"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2013-11-24 2:24 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> No kidding. Some parents never should have been. I know of many horror
>>> stories of young kids growing up in very bad environments. Many of
>>> those adult children fill our prison populations now. Some have gone
>>> on to be successful but many others are just messed up adults.
>>>
>>> G.
>>
>>
>> Then there are those that grow up in good environments and still go very
>> wrong.
>>
>
> Consider the numbers and the types of crimes. While there may be the
> occasional well bred and wealthy killer, far more of the killers have a
> disadvantaged background, little money, bad parents, bad neighbourhoods
> and bad choices. Seriously, look at class pictures of kids in preppy
> private schools and compare them with a class picture from an inner city
> school. Consider the odds of kids in those two pictures being convicted or
> or a victim of a violent crime.
>


So, what's your point? I didn't say all, I said some, and *some* very
privileged preppy kids do turn out bad...like the Menendez Brothers, Philip
Markoff...just to name a couple.

Cheri