05-12-2016, 08:56 AM
(05-11-2016, 09:09 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I like Brad, but when something like that happens, you really have to get past the victim mentality. I'm sure that's tough when everyone from his lawyer to his family were probably telling him he was the victim... but honestly lawyers are paid to do that and family is probably only going to say that because they don't want to pile on after a traumatic event.
This is a very good point. Most 15 year olds who get caught drinking get punished by their parents. But in this case I doubt anything was ever done to Brad. And I do not blame his parents. I certainly would not punish a child who had already been damaged as bad as Brad. But this lack of punishment left him thinking like any 15 year old who was not punished for his bad behavior. He feels like he did nothing wrong and was not to blame for his actions.
