Ed, it’s ridiculous that the police are charging all these kids at the house where that deck collapsed. The cops didn’t go there for noise, so they were not bothering anybody, and they would not have known the kids had beer in the house until the damn deck collapsed. A bunch of them got hurt. These kids didn’t deserve it, and now they’re going to hit them all for under-age drinking and probably screw with their driver’s licenses. For what? They were behind closed doors. I’m not saying under-age drinking is right but these kids got hurt and nobody wants to give them a break.

The Excuser

What’s ridiculous is that we’ll cry and moan about under-age drinking if they get loud or rowdy, but ‘they were not bothering anybody’ is the clarion call for a bunch of spoiled little brats when the cops come calling for some other reason. Let’s get real here. Either its bad or its not, but you can’t have it both ways.

— Ed. Note