More on yesterday's post.

I wrote yesterday about Merle stealing the BB gun. Here are a few more observations from that same article.

Jordan Henderson, age 18, says he saw just two options for his future: death or jail. With an attitude like that, no wonder he's a failure. What about the options of go to school, work hard, be honorable? He says he got involved in drugs and criminal activity and prayed he'd live to see 21. Do you find that a bit ironic? Criminals and drug dealers praying and expecting their prayers to be answered? Jordan says he wasn't involved in that lifestyle by choice, but because he was condemned to it.  Rationalize all you want to Jordan, but you chose it.

Jordan says, "We all like to think we can outsmart the system . . . We all end up in jail or dead." No, we don't.

We can see how seriously we should take this study by the question asked of the 1,300 juvenile offenders who participated: How long do you think you'll live. Answers ranged from 16 to 200 years old.