What gets me, is that i've been reading the articles and watching interviews with the people that were in this kids life... the mother was saying that she felt she was loosing him. His mental AND phyiscal state should be looked at. He couldln't feel pain, nor could he relate to others. So much so that the caregiver (babysitter just doesn't seem to work since he asn't a baby) had been warned by the mother to NEVER turn his back on him.
so it's not JUST one thing that went wrong here... and no one single law would have stopped this from happening.
it's something we as a people need to do... get involved with our communities. stop ignoring each other, start KNOWING each other. to care about someone other than just ourselves. to get past this self-centred selfish nature that has been promoted over the past couple decades. When i was a kid, i remember what it was like to have neighbors who knew me and my family... that if i did something wrong, my parents would know about it by the time i got home.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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