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Originally Posted by Rew
I read about this last night and almost started a topic in here myself about it.
What causes otherwise normal teenaged girls to engage in such inhuman brutality as this? It's easy to blame the parents, but I think that's very unwise (and smacks of witch-hunting) unless there's clear evidence of such--for instance the parents of the one girl who opened their home to this event, as well as at least one parent who lied to the media in trying to defend her daughter. Other than that, though, for all we know the parents could be just as shocked as the rest of the world and in inconsolable grief over their daughters being able to carry out such an atrocious act.
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I think that brutality is a sign, not necessarily of the results of poor parenting, though that is certainly a factor as well, but primarily of human nature. This sort of thing is not a recent occurance on earth. As Ecclesiastes states, " There is nothing new under the sun." What we're seeing here is the same brutality humans have been partaking in for thousands of years, from ancient barbaric cultures to things like fraternity initiation ceremonies. I think it's when things like this happen that those who witness it should be willing to sit back and consider the possibility that the blame simply belongs to those who have done the deed. Placing responsibility upon those who commit wrong is a lost principle in today's relativistic culture.
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Originally Posted by Rew
All over a MySpace/txting squabble. If they really disliked that girl that much, was she worth throwing their lives away over?
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Is that really the question? There is the possibility that, in their minds, it was worth it. If you base your ethics solely on personal benefit, that can lead to atrocities just like this.