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ljm2002

(10,751 posts)

11. Nothing like being young and stupid...

Reply to libodem (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 01:55 PM

Jun 2012

...most of us don't make quite such bizarre choices, and most of us don't pay so dearly for the stupid things we did in our youth.

I hope he is able to resume a somewhat normal and happy life. I can't get too worked up about the sentence, especially considering the climate at the time -- but still, yes I agree, poor kid, wrong place, wrong time.