RIP: Personal Accountability

It appears that personal accountability in Charleston, WV has passed away. Let's have a moment of silence and think back on it with fond memories.

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Ok, for those of you who either don't get it or were too lazy to read the article, here's the elevator version of the story:

1. 15-year-old girl gets drunk AT school by engaging in a "vodka chugging contest" with other students.
2. Said chugging contest occurred in a classroom where no teacher was present.
3. Said 15-year-old girl gets caught (still during the school day)
4. Mother of said 15-year-old girl determines that based on points 1, 2 and 3 the all fault lies entirely with the school and it's principal, not on herself--the PARENT.

God, how I love the way some folks will do, say and believe anything so long as it removes any fault from their own backyard.

"Oh no, not MY child."

"My pure little snowflake would never drug, overpower and anally rape an under-age girl!"

"My little princess would never willingly have sex with the boy next door!"

"My child would NEVER drink or do drugs if it were illegal or against parental rules! The fault must lie with society!"

Yes! Society!

Blame the masses, blame television and the media-whore-hopping-mongers! Blame politicians and teachers and priests and anyone else you can think of! Essentially, blame everyone who is not you, because god forbid you admit that maybe letting strangers and T.V. babysit/raise your child for you for the last 15 years was bad idea on your part.

Ms. Angel Cincinnati (which, by the way, sounds like a bad stripper name), you are to parenting what clown shoes are to footwear.