Comments on: 15-Year Old Kid Runs Stolen SUV into Parked Train in Houston

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:46:53 +0000

So everyone has lost interest. Mr M is getting ready to sue the train because his grandkids stole a car and went joy riding at 3 am.
Still not man enough to face the facts that no one forced these kids into that stolen car and if the kids had been doing the right thing at
this wrong thing would not have happened. Very SAD.

I hope non of the families profit from these deaths. It seems wrong that they should!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:14 +0000

You are a heartless bastard.
God forbid, one of your loved ones die in such a tragic way.
This article is ridiculous and dumb.
You’re dumb.
You are so dumb, that I just feel sorry for you.
I hope you never have to feel the pain that all of those families are feeling and will forever feel because those kids are never coming back.
Damn, How do you look yourself in the mirror every morning?

By: Tonia

Tonia — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:55 +0000

Adam,

Let me assure you that NO ONE asked the public to muster sympathy for these kids. How this grieving mother “appears” to YOU really does not matter. Maybe you should not base an opinion of someone on a few minutes of media time. As for these children’s obligation to the property owners in this case, I am quite sure that the families involved will answer for any damages. But, I am sure that the “property owners” appreciate your concern. I agree, I too wish that the little girl I loved were here to answer for her actions.

The best part of all of this is that we are all free to give an opinion when something moves us to do so. The unfortunate part is that there will always be some opinions that are based merely on feelings instead of education.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:38:43 +0000

“I can assure you that this mother was very involved.”
thanks for the assurance; it just simply doesn’t appear that way.

“The running theme seems to be that these children were criminals and got what they deserved.”
i disagree. they were criminals but what they deserved was a trip through the legal system and a shit ton of hard labor to pay restitution to the property owners who they fucked over. please don’t misunderstand; i’m not pleased about their deaths. i just struggle to muster sympathy for people who get themselves killed doing dumb shit.

“What a shame that she will be remembered by so many as a criminal, not worthy of respect.”
i believe that she may have done things worthy of respect, but the thing she did that made news and got her killed was criminal. this is a shame. how does the public celebrate this young lady for accomplishments that we aren’t aware of?

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:23:12 +0000

Tonia,

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

I don’t believe the parents of the children who were killed were in any way negligent — with the possible exception of the mother of the kid who stole that jeep.

That kid had a history of sneaking out and of stealing cars — to include his own mothers. Even kids interviewed for this story claimed that he was able to sneak out “without consequences” from his mom.

The point I was wanting to make, though, is that in no way is this the railroads fault. Nor the fault of those other parents.

The entire blame of this extremely sad and tragic loss is on the kids themselves.

By: TONIA

TONIA — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:43:22 +0000

Not one person in this tragedy has said that what these kids did was right. Also, not every parent involved has tried to blame others for thier children’s decisions. Where were the “neglectful” parents? I will tell you that they were asleep, with no knowlege that their precious loved ones were planning to sneak out. I am sick of comments referring to the parents “letting the children run the roads at night”, there was no permission given. I know one of these families very well and I can assure you that this mother was very involved. Once she discovered that her daughter was missing, this mother was out serching all over Baytown for her. Her daughter was the light of her life. Why did this child make the decision to sneak out of her house and get into a stolen vehicle? This is a question that will haunt those of us who knew and loved her. The running theme seems to be that these children were criminals and got what they deserved. How sad! These “criminals” were people who were cherished by many. What they did was wrong, but the child I speak of had an entire lifetime of good decisions behind her. She was beautiful and talented. What a shame that she will be remembered by so many as a criminal, not worthy of respect.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:19:51 +0000

i don’t have to comb the statements to conclude that their deflections appear to be quite rational and rather calculated attempts to change the subject from their own culpability.

By: Preston

Preston — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:37:45 +0000

donâ€™t you think that itâ€™s feasible to believe that the â€œmourningâ€ parents appear to have so neglected these juvenile offenders as to consider that negligence criminal?

Yeah, that’s true. I can’t even imagine when I would have finally been released from my bedroom if I had ever come home at 4 in the morning when I was 12 years old.

That said, I don’t doubt that the grief of the parents is any less. If the government finds their neglect actionable they’ll have to face that- until then I wouldn’t spend time combing their statements for their rationality.

By: adam

adam — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:04:49 +0000

“I would have thought you could deduce that this was directed to the parents and not the children who stole a car.”
i did; don’t you think that it’s feasible to believe that the “mourning” parents appear to have so neglected these juvenile offenders as to consider that negligence criminal?

“Do you really expect people who lost a child to act rationally?”
not in all cases (including this one) but i don’t believe that delusional accusations that are blatant attempts to shirk accountability are irrational. it seems to me these deflections are quite rational, rather calculated, and are indicative of a larger societal problem. “I would have thought you could deduce that”.

in this case, “the mourning are truly a â€œlittle annoyingâ€.” i was summing up an overall trend; folks i reffered to, often times are mourning nothing at all.

By: kma

kma — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:13:15 +0000

My posts don't seem to be making it. Earlier, I posted that if there was more respect for other people's property there would be less lost of life. The follow- up news reports are not good. I suspect the two survivors are going to kiddie prison for a long time. LINK