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Cover: Young, Gay and Murdered in Junior High   |
| MSNBC Newsweek Jul 20 2008 3:58PM GMT |
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51 years to life, at 14... christ, that's barbaric. The kid will be a totally different person in 4 years. Yes, what he did was wrong, but 51 fucking years is ridiculous.
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 This is a tragedy. Both kids were let down by society. Brandon witnessed his dad shooting at his mom when he was angry, and didn't have any good examples of how to deal with the anger and fear he was feeling. Larry was searching his boundaries and doing what he felt in his heart, but did not have any real examples of relationships or friendships to base those on, so pushed them as far as the rules would allow. The teacher is not at fault. As any good mentor would, she encouraged him to be himself, but within the confines of the school rules. Larry had a right to dress and act as he pleased as long as it was within the rules of the school and the law. She did not encourage him to flirt with straight people and taunt them. She encouraged him to act himself, and as any other normal person would, when they are interested in someone romantically Larry talked about it. The tragedy is that they did not know how to cope with their feelings. What we need is a movement to start from this. Children at this age are experiencing emotions, and hormones, and feelings they've never felt before. They are also starting to develop their own sense of morals, and rules, and behaviours aside from those of their parents or peers. Most parents don't have the time, don't know how, or just don't talk to their kids about this. What we need is community involvement. People of all backgrounds should come into schools and discuss their views on life so the kids can start to develop and understand their own feelings and beliefs. Parents should be key in this process helping their kids understand what they believe, but also allowing the kids to hear other points of view and develop their own feelings so they don't feel so allienated all the time. Whatever you think you are not always right, I am not always right, but what is right is probably somewhere in between everyone, so we should all have the opportunity to hear from everyone and maybe we won't be so scared of everyone other then ourselves. 
^ this was pretty smart
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Quote: from HarrySunderland at 4:15 am on July 22, 2008
Quote: from allsmiles at 1:44 pm on July 21, 2008
51 years to life, at 14... christ, that's barbaric. The kid will be a totally different person in 4 years. Yes, what he did was wrong, but 51 fucking years is ridiculous.
He's lucky they didn't execute him.
They still do executions? 
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