What if?
I was watching one of my favorite shows (naturally) which featured a teenage girl who was strangled and left for dead by her high school teacher. What's even more appalling is that this pathetic excuse for a man went to a hoedown immediately afterwards and then proceeded to text several girls whom he allegedly had had sexual relations with (yes - they all attended the same school).
This young girl fought back, miraculously survived, but had to endure painstaking therapy just to learn how to speak again. Evidently the pressure on her throat as a result of the strangulation caused oxygen to cease reaching a certain part of her brain, hence the need for therapy.
Amazingly, the community was divided once this man was charged, arrested and later convicted. If he was as innocent as he proclaimed, why on earth would he attempt suicide? Sounds like a pretty damn guilty conscience to me.
My question to the parents in this group is if your son committed such a horrible offense, what do you think your reaction would be? Could you still love your child despite him nearly murdering another human being? The mother of the man was showing the reporter letters from prison which sounded like (in her words) "the boy I always knew and still love". Well, this "boy" grew up to be a man who most certainly got sidetracked and is (in my opinion) exactly where he needs to be - serving a 20 year sentence for attempted murder.
Your thoughts?
This young girl fought back, miraculously survived, but had to endure painstaking therapy just to learn how to speak again. Evidently the pressure on her throat as a result of the strangulation caused oxygen to cease reaching a certain part of her brain, hence the need for therapy.
Amazingly, the community was divided once this man was charged, arrested and later convicted. If he was as innocent as he proclaimed, why on earth would he attempt suicide? Sounds like a pretty damn guilty conscience to me.
My question to the parents in this group is if your son committed such a horrible offense, what do you think your reaction would be? Could you still love your child despite him nearly murdering another human being? The mother of the man was showing the reporter letters from prison which sounded like (in her words) "the boy I always knew and still love". Well, this "boy" grew up to be a man who most certainly got sidetracked and is (in my opinion) exactly where he needs to be - serving a 20 year sentence for attempted murder.
Your thoughts?
