The latest headlines over here mostly revolve around one Corey Worthington; an otherwise unknown 16-year old boy in Victoria.
His parents went away and left him alone for the weekend. What do you expect happened next?
Well, duh! The kid threw a party and invited all his friends. Then they invited friends. Before you know it, there are 500 teenagers doing what teenagers do when the 'rents are away. Par-tee!
The police were called in due to alcohol, vandalism, and I presume noise complaints. The kid is now facing not only criminal charges, but a $20,000 fine for the excess police that were needed to clear things up. I guess he can forget about wiping up the spilt beer and keeping it a secret from his parents.
They found out on ABC news.
would see in our species -- which has tended to be cruel, destructive,
wasteful, and irrational -- the crown and apex of cosmic evolution.
Viewing us as the culmination of *anything* is grotesque; viewing us
as a transitional species makes more sense -- and gives us more hope.
- Betty McCollister, "Our Transitional Species",
Free Inquiry magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1

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I wonder what was worse for the parents?
1) Finding out via the ABC news
2) The $20,000 damage bill
3) The fact that after 16 years of parenting,they have raised a moron