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I don't know, but the story gets more ironic when you learn that the poor kid who got beat up by this gang (i.e. the baptist minister and his sons) had nothing to do with any argument and was trying to be a "Good Samaritan" and step in and break up an argument.
"Baptist Minister beats up Good Samaritan" would have been a better thread title, in retrospect. LOL
I don't know, but the story gets more ironic when you learn that the poor kid who got beat up by this gang (i.e. the baptist minister and his sons) had nothing to do with any argument and was trying to be a "Good Samaritan" and step in and break up an argument.
"Baptist Minister beats up Good Samaritan" would have been a better thread title, in retrospect. LOL
What is the fascination with this story? Is it fact that the alleged assailant is a Baptist or that he is a minister... (or maybe that he is both)? Is it his religion or his profession that makes this story newsworthy?
Would your responses be much different if the thread title read, "Black man beats Millburn student with baseball bat..." I'm not suggesting it should read that way. I'm just wondering if and how your responses would be different.
It's a curious question... in our civil discourse, what may we beat up on (pun intended) and what's off limits?
What is the fascination with this story? Is it fact that the alleged assailant is a Baptist or that he is a minister... (or maybe that he is both)? Is it his religion or his profession that makes this story newsworthy?
Heck yeah! Anytime someone who professes to be a "man of God" and then goes and beats the crap out of a kid with an aluminum baseball bat, I'm pretty sure that's newsworthy.
Not to mention the fact that it happened on school property, in broad daylight, in front of many other parents and students who had to witness the violence.
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Would your responses be much different if the thread title read, "Black man beats Millburn student with baseball bat..." I'm not suggesting it should read that way. I'm just wondering if and how your responses would be different.
It's a curious question... in our civil discourse, what may we beat up on (pun intended) and what's off limits?
The bat-wielding reverend actually was black in this case. Oh, and by the way, now he's somehow trying to justify his actions by playing the race card!
Also I'm sure the fact that his happened in Millburn, which supposedly has the #1 high school in the state, increases the interest people have in the case. Sorta like "gee ... I guess they've got some whackos in their school too!"
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What causes the interest?
