On Apr 6, 1:08=EF=BF=BDpm, Ruby Vee <rubyv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Michael is on the sofa, playing with a violent video game, and when
> Carly interrupts him, telling him "You of all people should know the
> consequences of playing with guns," his response is "You KNOW it was an
> accident!" =EF=BF=BDHis biggest concern seemed to be that his mother was
s=
till
> mad at him after he explained that he didn't shoot Kate intentionally.
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=BF=BD
> That would have been an excellent time to explain to him that it was an
> accident he shouldn't have had, since he shouldn't have had a gun in
> the first place. =EF=BF=BDAnd that he DID intentionally leave her lying
> bleeding in the dirt instead of calling for help.
>
> Yet even Kate seems as if she's going to let it pass.
>
> Michael could learn a bit about owning up to your accidents and taking
> responsibility for your mistakes from his paternal grandmother.
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No,
> not Adella, who seems to have entirely missed the boat when it comes to
> protecting your children from absent or abusive fathers and step
> fathers.) =EF=BF=BDMonica took responsibility for her actions,
apologized =
to
> the person she hurt and took her consequences like a woman.
>
> As far as Michael apologizing to Kate -- why hasn't it happened
> already? =EF=BF=BDAnyone of the three parents in his life should have
haul=
ed
> him to her home and stood there while he apologized.
>
> Ruby
Ruby, I agree with everything you said! Well, except (you knew there
would be an exception, right?) that Monica took responsibility for her
actions only after she'd been caught. She tried very hard to conceal
evidence of even having had an accident. So she's no sterling
example.
I've been very disappointed in the way everybody, except Jax, seems to
think *Michael has suffered enough*. I really expected Kate to let
Sonny know that an apology was in order, even if she didn't want to
see Michael hauled off to jail. Carly has had so many misdeeds covered
up by Sonny and Jason that it didn't surprise me that she saw no
reason to use this situation to teach her son the value of owning up.
The only thing Michael has learned is that he was right all along:
anything he does is alright because his parents will just cover it up.
And now something truly dreadful has happened. Do we consider it
another *accident* because Michael wasn't meant to be the target?
PJ
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