Word: wurst
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past month there have been two cases of children killing children: the school slaying in Arkansas, where two 14-year-old boys shot their classmates because they were bitter about romantic rejection, and the most recent case of Andrew Wurst in north-west Pennsylvania. Wurst, a 14-year-old middle school student, walked into the eighth-grade graduation dance, shot and killed a chaperoning science teacher and wounded three others. He is currently being charged as an adult, with criminal homicide, three counts each of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment and numerous gun and drug charges...
...admit that these murders were heinous. The excuses the children gave for their behavior show an utter lack of sensitivity and compassion. The two Arkansas boy were angry because some girls in their class didn't want to go out with them, and Wurst claimed he just wanted to "shake things...
...When Wurst showed up at that eighth-grade graduation dance, he wasn't acting as an adult. He was acting like a copycat, just coming out of that last stage of childish imitation when young people like to copy everything that people older and (supposedly) cooler do. The two Arkansas boys were just acting the way they have seen America treat women: If she doesn't do what you say, strike her down. Violence against women is frowned upon in this country, but it is not considered important enough for more than a slap on the wrist. Take Back...
...have respect for human life, why should kids? It takes a case like Andrew Wurst or the Arkansas school slayings for us to shake our heads, and then we only shake our heads to say they are monsters and must be locked away for life...
...most part they do. But they don't get to be children, and therefore they lack the upbringing part while they exhibit the behavior part. They know what adults do and they're allowed to do what adults do, but the sense of responsibility is missing. Wurst and the Arkansas schoolboys are going to be in for a rude surprise when they find out that they can't get out of this...