Violent Youths
Re “A Culture of Violence and Denial,” Oct. 26: I’m not a social worker, but Gilbert, Ariz., could be Anytown, USA. I’m not a psychiatrist, but these white supremacist thugs who meet five-sevenths of the criteria for a gang, and then boast that they’re untouchable, clearly have no one to blame for their actions but themselves, since they come from perfect, lily-white families. I’m not a lawyer, but when the principal of a school says these kids are behaving “like jocks are supposed to be,” and parents drain their swimming pools so these kids can beat the crap out of each other for fun, it seems to me that there is some criminal negligence on their parts--and we wonder why there are Columbines? Duh!
I’m not a fortune teller, but it doesn’t take an oracle to see that unless these people are held accountable, someone will die unnecessarily, someone young.
HAL HOROWITZ
West Hills
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