I'd happily pay money to watch him be suffocated in a barrel of salt. Can you go-fund things like that?

iceman wrote:what is beginning to become a disturbing trend to me is every asshole who wants something for some reason starts a go fund me... so feel sorry for me and give me money and I'll feel better, or help me get to financial security by begging for money.... it's gettin old... what ever happened to working for what you want... screw this guy.... so he paid for his crime... BF deal... he was an asshole then and still is...

Exactly!! I'm getting sick of beggars!!! Everyone thinks everybody else should "fund them" to do whatever they want...nobody wants to work for it. It's sad...the country used to have pride.
This kid is a waste of oxygen...too bad he didn't bite it in one of the airplanes he wrecked...or in prison.
John

Looks like the Feds just shut down his go fund me project....

I have to say that the entire concept of go fund me is completely beyond my comprehension. I got solicited by a company that makes really nice folding titanium stoves. They had a successful model, but wanted to make a smaller version, so they asked everyone who'd bought one of their original stoves to give them money to produce the smaller stove. In exchange...get this...you could BUY one of the smaller stoves...full price.

I'm not sure what staggers me more...that people give money, or that people ask for it.

When I was 18 I was living out of a car. After a few false starts and odd, if not exactly wrong turns, I found myself in a strange town with half a tank of gas and three dollars cash. It simply never occurred to me to ask anyone, ever, for help. It's damn near impossible to get hired when you live out of a car and can't afford to even shave, so instead I put my whetstones and honing oil in a tackle box (to look professional) and went door-to-door, sharpening knives for $2 a piece. That wasn't easy for me...I was very shy, but I doubled my net worth by the end of the first day: full tank of gas and six dollars cash.

When I left that strange Montana town six months later I had a new mountain bike, new kayak, a two-tape boom box, and damn near six-hundred dollars. Oh...and I paid rent to live in a 1952 single-wide trailer from November to May, which are some of the worst months to live out of a car in Montana.

Too bad Cody wasn't around back then...I could of sold him into white slavery and bought a wind surfer...

Great story Hammer. This is what the snowflake generation, by and large, is missing. A willingness to take responsibility for their own lives and a determination to work for what they want. I know there are still good, hard working kids out there, but this seems to more the norm than not. Kids are a product of their environment. I blame the parents for not parenting.


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Here's the real kicker...taken from an article in Avweb on line news..."Harris-Moore paid restitution to the victims of his crimes after selling movie rights to Sony, according to Seattle’s King5 news station."

Once again, the little SOB is having someone else pay his way and not taking any responsibility for his actions. What is this world coming to when we treat criminals like this as movie heroes!

Crzyivan13 wrote:How about go get a job and earn it? Not use your "fame" for a handout.

Dickweed.

You can't really blame him for doing exactly what the values in this country instill in the youth, lie cheat and steal, anything to get ahead is second to the almighty dollar. The sad thing is i'm sure there are going to be many people who shovel money into this cesspool.

Grassstrippilot wrote:This is what the snowflake generation, by and large, is missing. A willingness to take responsibility for their own lives and a determination to work for what they want.

I have to say as the father of two children in this generation, I could not possibility disagree more. I see more entrepreneurial millennials than in my generation. I see kids that are willing to stand up for their rights, rather than be exploited. I see kids with *tons* higher social IQ than in my generation. In the 60's, 70's and 80's bullying was almost encouraged, if not actively then at least by looking the other way, and harmed hundreds of thousands of kids. Now kids are actually taught to respect one another, and it's working.

Are there kids that don't take responsibility for their lives? Of course. There were in my generation also. And in the one before that. And the one before that.

I think it's foolish to generalize an entire generation. But, since that's what we're doing, I think that the millennials are a better generation than mine. But, like I said, who cares about the broad strokes of an entire generation.

Colton's problem is not that he's a millennial. It's that he was raised by a crazy person (whom, it's worth noting, was not a mellenial) and, maybe, has some neurological issues himself. Those explanations are reason enough to question sending him money without blaming an entire generation for his actions.

RWM wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvrmltfMrA

Seems like comments about the 'm' crew aren't too different from what I heard in the years between the Vietnan debacle and after about 'boomers'. Could be the world is headed to the depths. Then again?? I guess we'll see.

"This younger generation really has it together."

--Said no member of the older generation, ever.

Zzz wrote:"This younger generation really has it together."

--Said no member of the older generation, ever.

Bahahaha!

Well said Zane!

That said, even though I complain about the next generation, I'd hire either one of my kids in a heartbeat. I think a lot of people that complain about the next generation are really complaining about their own generation's failings as parents, teachers and role models.

Zzz wrote:"This younger generation really has it together."

--Said no member of the older generation, ever.

Yup, that's exactly right. Every generation says it differently, whether it be "self admiring, emaciated fribbles" (1771), "a lessening sense for both duty and discipline" (1904) or "lax habits, low moral standards" (1926) they are all saying the same thing "you kids, get off my lawn!".

There was a news article today about a Mom driving her 2 kids around, the kids were stealing Xmas lights & tossing them into the car. Mom got arrested & the kids are in foster care.
So which generation is at fault?

iceman wrote:what is beginning to become a disturbing trend to me is every asshole who wants something for some reason starts a go fund me... so feel sorry for me and give me money and I'll feel better, or help me get to financial security by begging for money.... it's gettin old... what ever happened to working for what you want... screw this guy.... so he paid for his crime... BF deal... he was an asshole then and still is...

I think there is an airplane group for assholes. He could become a member.

I'd really like to see this kid succeed using his own legitimate merits....especially looking at his background growing up.

However, realistically, we're not going to see that. It's a shame.
And no, I'm not donating to his cause or advocating that anyone should.