So this story has been in the news about a kid who set himself on fire and got pretty severely burned. If you aren’t up to date read this first. I’ll wait.
Welcome back. I couldn’t care less if a teenager wants to get down all Jackass style but what gets me is the mother. She blames You Tube, at least in part, for her sons injuries. Really? It couldn’t be that parents just basically suck nowadays right? It couldn’t be that parents aren’t involved in thier kid’s lives much less teaching them basic common sense like dont set yourself on fire, it hurts. It has to be the media in some form. I suppose I’m not surprised. I mean it has been that way for years. Your kid shoots up his school? It’s the heavy metal that’s to blame. Your kid jacks a car? Ban the video games! Your kid’s just a degenerate fuck-up in general? Must be the violent movies causing that.
It’s not always bad parenting though that causes kids to go off course. Sometimes there are just a few screws loose and parent shouldn’t beat themselves up for it. I realize that it’s easier to blame the music, movies, video games and now, You Tube for your kid’s retarded behavior but sometimes we all need to accept reality that it’s possible your kid is just stupid.
BTW, here is the video that inspired the kid to flick his Bic. If after watching you are moved to dowse yourself in gasoline and go all Human Torch then please do it quietly.
8/13/09 The video was taken down by You Tube today due to violation of something… I don’t know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R
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