Why is everyone picking on the daughter? What about her BOYFRIEND?

[LisaM]

He is legally an adult, and says on his Facebook (or maybe MySpace) page that he doesn't want kids - yet he had unprotected sex with a minor! I feel sorry for the baby arriving into the world with this jerk as her dad.

[olkaz]

1. Do we **really** know he's the dad? nm

[JVS]

15. Maury Maury Maury

[billyoc]

2. Sorry about that, all these trailers look the same to me, I couldn't find him.

:evilgrin:

[valerief]

3. I'm sure the governor will look into that matter.

[gateley]

4. Are people picking on the daughter? What I've seen has been understanding

and supportive of her.

[LisaM]

6. Well, just in the sense of endlessly discussing her situation

Which, if you are a 17-year old girl, could be pretty intense.

[gateley]

16. Oh - gotcha.

Yeah, that's why I think her mom was being so selfish. It will follow her daughter and the baby around for a long time.

[Occam Bandage]

5. Who's picking on Bristol? She's just a kid. So is this guy. Whatever.

[Az]

7. We still don't know enough about the dad or if he even is the dad

And its not really an issue we need to focus on. He isn't running for office. Focus on the fact that abstinence only sex ed doesn't work.

[Stop Cornyn]

8. Me? I'm picking on McCain and his half-assed campaign. Who's picking on kids?

[book_worm]

9. Was he 18 when the baby was conceived?

[LisaM]

12. I don't know.

I guess my overriding point is that in teen pregnancy situations, the girl has to take about 99 percent of the grief. I've long thought it was high time to address this issue.

[mzmolly]

10. Is there a link to the myspace page?

?

[saltpoint]

11. Actually I see quite a lot of very empathetic posts on the daughter.

The boyfriend doesn't fair nearly as well, although it's owed to his abbreviated and coarse remarks on another website and not to his being this age or possessed of this or that trait.

They're two young folks. I got no quarrel with 'em.

[depakid]

13. Where do you see that?

or are you just trying to create that impression?

[slackmaster]

14. What's he running for?

:shrug:

[JVS]

17. Why not go after that boy's uncle? Oh yeah, because it serves no purpose.

We'll bring up Levi when it's convenient.

[Matariki]

18. Who's 'picking on the daughter'?

Define 'picking on'. I haven't seen any posts on DU condemning her in any way.

[BlooInBloo]

19. The hand-wringers are pretty much the ONLY people talking about the daughter....

It's really funny though. The rest of us are talking about Abramoff, AIP, Ireland, and other things, but you handwringers just can't seem to let go of the daughter-thing.

:rofl:

[LisaM]

20. That wasn't my point

My point was that the daughter's taking the brunt of this - and that in teen pregnancy situations, all the heat is on the girl. That's all. I'm not wringing my hands. I just am pointing out that it takes two.

[BlooInBloo]

22. If you stopped talking about her, then nobody would be talking about her....

You folks are the only ones keeping her in the convo.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. People are picking on the mother, not the daughter.

The boyfriend's mom is not running for office, and is not trying to tell other people what to do with their reproductive parts.