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[Bettie]

32. I am a mother to three sons

Two of my boys are teenagers and one is only 7.

I can guarantee that if any of my sons did anything like this, I would not stop loving them, but I would ensure that, as much as it might hurt to see, paid for what they had done.

Furthermore, I and my husband would be apologizing to their victim, not minimizing what had happened.

But, my boys have already in their lives learned that actions have consequences, perhaps not on such a huge scale, but they do understand that what they do is important, far more than what they say.

Both of them (the bigger ones) read the initial story and each asked me the same general questions about it. First, they wanted to know why someone who found an unconscious person wouldn't just call 911 for help. Then, they were confused as to why the father's letter didn't really seem as if he felt bad for the girl who was violated.

It isn't a lynch mob, it is disgust at their example of people who think rape isn't such a big deal if it is their boy doing the raping.