Wednesday, October 31, 2007

It Takes a Village To Raise a Child


But it only takes one child to burn down a village. According to police, a child was responsible for starting one of the dozen wildfires in southern California last week. The fire he started destroyed at least 63 structures, burned down 15 homes, and destroyed more than 38,000 acres. This particular blaze also cost the state more than $7.4 million to contain.

All because the stupid kid was playing with matches.

I am speechless. You know what I believe this kids punishment should be? He should be forced to do 2,000 hours community service in a burn-victim unit at a major trauma center. He should be forced to enlist in Habitat for Humanity and remain enlisted until he helps build a minimum of 380 homes (1% of the amount of acres he destroyed). He should be forced to dedicate his life to the Global Warming and environmental issues plaguing our planet.

And he should be grounded until he is 64, at which point he is not allowed to receive social security or medicare.




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