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You are point on, NewYorker. Abusive parents are a scourge, usually

passing on a seriously regressive trait.  But murdering them, unless in self-defense (and I don't want to hear that psychobabble about "killing the spirit of the children", either), is definitely not the answer.

posted by saul_relative on March 27, 2007 at 4:43 PM | link to this | reply

I do indeed understand the country you're in, TheDirector.

posted by saul_relative on March 27, 2007 at 4:39 PM | link to this | reply

if you have abusive parents

-whether physically or psychologically- you can go to the police if still a juvenile or pack up and leave when you are 18 and not look back. I can remotely justify a murder in self defense but a premeditated one should serve the just punishment. The girl has killed three people - her mother, herself and her boyfriend.

posted by NewYorker_in_Sicily on March 27, 2007 at 11:44 AM | link to this | reply

None of my parents or grandparents were abusive to me, and my son is only twelve, and a very nice boy.  I don't know why he is missing from my house, because his father told me that his dad was a drunk.  It's that time of the month for me, if that tells you what country you are in at the moment, Saul relative.

posted by Jenasis on March 27, 2007 at 11:35 AM | link to this | reply

Who the hell knows, TAPS. Not that it matters anymore. Single parents are

the norm these days.  Or mutiple parent homes (exes and all).  Bad enough to grow up confused and in a confusing home, then mix in various dysfunctions and relative pressures that come with being a teenager and the parent of a teenager and, at any given moment, you have a recipe for PROBLEMS.  Still, it should almost never lead to murder.

posted by saul_relative on March 14, 2007 at 9:53 AM | link to this | reply

When a child kills by accident, it is one thing, Nickie. But when children

kill for a reason, then try to cover it up, that is something totally different.  And they do deserve it. 

posted by saul_relative on March 14, 2007 at 9:49 AM | link to this | reply

Saul_relative

Where is the Damn father?

posted by TAPS. on March 13, 2007 at 2:12 PM | link to this | reply

We have the same kind of crime here as well. Our judges also refer the youngster to the adult court, which is only what they deserve.

posted by Nickie-Fleming on March 13, 2007 at 1:45 PM | link to this | reply

And will be, Justi. This was callous and indifferent...

posted by saul_relative on March 12, 2007 at 10:04 AM | link to this | reply

Saul relative

Incredible. They should be tried as adults.

posted by Justi on March 12, 2007 at 8:36 AM | link to this | reply