I think the argument over whether these kids are good or bad has been well discussed. I didn't always make great decisions as a kid, granted I did not enter someone's home in the middle of the night.

What bothers me is the ignorance these kids have of the fact that if that door opened and they stepped in that there would be an armed homeowner that would blow a smoking hole in them. These kids, their families and an entire community would be deeply affected by that. That one bad decision, dare, will end up with someone getting shot.

I live in an urban neighborhood skirted by some not so great areas. Weekly there is video of porch thieves, car being rummaged, garages being broken into for items as small as bikes, lawnmowers, personal items, as minimal as a pair of shoes off the porch. It's just a matter of time that the wrong house is going to be ****ed with and a kid will die in someone's backyard.

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I think the argument over whether these kids are good or bad has been well discussed. I didn't always make great decisions as a kid, granted I did not enter someone's home in the middle of the night.

What bothers me is the ignorance these kids have of the fact that if that door opened and they stepped in that there would be an armed homeowner that would blow a smoking hole in them. These kids, their families and an entire community would be deeply affected by that. That one bad decision, dare, will end up with someone getting shot.

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You are correct. Unfortunately, play stupid games, win stupid prizes applies at any age. I hope they may have learned a lesson from the backlash on this one, and don't try this again.

That part of the OP was lost on a lot of people.

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Mr. Hnatt created some kind of management software for the ag industry if I recall correctly that was widely used. He didn't make his money teaching.

Many of my profs at Mays were loaded from their time in private industry.

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Took his freshman info course back in 03/04 - great Professor and human being by all accounts.

This board needs a serious purge.

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What bothers me is the ignorance these kids have of the fact that if that door opened and they stepped in that there would be an armed homeowner that would blow a smoking hole in them. These kids, their families and an entire community would be deeply affected by that. That one bad decision, dare, will end up with someone getting shot.

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Right after I graduated A&M, I moved back in with my dad for a couple of months to get some cash saved. He lived in a typical middle class neighborhood in a Houston suburb, and we both were woken up by a gunshot one night. Didn't hear anything else and eventually heard a ton of cop cars pull up to a house down the street. Turns out that their baby woke up and as he was going to the kitchen to get some milk, he saw 2 people trying to break into his shed in the back yard, so he grabbed his shotgun and snuck out a side window and then fired a shot into the ground in front of the shed. He said both of them immediately hit the ground and started crying. They were a couple of neighborhood teens who were bored. Under Texas law, he could have shot them and been OK, but chose not to. Both were arrested and the guy didn't face any charges. Never had another incident on that street the rest of the time my dad lived in that house.

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I live in an urban neighborhood skirted by some not so great areas. Weekly there is video of porch thieves, car being rummaged, garages being broken into for items as small as bikes, lawnmowers, personal items, as minimal as a pair of shoes off the porch. It's just a matter of time that the wrong house is going to be ****ed with and a kid will die in someone's backyard.

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Getting shot would have been better than facing my dad if caught.

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Mr. Hnatt created some kind of management software for the ag industry if I recall correctly that was widely used. He didn't make his money teaching.

Many of my profs at Mays were loaded from their time in private industry.

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Took his freshman info course back in 03/04 - great Professor and human being by all accounts.

This board needs a serious purge.

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"Please ban anyone who thinks different than I do"