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Recently i was pulling into a public parking lot off lincoln blvd, south beach fl. The lot is a pay to park lot with one way in and one way out.  As i pulled in, a young girl was comming out the wrong way, and blocked my path.  I rolled down my window and told her to back up about ten feet, then i could go around her and she could come out. Her response, was that it was my fault, because i had seen her comming out and should have stopped. During this rapport  two more delivery trucks had pulled up behind me trying to enter the lot. She refused to move. I again stated she was comming the wrong way, her response," I got turned around and you knew that."

The solution was she finally backed up, i went in and she came out. Problem solved.

Point of story; It seems that many of us see ourselves outside of the real world, where we are responsible for our actions. We see other people responsible  for our problems, our situations, or our safety.

The news is full of young people in trouble with the law, most of the time you hear their parents first reaction, they were mistreated by the police, the police have no right to arrest my child, my child was racially profiled, my child was just in the wrong place, and on and on and on.

Five young men in south boca attacked a 15 year old boy, threw alcohol on him and set him on fire, while laughing. Upon arrest 2 of them continued laughing.

Today, a muslim american soldier walked into a building in fort bragg, killed 11 wounded 30 before he was shot.

WTF. To paraphase a quote" Stop the insanity."

A movie is being released this month about a white well to do family who took a homeless african american teenager into there home, and he became a member of their family.

My daughter walked into starbucks, and bought a bag of coffee to be sent to a soldier in Afg. that she does not  know.

My son called 911  while at a red light, concerning a man in a wheel chair that looked in distress.

I hope that i had something to do with the decisions they made due to my input in their growth.

Just as I am sure the parents of all the others mentioned herein had plenty to due with their action.

In the movie Parenthood, Kneau Reeves had a quote, "You need a license to own a dog, to go fishing, or to drive a car, but anyone can have a child"!
 

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