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Originally Posted by taxicab
@ELK
Yours is the only post on this board that I have ever actually stopped myself from posting on due to the nature of the assault you described..........all the while understanding the stress level and anger your family is going through.
The reason I stopped from posting in your direction on this one is because of my feelings of what went on.
I thought as time went on my response would be softer.......well that didn't happen.
Honestly Kabong....
I don't care if that kid is only 12 years old.......and I think most on this board would agree with me.......If you looked up the rotten criminal kid and put him in the hospital......that would be justice.
Just can't imagine the hurt your family is feeling........words can't describe.
And the people covering for the POS kid.........the hospital for them also.
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I could not ever fault someone who did this.
But for the grace of God, it could be me.
Unpleasant Story
When my (then) 28-month old daughter was molested by a babysitter's son (age 11 years, 10 months), I went to the babysitter and told her what had happened.
(We found it out after about 5 months of therapy when she named him.)
She wanted to argue that HER SON would never do such a thing.
I told her that I was giving her a heads-up. She could do whatever she chose to do with the information. I had my own child to take care of.
MY POINT is that
somehow I was able to recognize that this was a kid with a problem and that me beating the crap out of an 11-year old was not the right thing to do.
Not sure how that would have worked out if he'd been (say) 15 or 16.
EPILOGUE
My daughter developed
borderline personality disorder as a result. She's now 38 and... well, it's not been a great life.
As for THAT family...
1) At age 18 that boy shot and killed his estranged father.
2) At age 23 his older sister died of a drug overdose.
3) At age 16 his younger sister - she was 9 when he started molesting her (mom had them sleeping in the same bed!) --- At age 16 she died of a drug overdose, also killing her unborn baby.
4) The mother took her own life a couple of years later.
I am pleased to say that I took NO PLEASURE in any of that but do admit to a certain feeling that justice had been served.
Again, I say, I COULD NEVER hold someone else accountable for exacting justice themselves.
