Mark Walton Arrested

[BengalChris]

(02-21-2019, 09:27 PM)Shady Wrote: I said no because my own son made some stupid decisions when he was young, even more stupid than ones that I made at his age. Now, he's having a hard time finding a job that would allow him to live an independent life. Even the Army is giving him a hard time. He's in the middle of a waiver process with them right now, and it's hard helping with the application process. Saying yes to questions like "have you ever been arrested?" "Have you ever been arrested for drugs." "Have you ever been convicted?" "Have you ever done court-ordered rehab?" As a parent, it's hard knowing your kid has to answer YES to those questions.

So, I'm a little more sympathetic with Walton right now. Hopefully, this has come as a shock to him and he'll straighten up. I thought he looked decent in the few chances he got during the regular season. I'd prefer not to have waste a draft pick on a 3rd down RB.

Shady,

I feel for you. And your son. Drugs ruin people's lives. People, and officials (cough, cough), who support the expansion of drugs into our culture want people ruined, otherwise they'd support the opposite. Obviously.

One of my cousins that I was very close to growing up (think 60s and 70s) went down that road and ended up in prison for years. He didn't get out until he was in his 50s (he's younger than me) and now he's doing odd mechanic jobs in Columbus. I didn't recognize him in a photo someone showed me last year.

Your son is young and has many, many tomorrows ahead of him. This will pass for him if he keeps his nose clean. He just needs to get into a job where he can show that he can be a productive member of a team and that he has value and produces good products. People know you by your products. It doesn't matter whether it's the latest beautifully designed auto or a well bagged basket of groceries, people know you by the quality of work you do. It may be a slow road and today the young people expect everything to happen in a minute or two, but in the real world people don't believe their ears when someone says things have changed, they only seem to believe when they see it with their eyes. So the answer is to let people see the good side and then they can be won over.



As for Walton, he's highly paid and is in a position to influence others and he's been showing his ugly side to the world. There are other jobs out there for him in the NFL or whatever other leagues there are. Walton hasn't done quality work for the Bengals.

Chris