, while we stood helplessly by.

 

You go a lifetime with a mother that takes care of you, nurtures you, feeds you, loves you, with out a word of complaint.

 

When it comes your time to help, there is nothing you can do. No credit cards, no contacts in high places, and no brawn could help.

 

So I can empthize with the fealing of powerlessness this mother felt towards finding help for her son, and understand fully why she took the drastic step she did.

 

We should praisie and help a mother who out of desperation takes the last chance she sees to save her kids from a life of harm, not turn away from her.

 

The mother that turned her son in for having a gun did the right thing.

 

In time the son, if he learns from this event, and accepts the lifeline his mother just threw him, will now have a chance to thank her, hopefully not waiting until she comes to her end.

 

The chief enemy of this mother we are talking about in trying to help her son, will be the legal system. The legal system we have is not set up to help, only to punish. It is also the direction the three major political parties in the current federal election campaign want to go further towards.

 

Putting a young man or woman in prison will do nothing but harm. No one I have ever known to have spent anytime in prison, has come out a better person for it.

 

So if this boy is sent to prison, or any of the young bucks are sent to prison in the new rush to treat criminals harsher, we as a society must make sure the prison system is given the resources to fix the problems, and turn the people around. If we do not, all we will get at the other end are criminals with hatred in their heart and new skills in their brains that will ensure they committ bigger and better crimes when they get out.

 

As a community we must reach out to this women and help her steer her child right.

 

A mother or father should not be burying their children.

As a father of a daughter of divorce, I spent 4 years and $50,000 for the eventual joint custody to juct be "dad," in her life to protect here, to teach her, and to help her grow into a productive and compassionate adult. Unfortunately the only flaw I can see in her, is that she is considering voting NDP.

 

The chief enemy in that whole effort of me staying in her life has been and is a legal system dominated by feminazis that say fathers are worthless and should be feared for all they want to do is lord their power over the ex-wife.

 

Bev, when you wonder where the fathers are, look at how society, the courts, and current feminism have managed to sideline and devalue the role of a father in the life of family.

 

In fact you can point to the next pork chop you buy as being worth more.

 

One of the biggest problems I see in the rise in crime among our young people, is that the adults who they look up to flaunt and disregard the laws right in front of them. This in turn sets a low standard for them to fall down to, instead of the adults setting a higer standard for our youth and young people to strive to reach.

 

Our relationship with society is is just that a relationship. If we continue to build fences around each on of our own little piece of society and ignore others in it, we will reap the pains of our lack of vision.

 

The next time you hear or see a kid swearing, stealing, or being uncivil, say something. Say it to them, and make sure you are a reflection of what you expect of those around you. Don't wait for someone else.

 

Happy New Year Joe