A few words from the editor
Where are the lives of our youth headed?
On a rcccnt trip lo our nation’s capital, I happened to
be channel surfing in the hotel room where I was slaying.
While trying to find something lo watch from the very
limited selections of channels, a startling news broadcast
grabbed my attention.
“Two 7-year-old students
at an elementary .school in the
DC area forced a 5-year-old to
perform sexual acts on them,”
is what the news reporter stated.
At lirst I couldn’t believe
what 1 was hearing and thought
that maybe it was a mistake, but
unfortunately it wasn’t. Indeed
two 7-year-old “children”
forced a 5-year-old to perform
sexual acts. I truly find this
hard lo believe. At ihe age of 7, your mind should be on
learning to read, writing in cursive or playing kickball
and d(xlge ball with the other neighborhood kids at least
that is what wa.s on my mind at that age.
It is unfortunate how things of the past that I
enjoyed as a child, seem .so meaningless to children
today.
We have small children and teenagers committing
adiili crimes!
Sharonda
Wilcox
Recently there was the news report of Tiffany Nicole
Young, a 10-year-old girl from Burlington who was
murdered and found only minutes away from her home.
She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by three
people who allegedly knew Young. Harold Wesley
Jones, 16, Donhia D. Bynum, 17, and Jones" 13-year-old
nephew, all under the age of 18 arc being chargcd with
committing adult crimes.
However, relatives of Jones and Bynum arc .saying
that the accused are not mentally capable of committing
the crime becau.se they arc mildly retarded, the family
feels that they were inurnidated by authorities lo confess
to the murder.
In .spite of our stiffer laws, more and more crimcs
are being committed by children- crimes ranging from
rape to murder. It makes me wonder whether or not the
children commitung these horrible crimes arc victims as
well.
Society seems to almost overlook ihe fact that the
individuals committing these crimes arc children.
Although that doesn’t dismiss the fact that they have
committed a crime, what are we allowing to happen
when they arc constantly exposed to violence in videos
including the video games that they play in their homes.
Children, especially young children, sometimes have
a difficult time distinguishing between the real and the
imaginary. Of course, in the video games when you
conquer the villians in Mortal Kombat or when one of the
players dies you can always push the Restart button and
play again, but in reality when you commit murder or
rape there isn’t a Restart button and you can’t bring back
that life or take back what you have done.
Society needs to start monitoring more closely whai
we arc allowing our youth to witness, but before ii
becomes the nation’s problem , ii has to start at the very
beginning, with the parents by encouraging them not to
allow their children to be misled by what they witness on
television or in the video games that they play.
Parents should begin to tcach their children the
difference between reality and imaginary play when they
notice that children are beginning to question what they
see on TV or when they start to imitate what they sec in
movies.
Our children are our future but if we don’t tcach
them and guide them in the right direction they may end
up in our federal prisons for commiting crimes much
serious than stealing candy and bubble gum from
convenience stores.
You said it:
46President Clinton did
something wrong and
he should have handled
the situation in a better
way.
lb me it was
entrapment on Ms.
Lewinsky’s part.
Now they’re talking
about impeachment: do
the republicans really
want to do this?
No. Impeach Bill and
you give Vice President
Gore two years to gain
some credibility, and
that would make him
that much more
difficult to beat in the
up coming election.? 5
-Anthony McKoy -
think that everyone
should leave him alone,
and let him and his
family move on with
their lives. I feel he is
the best president we
have ever had.? 5
- Jerrel McKenzie -
4 4 Yes. The president
did something wrong
but it doesn’t have
anything to do with how
he runs the country. I
don’t think he should be
impeached because his
term is just about over
anyway.
Leave him alone! ??
- Brannon Hester -
44l feel that the media
is overemphasizing the
president’s situation.
I think particular bias is
being shown towards
President Clinton.
I do not believe his
wrongdoing should be
overlooked, nor do I
think he should be
impeached.
President Clinton has
done more for the
country than any other
president in history and
that should be taken
into consideration.
- Kellita Poindexter -
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