[BykrBayb]

Who says he needed them. He wanted them. He wanted them bad enough to work all summer for the money to buy them. They were his.

When my son was a boy, a neighbor kid stole his pocket knife. When we talked to the parents, they justified their kid’s behavior by saying our son didn’t need the knife, because he was too young. Never mind that their son was actually younger. It doesn’t matter if he needed it or not. It was his.

[NEMDF]

Classic liberal thinking that seeks to rob from those who WORKED for something, so that those who just “want” something don’t feel deprived.

[Gay State Conservative]

It doesn’t matter if he needed it or not. It was his.

You and I are concentrating on two entirely different issues here.To me it was so obvious that those kids had no right to steal them that I didn't even comment on that point.I'm just saddened....even stunned...that a 13 year old kid would want $120 sneakers,regardless of who paid for them.

Yes,I guarantee you that we're in agreement regarding the theft.But my comments may just be an indication that you and I see life...and 13 year old kids...a little differently.

[ClearBlueSky]

We are up against a long admired, deeply ingrained attitude prevalent in the black culture. Might makes right, take what you want, you're never wrong.It is taught from birth and defended by angry, immature 'mothers' and reinforced by thug male role models. It is admired or excused even by better class blacks. Locally a 'mother' and her boyfriend went hunting KIDS who 'disrespected' her offspring. They waited in the complex parking lot and, when they thought they sighted the offender, the MOTHER told her boyfriend to open fire! He did. Hitting an uninvolved 4 year old. That's how things are settled and how they teach their kids to settle things.

It doesn't matter if it's a white woman, another black teen or an elderly person who might have a dollar(or nothing) it's fun and gives you street cred to attack whoever you want FOR whatever you want. And these 'teens' are out there making babies who will be taught to do the same. The cultural cycle MUST be broken at the source . Arrests for thug behavior should result in immediate sterilization. Mothers who produce feral teens should be sterilized and denied all federal assistance. I doubt civilized society has the courage to do what everyone knows must be done.