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Young admirer defies father to attend Worcester firefighter’s wake
Boston Herald ^ | December 15, 2011 | Richard Weir

Posted on 12/15/2011 8:32:13 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

He was under strict orders not to leave the house after school. But 11-year-old Jared Flanders neatly knotted his tie, climbed on his bike and went to pay his last respects to fallen Worcester firefighter Jon Davies at a funeral home down the street yesterday.

Jared didn’t know the hero jake who died after rushing into a blazing triple-decker last week. Yet, the boy’s kind-hearted salute lifted the spirits of firefighters attending Davies’ wake.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: boy; davies; firemen; flanders; worcester
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This is an endearing article.
1 posted on 12/15/2011 8:32:23 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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The father is an idiot and should be called out. Let the rest of the community know what an moron he is.


2 posted on 12/15/2011 8:35:13 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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I wouldn’t do that without knowing the reason for the rule in the first place. Lord knows I was “grounded” - and deserved to be - a few times when I was 11.


3 posted on 12/15/2011 8:37:58 AM PST by I Shall Endure
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To: SkyDancer

Nothing in the article supports your characterization of the boy’s father.


4 posted on 12/15/2011 8:43:28 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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sooo... the kid was grounded, in other words, being punished, he defies his parents, and you call the father an idiot????? do you support liberal judges that let criminals go too?????


5 posted on 12/15/2011 8:46:07 AM PST by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: joe fonebone

You missed the whole point of the story. A father prohibits his son from attending the funeral of a fire fighter. Yes. The father was an idiot!


6 posted on 12/15/2011 8:48:39 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: Mr. Lucky

Really? Please explain to me why the father was right in not allowing his son to attend the funeral of a fire fighter who was killed in the line of duty.


7 posted on 12/15/2011 8:50:19 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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we must not have read the same story.... nowhere in the story I read did it say the father grounded him with the purpose of not attending the funeral. He was grounded. That is all the article says. As such, I have to back the parents here ( I would assume that if the kid asked, he may have been given permission, he may not have, he was being punished for something )...nowhere in the article does it say the kid asked his parents if he could go....


8 posted on 12/15/2011 8:54:51 AM PST by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: SkyDancer
You missed the whole point. The eleven year old dis-obeyed his father. You thinks it's ok because you like the boy's reason.

The fact is that it is none of your business what the father's reasons were. He doesn't even have to have one.

You are sounding more like michelle obama then a conservative on this.

9 posted on 12/15/2011 8:55:16 AM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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The boy had been grounded for behavior which was not revealved in the story. The story did reveal that the boy would not be punished for attending the firefighter’s funeral.


10 posted on 12/15/2011 8:56:29 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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The article doesn’t say that he was prohibited from attending the funeral.

“He was under strict orders not to leave the house after school.”

“Do not leave this house after school” is not the same parental edict as “Do not attend a firefighter’s funeral.”

We don’t know what the eleven-year-old did (if anything) to prompt the father to give the edict to not leave the house after school.


11 posted on 12/15/2011 8:57:23 AM PST by Altariel (`)
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To: SkyDancer
A father prohibits his son from attending the funeral of a fire fighter. Yes. The father was an idiot!

You seem to be making the assumption that he was specifically ground so he could not attend this funeral. I don't see that in the article and the following makes me believe he was grounded for other reasons.

We were talking about how even though what he had done was very nice, we’re trying to go back over the rules that he wasn’t supposed to leave the house. But it’s very touching that he would go and do that for someone.

“He has such a big heart.”

In your home, if your kids were grounded for other reasons, would it be okay to leave the house, without your knowlege or discussing the issue with you first?

12 posted on 12/15/2011 8:57:23 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: moose-matson

Your response is truly unbelievable. And to equate me to Michelle Obama is bordering on insult.


13 posted on 12/15/2011 8:59:34 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: joe fonebone

Does it say he was grounded or just that, like most eleven year old latchkey kids, he was forbidden to leave until his parent(s) got home?


14 posted on 12/15/2011 8:59:46 AM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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To: SkyDancer

Hey, you profess that the kid’s dad is a jerk and that you know what’s better for the kid.....just like michelle. So, if the shoe fits.....


15 posted on 12/15/2011 9:01:36 AM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Then why tie the article to the boy attending the funeral?


16 posted on 12/15/2011 9:01:52 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: Altariel

Then why tie the article to the boy attending the funeral?


17 posted on 12/15/2011 9:02:26 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: thackney

What do you think his father’s first thought was when a cop answered his cell phone?


18 posted on 12/15/2011 9:02:46 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: thackney

Then why tie the article to the boy attending the funeral?


19 posted on 12/15/2011 9:02:58 AM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: Altariel
We don’t know what the eleven-year-old did (if anything) to prompt the father to give the edict to not leave the house after school.

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My guess is that the boy is a latch-key kid and his parents want to keep him as safe as they can....so no leaving the house.

20 posted on 12/15/2011 9:03:41 AM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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