Comments on: Martin Luther King and the Jena Six http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne » Can I be both moral and liberal? Can you? http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne » Can I be both moral and liberal? Can you? Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:35:18 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/#comment-1351 [...] I be both moral and liberal? Can you? In my post on Monday, I wrote about teenagers and racial [...] [...] I be both moral and liberal? Can you? In my post on Monday, I wrote about teenagers and racial [...]

]]> By: Robert http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Robert Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:32:40 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/#comment-1257 Excellent points. I think that, in the struggle against injustice, adults and adolescents can greatly benefit from more contact and joint action. Adolescents can gain from some additional guidance, but adults often desperately need a jolt of passion to get them to move forward. I am often discouraged by my peer's (and my own) willingness, in the face of gross injustice, to grimace, wring their hands, consider and contemplate, but in the end, shrug and move on. Excellent points. I think that, in the struggle against injustice, adults and adolescents can greatly benefit from more contact and joint action. Adolescents can gain from some additional guidance, but adults often desperately need a jolt of passion to get them to move forward. I am often discouraged by my peer’s (and my own) willingness, in the face of gross injustice, to grimace, wring their hands, consider and contemplate, but in the end, shrug and move on.

]]> By: Ruth Rinehart http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Ruth Rinehart Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:51:27 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2008/01/21/martin-luther-king-and-the-jena-six/#comment-1248 Karen, this is a very good post. You've addressed before the devastating consequences teens can face due to their actions, in our world where the "justice system" has spun out of control. I bring your attention to the situation here in Colorado: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_8002773 This article points out an unconscionable situation, where people can be charged with murder if they participate in any way in a crime in which someone is killed. Erik was friends with Nathan; Nathan had suffered years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of his parents. Erik's parents (and others) had called social services time and again to get some help for Nathan; that help did not come. Erik was 17 when he walked in on Nathan killing his mother. Erik helped Nathan clean up the crime scene. Erik is now in prison with no opportunity for parole. He was charged with murder even though he had not encouraged, planned or helped Nathan kill his mother. (Nathan is also in prison with no change of parole.) In the words of Michael Moore, in his film Sicko, "What is wrong with us?" Karen, this is a very good post. You’ve addressed before the devastating consequences teens can face due to their actions, in our world where the “justice system” has spun out of control.

I bring your attention to the situation here in Colorado:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_8002773

This article points out an unconscionable situation, where people can be charged with murder if they participate in any way in a crime in which someone is killed.

Erik was friends with Nathan; Nathan had suffered years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of his parents. Erik’s parents (and others) had called social services time and again to get some help for Nathan; that help did not come.

Erik was 17 when he walked in on Nathan killing his mother. Erik helped Nathan clean up the crime scene. Erik is now in prison with no opportunity for parole. He was charged with murder even though he had not encouraged, planned or helped Nathan kill his mother. (Nathan is also in prison with no change of parole.)

In the words of Michael Moore, in his film Sicko, “What is wrong with us?”

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