Daily Archives: 5/7/2008
Cenotaphs and Teens
| 5/7/2008 | Posted by Patti under General |
Yesterday, police in Peterborough, Ontario received a complaint about a 17 year old youth urinating on the Cenotaph in Centennial Park. The cenotaph like those throughout the country represents memorials to Canadians who fought and died for this country. On the same day this young person was being charged for his disgusting act, a world away, another young Canadian died serving Canada.
Now, the most common reaction to disgusting behaviour by teenagers is to lump them all into one group tarred with the brush of the perpetrator’s actions. I’ve made that mistake myself a few times. It was interesting to read a followup piece in the Peterborough Examiner of responses to the vandalism. (more…)
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