I nearly cried after reading this article. Sometimes I really feel like the younger generation keeps losing morals as time passes. I'm sure this has happened in the past as well, but I feel like I keep hearing about these horrible incidents happening recently and it's just getting worse. What are parents doing to instill morals in their kids? Apparently nothing, at least for the boys who did this.
By the way, I don't completely buy the bystander effect and mob mentality. I think in some cases this can by a psychological explanation, but I'm a psychology major and I just can't accept that these kids let this happen and did this to a young girl (or anyone for that matter) without actually knowing what was happening. It seems to me they enjoyed committing a violent crime and should be treated as adults and as fully responsible for perpetrating and witnessing a crime. Perhaps they should be evaluated for any psychological conditions because I feel like any sane person could not have done this.
Rape crimes need to be treated as harsh as possible. For a woman, though I have been fortunate not to be a victim, I personally would feel that part of me has died if I were raped. We as a society need to do whatever we can to prevent crimes like this from happening.
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I nearly cried after reading this article. Sometimes I really feel like the younger generation keeps losing morals as time passes. I'm sure this has happened in the past as well, but I feel like I keep hearing about these horrible incidents happening recently and it's just getting worse. What are parents doing to instill morals in their kids? Apparently nothing, at least for the boys who did this.
By the way, I don't completely buy the bystander effect and mob mentality. I think in some cases this can by a psychological explanation, but I'm a psychology major and I just can't accept that these kids let this happen and did this to a young girl (or anyone for that matter) without actually knowing what was happening. It seems to me they enjoyed committing a violent crime and should be treated as adults and as fully responsible for perpetrating and witnessing a crime. Perhaps they should be evaluated for any psychological conditions because I feel like any sane person could not have done this.
Rape crimes need to be treated as harsh as possible. For a woman, though I have been fortunate not to be a victim, I personally would feel that part of me has died if I were raped. We as a society need to do whatever we can to prevent crimes like this from happening.
October 29, 2009 - 2:58pmThis Comment
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