12-12-2013, 12:44 PM
That's a new one to me; never heard of someone like Couch being described as an "Affluenza" sufferer before.
Where I come from, we always just called them spoiled rotten entitled little pieces of shit.
Money talks. In this case it's screaming "injustice" to me.
Imagine a neglected ghetto kid killing four people like that and claiming, in defense, "I didn't understand the consequences of my actions because no one was ever around to teach/discipline me so I've been fending and figuring shit out for myself." Essentially, the same but more legitimate excuse - poor parenting.
Lacking the $450k, the neglected ghetto kid would likely be in a juvenile facility for some time.
Anyway, I hope the Couch parents are mandated to get some monitored counseling/therapy regarding how to parent/discipline children before little Ethan kills someone else - since they admit that they passed the Affluenza on to their son.
Where I come from, we always just called them spoiled rotten entitled little pieces of shit.
Money talks. In this case it's screaming "injustice" to me.
Imagine a neglected ghetto kid killing four people like that and claiming, in defense, "I didn't understand the consequences of my actions because no one was ever around to teach/discipline me so I've been fending and figuring shit out for myself." Essentially, the same but more legitimate excuse - poor parenting.
Lacking the $450k, the neglected ghetto kid would likely be in a juvenile facility for some time.
Anyway, I hope the Couch parents are mandated to get some monitored counseling/therapy regarding how to parent/discipline children before little Ethan kills someone else - since they admit that they passed the Affluenza on to their son.