ya'll knew it would only be a matter of time before i chimed in on this with my thoughts. since it's all over the news - pretty much daily now - and the back lash on both sides is about insane - this is what i think.
Two wrongs NEVER make a right. Never.
The Drews created the account to gain her trust and teach her a lesson. It was wrong. No matter why they thought she deserved it - whatever they thought she did or was doing to their daughter to deserve to be taught a lesson - it was wrong. Revenge is always wrong.
What the Meier's did with the fooseball table - the distruction of property - while done out of grief and anger and passion of the heat of the moment - was wrong.
Now people are targeting either family for different reasons. The "blog". The lists of the Drew's personal information. The calls for boycotts. The protests. The vandilizations of homes. The harrassment of innocent bystanders and business owners. It's all wrong. Not one bit is justifiable. Not one bit of it makes anything right.
A little girl lost her life. A family lost their daughter. Another family has lost their business and saftey. How is any of the backlash going to fix that? It won't.
The only thing left to do is to treat our children the meaning of the word respect. Teach them that each person in this world is infinately valuable. Teach them to turn the other cheek. Teach them that each person has emotions, beliefs, concerns, feelings. Teach them that everyone is different and it's those differences that make us unique and special. Teach them what a boring world the place would be if everyone looked the same, felt the same, believed the same, had the same opinions. Teach them that it's those differences that make the world wonderful. Teach them that two wrongs NEVER make a right.
Most importantly, teach them that they don't have to like or agree with a person, but they do have to show them respect. Everyone deserves respect - no matter what they may or may not have done.
Easter
11 years ago
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st importantly, teach them that they don't have to like or agree with a person, but they do have to show them respect. Everyone deserves respect - no matter what they may or may not have done."
NOT everyone deverves respect. Respect is earned, not just given away freely. In this case, you are talking about a 13 yr old child being targeted by an adult mother of her peer. I am not going to respect an adult who feels the need to get involved in teenage drama. How absurd for an adult to go to such lengths. Adults should have the knowledge to know better, what is right and wrong, and not to bring more drama into already drama filled teenage life. I think she needs to be held accountable. Bottom line....ADULT.....CHILD, Megan should not have been thrust into that by Lori Drew and the newly revealed employee who helped. I don't respect HER. She lost SOCIETY's respect when as an adult she decided to DECEIVE a child. END OF STORY.
I think if the adults (on both sides) would have acted like adults none of this would have happened.
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