The DISCUSSION FORUM topic was "Mass. confused over beating death." "Wait a sec" and I were going on about whether the rich bullies had the right upbring-ing and about victims dropping charges. The cops had done their jobs by arresting the bullies. The cops doing their jobs made me think about various ways to help young people in other ways than arresting them on the first offense. My last post was:
WAIT A SEC: I agree that we're pretty much on the same page. The parents HAVE to WANT to help their kids rather than bury their heads in the sand. One of my favorite stories is about Charlie the game warden who caught a little poor kid, Jimmy, shooting ducks before the legal shooting time one winter morning.

Charlie approached the lad and said, "Jimmy, you were shooting a little early this morning weren't you?" "I could see well enough to shoot 'em." "Maybe so but you were shooting before the legal time." Hanging his head the boy replied, "Sir, I didn't know what time it was because I don't have no watch." The warden let him go.


That afternoon Charlie drove up the the ramshackle house where Jimmy lived. He knocked on the door and a bedraggled woman opened it. "Yes, sir?" "Hi I'm Charlie__. Is Jimmmy here?" "Is he in some kind of trouble?" "No ma'am. I just wanted to give him this watch."