Mr. Cavanagh didn't do anything wrong by posting these photos. He has the right to do so and frankly when kids are acting like insolent little shits a person has a responsibility to call them out on it. This guy should totally get more respect than he does. This is obviously a risk that you take when blogging, especially in a small community or a small class of people that you have to see twice a week.
Also more bad news for the newspaper industry. This time the LA Times is losing respect and readership. I see reports like this all the time and I'm starting to think that there simply is no solution to this. Maybe newspapers are like VHS and the internet is like DVDs. We should all stop crying about the poor long suffering newspapers and just move on. They should too.
"...when kids are acting like insolent little shits a person has a responsibility to call them out on it."
ReplyDeleteOkay, sure. But why is the community so mad at him for doing it? Are the parent's unable to take responsibility for their poor parenting. I say yes.
There is a point to which I agree with you. The parents should worry about their children's behavior, but at the same time, posting pictures of this bad behavior on the Internet will make sure that this incident follows them the rest of their life.
ReplyDeleteAlso, by "calling them on it" this man has tried to step in front of the law and in front of the parents, and has done so in front of the world. Should that be allowed? I'm not so sure.
And as for the newspaper industry, I say fight on until the very last breath, the very last reporter! If there is news, it should be reported on.
It should be reported on fairly and equally and with some sense of objectivity. The Internet is ANYTHING but objective. The Internet is ANYTHING but fair. And without the newspaper industry to temper it, the Internet will become less equal than ever before.
@Codybrom
ReplyDeleteI say yes too.
@Michelle
records of criminal acts following people all their lives sounds pretty good to me. Thats why we have criminal records.
@e hillin
Whatchu talkin bout hillin?
"The Gospel according to St. Luke"?
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