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ecchi · 2006-07-11, 01:43 PM

Sue - I spent about two years of my life as a manager of a video store in one of the worst areas of South London. Many of the kids there were doing things as bad or worse, neither the parents or the police did much to stop many of them. Talking to customers, all of them had stories to tell of people they knew who either ended up with 20 year or life sentenced, or ended up dead. The reason they ended up dead or spending most of their life in jail was because nothing scared them when they were young. The area is so rough that the police work on a "only arrest someone if it is really bad" policy, something liker 'dealing' they ignored. The parents did not care enough to do something about it, so the kids began to believe they were untouchable. The result was either getting killed by a rival, or eventually committing a crime that put them in jail for most of their life.

So don't you listen to anyone who tells you did a bad thing. Apart from anything else, you saved your kid's life. I have no idea how your son will react when this is over. I doubt if he will thank you at first. He may never forgive you. He may even never talk to you again. It will be hard for you, but always remember, you did the right thing for your son.

Those who are saying that they would never turn their kid in are saying that they think more of themselves than they do their kid. They are saying they would rather see their kid dead in a pool of blood than suffer the shame of being an informer. Don't listen to them.

My heart goes out to you because you are liable to have a hard time from your son. You are also liable to have a hard time from some of your friends. But always, always remember, you did the right thing for your son.

2006-07-11, 01:43 PM	#20
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Sue - I spent about two years of my life as a manager of a video store in one of the worst areas of South London. Many of the kids there were doing things as bad or worse, neither the parents or the police did much to stop many of them. Talking to customers, all of them had stories to tell of people they knew who either ended up with 20 year or life sentenced, or ended up dead. The reason they ended up dead or spending most of their life in jail was because nothing scared them when they were young. The area is so rough that the police work on a "only arrest someone if it is really bad" policy, something liker 'dealing' they ignored. The parents did not care enough to do something about it, so the kids began to believe they were untouchable. The result was either getting killed by a rival, or eventually committing a crime that put them in jail for most of their life. So don't you listen to anyone who tells you did a bad thing. Apart from anything else, you saved your kid's life. I have no idea how your son will react when this is over. I doubt if he will thank you at first. He may never forgive you. He may even never talk to you again. It will be hard for you, but always remember, you did the right thing for your son. Those who are saying that they would never turn their kid in are saying that they think more of themselves than they do their kid. They are saying they would rather see their kid dead in a pool of blood than suffer the shame of being an informer. Don't listen to them. My heart goes out to you because you are liable to have a hard time from your son. You are also liable to have a hard time from some of your friends. But always, always remember, you did the right thing for your son.