Laura M. Young wrote:
> On 4/6/08 1:08 PM,"Ruby Vee" <rubyvee3@[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!" His biggest concern seemed to be that his mother was still
>>mad at him after he explained that he didn't shoot Kate intentionally.
>>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. And that he DID intentionally leave her lying
>>bleeding in the dirt instead of calling for help.
>
>
> Yes, you'd have thought this would be a great time for Carly to mention
> these things to him.
>
>>Yet even Kate seems as if she's going to let it pass.
>
>
> Kate isn't his parent! She's not anything except the innocent victim
who
> nearly got killed because the mini-mobster was running around with a gun
> trying to be like his dad. And it was just a couple weeks ago that
people
> in here were screaming in protest at the suggestion that Jax, who IS the
> kid's stepfather, should dare to involve himself in the parenting
process
> since he has no right because his mother did such a lousy job with him
and
> Jerry. I can just see what people would say about how hypocritical Kate
is
> for involving herself in correcting Michael for leaving her bleeding to
> death on the sidewalk, being as how she got community service for
dinging a
> couple of cars and leaving those scenes!
>
> Kate probably reads this newsgroup and wisely decided to keep quiet
since
> she was lucky enough to survive! LOL
>
>
>>Michael could learn a bit about owning up to your accidents and taking
>>responsibility for your mistakes from his paternal grandmother. (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.) Monica 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? Anyone of the three parents in his life should have hauled
>>him to her home and stood there while he apologized.
>>
>>Ruby
>>
>
> Yup, you'd think...except you can't fault Jax. Again, he's only the
> step-parent who has been reminded of that multiple times by both Carly
and
> Sonny that he needs to keep his mouth shut about disciplining the kids
> unless he is agreeing with them.
>
> Of course, we're about to have another major rift between these two
since
> Carly's already on the warpath since Sonny dared to take his son without
> clearing it with Carly, Does she not remember her pulling the reverse
stunt
> on him, by just dumping the kids off at his house without even telling
him
> they were coming, or finding out if he was even going to be home, while
she
> flitted off out of town somewhere? And, now that Michael's been shot,
we're
> going to hear again about how it is Sonny's fault, which is ironic
because
> he appears (on the surface, at least) to be trying very hard to become
just
> a coffee im****ter.
>
I agree with Laura on this one. This wasn't on Jax.....
Vox
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