Biting The Hand That Feeds You.

[sonjack2847]

Here in Dalaguete there are a bunch of street kids, Some without parents and some who`s parents either cant or wont look after them.Two expats were feeding them on a regular basis the expats also helped a lot of other children in different ways. These kids repaid them by stealing one expats wallet breaking into a bar and stealing one of the expats wives money out of her hand in the market and she was very heavily pregnant. They knew the pregnant lady as she was until recently helping at the bar. Now the two expats wont feed them anymore and I don`t blame them. The police were informed but could not do anything because of the kids age. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

[Jack Peterson]

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

 

Such is life these days, Many see any sort of Charity/Help as a Right and fought against when removed.

 

JP :tiphat:

[mogo51]

Sad story but so often true.

[Call me bubba]

any friends of die hard supporters of DAVAO Mayor Duterte . he is the one that can stop this pettry theft.//

 or could it be time to open a local chapter....

 

 I condine the law of the jungle but it seems that this one of the only ways to get things solved and fixed.

Edited May 28, 2015 by Call me bubba

[Jack Peterson]

The police were informed but could not do anything because of the kids age.

 

 

I don't know about anyone else but  for me, at any age, I think, a stiff talking to by the local Policeman would do a lot of Good. All to many times it is because nothing is done about this sort of thing at a Young Age that so many grow into the Hoods/Thugs we read about all over the world.

Many times a short lecture from Our local Cop was all that was needed to point us in the right Direction.

I had been escorted Home many times at 8 or 9 and received a good Clipping around the ear from Dad. Of Course that is frowned on today and that my Friends, is where the problem will escalate.

 

JP :tiphat:

[Dave Hounddriver]

any friends of die hard supporters of DAVAO Mayor Duterte . he is the one that can stop this pettry theft

 

I'm truly shocked.  Example:  If you feed a puppy out of a sack of food and he is hungry later, will he not rip open the bag to take more food?  Would you shoot the dog for that.  Example 2:  If you give a kid money out of a wallet that seems connected to a seemingly endless money tree, would the uneducated and hungry kids think you are being cheap for not giving more and then grab that wallet to take more money?  And you want to shoot them for that?

 

There is a reason they don't prosecute kids.  Its because they are kids!  The kids mentioned in this thread seem to be acting alone and like kids that need a spanking or to be otherwise educated.

 

HOWEVER:  and this is a big however, I DO AGREE with you about the Davao 'squad' comment in the event the kids are being organized and led by a Fagan (Dickens reference).  In that case it would not hurt my feelings to see some adult being eliminated if he is making a living off the crimes he is teaching kids to pull off.

[OnMyWay]

 

The police were informed but could not do anything because of the kids age.

 

 

I don't know about anyone else but  for me, at any age, I think, a stiff talking to by the local Policeman would do a lot of Good. All to many times it is because nothing is done about this sort of thing at a Young Age that so many grow into the Hoods/Thugs we read about all over the world.

Many times a short lecture from Our local Cop was all that was needed to point us in the right Direction.

I had been escorted Home many times at 8 or 9 and received a good Clipping around the ear from Dad. Of Course that is frowned on today and that my Friends, is where the problem will escalate.

 

JP :tiphat:

 

 

Jack, unfortunately, I think we are talking apples and oranges here, as far as the world we grew up in and what they are growing up in.  I can't speak for you but when I was growing up in the 50s and 60's, a talk from a good cop could certainly turn a kid around.  For the older ones, did you ever see the movie "Scared Straight"?

 

Most street kids like the ones Sonjack mentioned are dirt poor.  Parents are non-existent or drug addicts or???  Sometimes the kids are already drug addicts.  I would suspect that the kids are all well known to the local police and certainly by the security guards at places like McDonalds.

 

Kids like that often lack the mental capacity to even know what the concept of "bite the hand that feeds you" means.  As Dave insinuated, they are basically living like animals, fighting for anything they can get today to live on, without regard for tomorrow.

 

Very sad.

[Thomas]

Sad story but so often true.

Yes.  Extra sad for the kids who DIDN'T do it.

[bows00]

If you give a kid money out of a wallet that seems connected to a seemingly endless money tree, would the uneducated and hungry kids think you are being cheap for not giving more and then grab that wallet to take more money? And you want to shoot them for that?

If you give a kid money out of a wallet that seems connected to a seemingly endless money tree, would the uneducated and hungry kids think you are being cheap for not giving more and then grab that wallet to take more money? And you want to shoot them for that?

You have got to be kidding me! These kids need a big whooping. How else are you going to correct the behavior? It's is about loving them enough to set them right. Spending some time in a jail cell might scare them straight.

[sonjack2847]

 

Sad story but so often true.

Yes.  Extra sad for the kids who DIDN'T do it.

 

Yes Thomas and mogo51 because of a few a lot will go without.