tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post5612918863789408035..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: Story SeedAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-55932405677021303242008-02-06T05:38:00.000-08:002008-02-06T05:38:00.000-08:00Bernita -- we can each smack one of them. :P The...Bernita -- we can each smack one of them. :P They're certainly begging for it.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-80090240587834997712008-02-06T05:26:00.000-08:002008-02-06T05:26:00.000-08:00"Smack them both"Oh, me too, Angie!"Smack them both"<BR/>Oh, me too, Angie!Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-86238323182820336512008-02-05T23:30:00.000-08:002008-02-05T23:30:00.000-08:00Charles -- everywhere I've seen comments on this a...Charles -- everywhere I've seen comments on this article, people were angry and outraged. That gives me hope, you know? There was nothing in the story about the parents' reaction, except for that one father donating money to the Girl Scouts, but I'm hoping they'll take some strong action. :/<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-40025740810998300772008-02-05T11:30:00.000-08:002008-02-05T11:30:00.000-08:00I fear we're living in this world now. At least s...I fear we're living in this world now. At least sometimes it seems so. The school cheating thing is an example from my own experience. It's rampant and so few students feel guilty when caught.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's too much to hope that these girls' parents will smack them around?Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-1215458580000724762008-02-05T07:33:00.000-08:002008-02-05T07:33:00.000-08:00Sarai -- exactly. [nod] I think the more outrage...Sarai -- exactly. [nod] I think the more outrageous and frustrating something is, the more I want to come up with <I>some</I> explanation, and the more out-there the explanations I come up with are likely to be. [wry smile]<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-79323684413281367092008-02-05T07:11:00.000-08:002008-02-05T07:11:00.000-08:00You are right Angie it does force one to think wha...You are right Angie it does force one to think what if... A lot of my friends ask me how I come up with story ideas and this is a prime example. <BR/>Reading something that triggers an emotion and then asking what if... It is pretty sad that these young girls see no wrong in what they did. It does make a person wonder...Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203551997160640352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-69682633383868689592008-02-04T23:20:00.000-08:002008-02-04T23:20:00.000-08:00Ello -- no comment in the story from the parents. ...Ello -- no comment in the story from the parents. I know what <I>I'd</I> have to say if it were my kid involved in something like that, but no clue what these folks think.<BR/><BR/>I actually hate to imagine it, frankly, considering these are the parents who raised the two girls to be the way they are. :/<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-35879373564096891082008-02-04T18:22:00.000-08:002008-02-04T18:22:00.000-08:00Gosh it is horrible to hear stories like this. Wha...Gosh it is horrible to hear stories like this. What do the parents have to say about all of this? Horrible kids. Simply horrible.Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-66152774847736097632008-02-04T16:55:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:55:00.000-08:00SS -- according to the story I linked, on the one ...SS -- according to the story I linked, on the one hand "the case has been handed over to the State Attorney's Office to determine if charges will be filed against the teens," but on the other hand "Authorities said the teens were not charged because they did not use force to steal the money, nor did they take the money from the Girl Scout’s hands." It sounds like <I>someone</I> is pretty confused here. I'm just hoping they do get charged, because I agree with you that their attitudes are just outrageous and they need a major wake-up call.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-21042035066453162282008-02-04T16:48:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:48:00.000-08:00They're still deciding whether or not to charge th...They're still deciding whether or not to charge them? That's sick. They definitely need to learn that their behavior was wrong. <BR/><BR/>That's most important.Spy Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299551957327543491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-32478218712628141212008-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:00Nentuaby -- no, I wasn't seriously considering it ...Nentuaby -- no, I wasn't seriously considering it the beginning of a trend. :) A single data point isn't much to extrapolate with, and even looking at all the <I>other</I> entitled sociopaths who are out there rampaging through the news, it's still a tiny fraction of the total population, and there's enough anger and outrage about it in commentary that I don't think we have to worry about this sort of attitude becoming the norm for a very long time.<BR/><BR/>I <I>still</I> want to smack those two twits until they're spitting teeth (and I seriously hope the police decide to charge them, or that the Girl Scout's parents raise some hell and insist upon it, or <I>something,</I> but the "what if" speculations were in terms of story ideas. I don't know whether you've ever written SF, but "what if...?" is where most SF stories start. As a news story it's maddening, but as a story seed it's actually pretty fertile.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-1471390313458743252008-02-04T16:22:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:22:00.000-08:00I hope you're not honestly that concerned that thi...I hope you're not honestly that concerned that this is some kind of "growing trend." As infuriating as it is, this is just the classic and very, very ancient sociopathic personality. It's been observed in criminals since prehistoric times- you can even find a certain percentage of sociopathic individuals annoying the rest of any given troup of monkeys. The gut feeling that it's a new and growing problem is a simple function of our short instinctive time horizons.Nentuabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207685117778656542noreply@blogger.com