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Pastimes : WHY?? Littleton Colorado -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (174)	4/23/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 368

Anger over the intrusion and a desire to "get even" (pursue litigation, nasty phone calls etc.) with those who made the complaints seems the more likely knee-jerk response. In Newport Beach Ca. recently we had a terrible accident in which 6 or 7 teenagers were riding in a Chevy Blazer (some with no seatbelts) down a street at an unsafe speed. The driver was inexperienced with the car, it rolled over injuring several of the occupants, I believe one was killed and one was paralyzed. The lawsuits flew, against the city claiming the street was engineered improperly, had water on it,...against the driver, who surprising was not intoxicated, just reckless. It was a great show of denial among the parents, who chose to bear no responsibility or allow their children to accept some of the blame. Personally I feel every kid in the car was somewhat to blame for the accident. When groups, gangs, or clubs get together they assume a common mentality and sometimes it's the lowest common denominator. The point I'm trying to make is imagining something can't happen in your community is ridiculous. Imagining your kid couldn't be involved in something stupid, reckless, or violent is naive. In the above-mentioned accident, the paralyzed girl's parents recently dropped their lawsuit, realizing no justice would be achieved even in victory. The suits against the city never got anywhere either.