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Thoughts and prayers to the family.
True, it's not as bad as ****** a young child like age 8 or 10, but it is very bad.It is. He was 17 years-old and had a party (girls were also "over the age of 16")...he did a really bad thing but people are jumping to conclusions elsewhere, that he is a "child molester" going after "little girls" - when it sounds to me like it was a case of a teen taking advantage of peers who had too much alcohol. Don't get me wrong - it's bad - but not the same kind of bad, imo.
Yes, just to clear up, his father went missing, but was later found in Hawaii.Did Cullen Jenkins brother or dad or something disappear around the time of the Super Bowl? This is like Deja Vu all over again!
True, it's not as bad as ****** a young child like age 8 or 10, but it is very bad.
I know of one punk who did a similar thing in my 3 years of going to a large high school, and that guy was an ******* & a jerk.
Other guys thought about it, but it was rare to find one wicked enough to actually do it.
Of course, that was a decade or two ago. Maybe it's more common nowadays, not sure.
Doesn't mean it isn't a terrible thing to do. It's certainly not just "kids being kids". Eugene Kane likes to use that one, on certain occasions that benefit him.
I know a 50 year-old who did something similar to an intoxicated 16 year-old girl. His jail sentence was longer (and too short, imo), but perhaps that's why the age has some weight with me. I don't know the details of what happened with the Philbin boy aside from the basics, and I agree it's very bad - but I do think there are degrees of bad (the guy I know being worse - AND he was an attorney, now disbarred).
I also think a kid who does something like this has a more likely chance of learning a lesson than someone who rapes a young child...and my guess would be he has (or possibly had, in this case) a better chance of changing than the adult I know who did the same thing.
I hope no one is interpreting my nuance for excusing this behavior. It's definitely not that - but this is why the laws are structured the way they are - because all things of this nature are not the same.
We told you earlier Monday about the sad story emerging in Green Bay. Michael Philbin, the 21-year-old son of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, has been reported missing. Packers coach Mike McCarthy spoke on the matter Monday. McCarthy said the organization has a ”family first philosophy” and that they are “holding out hope” for Michael Philbin. It…You must be logged in to see this image or video!
There’s been an update from the story we’ve been following out of Green Bay all day and, unfortunately, it is a sad one. Jason Wilde of ESPN Wisconsin reported a short time ago that the Packers players have been told that the body of Michael Philbin, son of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, has been identified.…You must be logged in to see this image or video!
How else can I write this without seeming unsympathetic?
How else can I write this without seeming unsympathetic?
If the outcome is the worst, I just hope is doesn't distract the Packers on Sunday.
I don't mean to seem insensitive and I do ask out of a genuine curiosity:
Could this be karma?
Unbelievable how you can defend someone who committed such a heinous act. How about those girls lives he destroyed?Please...don't.
Unbelievable how you can defend someone who committed such a heinous act. How about those girls lives he destroyed?
My heart goes out to Joe ad his family and friends....absolutely sad. No parent should live to see their kid pass away. Nobody should suffer like his so did in a drowning. It isn't right...it is sad. It makes me sick when something like this happens. Life is definitely not fair.
But, I'm not going to shed a tear for Michael himself. There is no forgiving an act like that, ever. No excuses. 17 years old? Does not matter one bit. There is nothing worse (besides murder) than taking ****** advantage of a young woman. A 17 year old damn knows well what is right and wrong.