Josh Duggar

[rebel100]

I respect your opinion rebel, but I don't buy into the "but he was a kid himself". There is right and wrong and at that age you know the difference. Would you say that about a 12-14 year old murderer? Highly doubt it. We will never know what would have happened, but things were definitely not handled appropriately according to legal standards. You also must question why the legal documents of this investigation were recently destroyed when they are usually kept forever.

I haven't heard of any destroyed documents, not following all that closely. You lose me a little when you elevate unwanted inappropriate fondling to murder. Wrong? ABSOLUTELY! And it cannot be undone...but it wasn't murder. If we play the what if game then what if this was in any way consensual...still wouldn't be right but how would that change the dynamic? I'm no fan of the "kid himself" defense either, but he was and that changes how the "legitimate authorities" would have treated this. My argument is that end of the day the outcome of his presence in the house probably wouldn't have deviated much from what I understand occurred. Further, while we may wish for faith in the judicial system, I believe that faith (if blind) would be as misplaced as blind faith in a non secular solution.

I'm not sure what the detractors are hoping for. There is no solution where this kid would be taken outside and shot to death for touching his sisters. The likelihood of permanent removal from the home is also very unlikely. Maybe I'm unclear on what folks are looking for here. What could they have done that would have insured a better outcome?