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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At first I wasn't going to read the links, and my opinion was basically like, wow, that sounds so white trash and terrible. [b]But, the mom so clearly regrets what she did, and she actually comes across as being well-spoken. [/b]The PPs saying why don't you get the kids off of the internet, well, the mom actually addressed that in the intervew:

Piscitella said there are lessons that other parents can learn from her experience.
"I want people to, obviously, try to go through the proper channels," she said.  "I want you to monitor your children and what your children are doing on Facebook because, obviously, if you look on the Facebook of the children in question, the things that are on there, as a parent, I would shut it down immediately."[/quote]

Gee, that's all it takes to get over an adult assaulting a minor?  From the minute she encountered this boy, she was belligerent and abusive.  In her own words, she immediately confronted the child with expletives.  Then, when he showed no contrition, she assaulted him.  I find it deplorable that violence has become so commonplace that people are giving this adult bully and violent child abuser a bye.  I don't condone the teen bully or his actions, but the fact is that regardless of provocation, the victim is still a minor victim and the abuser is an adult that should know better.  I have to say that someone with this type of temper that would immediately accost a minor with expletives and then when angered would assault a minor should be listed as a child abuser and be restricted from being too close to minors.

In no other violent crimes, so they use contrition and eloquence to waive punishment.  Decrease it perhaps, but she deserves some punishment for physically assaulting a minor.[/quote]

It's not that I think what she did was okay. I just expected her to be one type of person, the crazy, unhinged type, and then when I read her interview she sounded more thoughtful. For me, it meant that even a fairly reasonable person might be driven to some extremes by this type of thing. Anyway, at no point did I say that's all she should have to do after assaulting a minor is express regret. However, now that you've raised that issue, i guess I don't think she should go to jail for years and years or lose her children, either. Assaulting a minor, well, technically yes. She put her hands around his neck. Bad, bad move. Yes, she should get some punishment for that - a hefty fine and some community service. But do you really take this woman to be a menace, like she needs to be removed from the street? Her frame of mind will be considered and the provocation of what happened to her daughter, which does not appear to be in any dispute, will be considered. No, it is not okay. Obviously the mother is saying that she should not have done what she did. However, she said that complaints about the bullying fell on deaf ears; that she was not able to get help from the system. All of this will be noted. And in my opinion, it DOES make a difference. This isn't just some mom randomly assaulting a child. She was defending her own child. Again, I do NOT agree it was okay, but I don't think it's the same thing as someone just beating up a defenseless little boy. Child abuse can mean anything from beating the hell out of a 3 year old (or worse) to slapping a 17 year old. Big difference between the two, although both are wrong. [/quote]

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