Town "Drug" Into Football "Deer Decoy" Scandal
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Outrageous!
No wonder these kids think theft and reckless endangerment are no big deal. Look at their educators.
As for whether these kids are getting special treatment qua football players, and whether we generally punish youths too harshly or too mildly for willful misconduct, I leave that to you and the comments field. My first impulse is "Hang 'em high!" What do you think?
It was intended to be a prank: steal a decoy deer, place it on a country road and watch as motorists swerved to avoid it.Of course, that's not the outrageous part -- this is:
It ended with two teenagers suffering serious injuries when their car hit the decoy and rolled into a ditch.
When a judge ruled this week that two boys — both high school football players — can complete the football season before they serve 60-day sentences at a juvenile detention center, it caused a division in this northwest Ohio city.
"I've never seen anything that has been so much an issue in the community," said Arch Rodgers, principal of 670-student Kenton High School. "The worst part is this has drug out so long and the longer it drug out, the more it created friction in the community."A high school principal using "drug" when he meant "dragged"? Outrageous!
No wonder these kids think theft and reckless endangerment are no big deal. Look at their educators.
As for whether these kids are getting special treatment qua football players, and whether we generally punish youths too harshly or too mildly for willful misconduct, I leave that to you and the comments field. My first impulse is "Hang 'em high!" What do you think?
Posted by Kip on
19 August 2006
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