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In reply to the discussion: If This Rich Kid Has ‘Affluenza,’ Then We’ve All Got ‘Negrobetes’ [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)51. This isn't anything new
This is basically the same disease F. Scott Fitzgerald talked about in The Great Gatsby. They were careless people who ruined people's lives and then crawled back into the comfort of their money.
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If the poor want poverty to be recognized as an excuse, all they have to do
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#1
Can you believe there is a comment in the reader's forum that said she did the smart thing.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#64
You can't turn an entire state upside down without the help of unethical lawyers.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#25
The judge is retiring next year. Probably to spend the payoff she got for this
CBGLuthier
Dec 2013
#16
I hope the families of the murdered victims can bring civil suit against his parents….
Tikki
Dec 2013
#46
Then this is a health crisis. We need to isolate and cure this condition immediately.
ck4829
Dec 2013
#58