We used to call that grab a**
REad more about it on Dennis Prager’s blog—also see video of the 13 year old boys accused of a sex crime:
http://dennisprager.townhall.com/blog.aspx#31b86fb2-015c-425c-8524-a80ef23eafa3
Dennis Prager talking about this on his show right now. He mentioned about setting up a fund for the kids parents. They are being hurt financially by this.
What kind of life gets altered by a butt slap?
Which? Getting your butt slapped or being arrested as a sex offender?
Had the boys been gay, the school would have funded a club for them.
‘”These cases are devastating to children,” he said. “They are life-altering cases.”’
Oh, puh-leese. These are adolescent males and most likely just need a stern talking to about the proper way to interact with the newly-interesting to them opposite gender. By this standard I’d probably have been labelled a sex offender for some of the stupid, juvenile things I did at that age.
They shoulda known better. Hang ‘em high.
Heres the article from the Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1185040507206380.xml&coll=7
The anti-male bashing crowd has completely taken over. I say unto the judge, the prosecutor and every one involved in the justice system that is ruining these kids lives, he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Because I can guarantee you that the majority of guys and girls have been guilty of playing grab-ass at sometime in their lives. This is pathetic and the prosecutor deserves a bullet.
Jeesh! Back when I was in high school the only thing we would get is permanently marked by the football coach/vice principal.
I think that McMinnville District Aattorney Bradley Berry got slapped around a bit when he was in school.
Brad buddy... You are in the real world now. You don't have to bow down to the feminist overlords who rule college campuses.
“These cases are devastating to children,” he said. “They are life-altering cases.”
This guy sounds like he’s lost his fragile grip on reality.
However, we need to ask ourselves why we have such a coarse culture and why children behave like this, and why parents think it's no big deal.
Most of all, we need to ask ourselves "How do we turn this around, and raise children who will treat people with respect?"
One way to do so is, in fact, to impose draconian sentences so that the word goes out that misbehavior is subject to excessive punishment. That might change things. But if we don't want to do that, it begs the question: "What ought we to do?"
Sounds like DA Berry needs to go back to school and take some classes in common sense and priorities in prosecuting cases. It also sounds like McMinnville needs a new DA.
Well, then they'll soon be arresting entire sports teams now, no?
Wondering if the girls today come up to the boys, “fake ‘em out” and pinch them as they did in my youth. Oooooh that used to “P” me off.