Sad Commentary

From our David Ridenour:

The big news isn’t that a warrant was issued for Michael Jackson’s arrest, but that parents would allow their child to have unsupervised visits with the man widely believed to have molested a child ten years ago.

It is a sad commentary on the state of our nation in which parents who spank their children are hauled before a judge, but parents who allow their children into situations in which they can be abused are allowed to roam freely.

Where are child protective services? Should the child in question be taken from the parents?

If the allegations against Jackson are true, and the media reports about Jackson paying the medical bills of the child in question and buying a house for his parents are also true, it seems to me that the boy’s parents should have a cell next to Jackson.



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