Let's All Get Paid
When I was 7 years old, I was hit by a car. Not like a head-on, me flying in the air kind of collision but more like the mirror of the car side-swiped me kind of car accident. When I hit the ground, the first thing I thought was "Oh my God, my mother's gonna wup my ass!" Why?
Well, since my mom had to be to work the same time I had to be to school, she taught me early on how to cross the street on my own. And the one cardinal rule she had was "Cross on the green, not in between!"
People on the sidewalk were yelling for me to stay down. The guy driving the car, who was as in the wrong as I was because he was speeding on the shoulder of the road, came to a halt one block away. All I wanted to do was get up, wipe myself off and get my ass home quick so no one would be the wiser. But the gentleman insisted on making sure I was okay and escorting me home. Which he did. And after making sure I was okay, my grandmother commenced to whipping my tail for "running the light." And I had the fortune of waiting 3-4 hours for my mom to come home and do the same thing.
Now, had I been born in 1987 instead of 1977, my mom would have sued that bastard, we would've got paid, college would be paid for and I'd be on easy street. But back in my day, and mind you I'm only 28, people took responsibility for their actions. And sometimes accidents happen, but money isn't going to make any of those things better.
I say all this because I read in the paper that the grandmother of Nixzmary Brown, the 7 year old child beaten, starved, tortured and eventually killed by her stepfather while her mother stood around and did nothing, is suing the city for $150 million dollars.
What.the.fuck!?!?!?!?
How dare this woman have the audacity to want to blame someone else because she didn't take care to pay attention to what was happening to her own grandchild. This child was neglected and abused for years. And no one in her family stepped up to help her. If you want to start legislation to help protect other abused children because you didn't do what you needed to do to protect your family then so be it. But to request monetary compensation is just reprehensible. And to say it's not about the money is bullshit. All a $150 million dollar judgment does is take money away from the city agencies that need the money to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
*off soapbox*
Well, since my mom had to be to work the same time I had to be to school, she taught me early on how to cross the street on my own. And the one cardinal rule she had was "Cross on the green, not in between!"
People on the sidewalk were yelling for me to stay down. The guy driving the car, who was as in the wrong as I was because he was speeding on the shoulder of the road, came to a halt one block away. All I wanted to do was get up, wipe myself off and get my ass home quick so no one would be the wiser. But the gentleman insisted on making sure I was okay and escorting me home. Which he did. And after making sure I was okay, my grandmother commenced to whipping my tail for "running the light." And I had the fortune of waiting 3-4 hours for my mom to come home and do the same thing.
Now, had I been born in 1987 instead of 1977, my mom would have sued that bastard, we would've got paid, college would be paid for and I'd be on easy street. But back in my day, and mind you I'm only 28, people took responsibility for their actions. And sometimes accidents happen, but money isn't going to make any of those things better.
I say all this because I read in the paper that the grandmother of Nixzmary Brown, the 7 year old child beaten, starved, tortured and eventually killed by her stepfather while her mother stood around and did nothing, is suing the city for $150 million dollars.
What.the.fuck!?!?!?!?
How dare this woman have the audacity to want to blame someone else because she didn't take care to pay attention to what was happening to her own grandchild. This child was neglected and abused for years. And no one in her family stepped up to help her. If you want to start legislation to help protect other abused children because you didn't do what you needed to do to protect your family then so be it. But to request monetary compensation is just reprehensible. And to say it's not about the money is bullshit. All a $150 million dollar judgment does is take money away from the city agencies that need the money to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
*off soapbox*
posted by BabyGirl at
1:40 PM
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