Kids throw garbage in Sept. 11 memorial pool
Associated Press
Learning to ignore bad children and parenting is a painful but worthwhile endeavor, though it retards the advancement of civilization.
Despite my zen, I’m not sure I could have turned the other cheek if I’d observed junior high students tossing garbage into the reflecting pool at the September 11 Memorial in New York City.
Fox News reports one of the kids was detained by police for having bullets in his pockets.
“These kids just need to be educated about what happened there,” said New Yorker Anthoula Kastinatides, whose brother died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The kids were on a summer field trip with a Brooklyn public school. New York’s school chancellor said the students who threw garbage into the memorial, which opened Sept. 11, 2011, in Lower Manhattan, may be punished. The kid that had ammunition faces a police investigation.
And who knows, maybe a parent will get involved?
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118 comments Add your comment
Johnjon
June 26th, 2012
2:53 pm
Not Surprised…………….. why would you even take the time to leave such a stupid, asinine remark about this story. It must have been a real effort to type an idiotic comment like yours.
Beat em till it hurts
June 26th, 2012
2:54 pm
I guess that Singapore method of punishment is sounding pretty good right now…..unless ur a bleeding heart Liberal.
Stinky Sullivan
June 26th, 2012
2:56 pm
As a society, we need to really understand why these poor children are acting like this? Reparations may be needed. Maybe we can all pitch in to get some psychiatric time and really get down to the root cause of their misguided behaviours?
Aziolko
June 26th, 2012
2:59 pm
Parents are responsible for every single thing their children do up until the child is 18. I do not know why society does not punish the parent as well as the child when kids do these things.
CTW
June 26th, 2012
3:03 pm
I just got back from Afghanistan last year serving a 12-month combat tour, and was so excited to get back and see an American flag fly. That love of country does change your perspective on not to trash your homeland. Parents these days are too concerned with their BMW, $500K house in the suburbs to care what their child does. It’s always someone ELSE”S fault that their child is a piece of #$%. No, parent, its YOUR fault.
midtownaTL
June 26th, 2012
3:07 pm
Not Surprised… you’re an idiot
CTW
June 26th, 2012
3:10 pm
@ Urinal Cake…I know they were from Brooklyn…not everyone lives in a $500K house and drives a BMW either…its called REFERENCE. Parents today are too concerned with other “distractions” than to pay attention to their child.
CTW
June 26th, 2012
3:12 pm
Going by your screenname “Urinal Cake”, you’ve gotta be a great person to get to know
Tea Party Meber
June 26th, 2012
3:14 pm
Tipical libtard thinking
CTW
June 26th, 2012
3:17 pm
@ Urinal Cake….clever – I like it LOL