“Two teenagers were under arrest Sunday on suspicion of killing another teen for his iPod portable music player, police said. The boys were facing charges of murder, robbery and weapons possession in the death of 15-year-old Christopher Rose, police said,” The Associated Press reports. “Rose and three friends were accosted by a group of young men Saturday evening in Brooklyn, police said. Members of the group demanded Rose’s iPod and stabbed him twice in the chest when he resisted.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: It isn’t the iPod, just like it wasn’t the Nike Air Jordans that people were murdered over in years past. Some people are desperate. Some people are stupid. Some people are jealous, evil, vicious, sad, pitiful, selfish or any number of things all rolled into one. Throw the book at them. And throw it hard, so that others who have no self-worth and therefore do not value the lives of others might think twice before attempting such wasteful, ignorant acts. Neglectful parents, meanwhile, should get to work instilling self-worth into their children. Others would probably serve the world best by concentrating on making our french fries crispy and hot and by not having children that they’re incapable of raising properly.
that’s why i allways carry my iSwichblade in my pocket
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good take mdn
Hurray, a ‘{how} to abolish crime by severe punishment’ thread.
Right-wing nutters, unite
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MDN is changing its name to FOX COPS! THE CRAP OF THE CRAP APPLE NEWS.
COMING SOON: STEVE JOBS TAKES A POOP WITHOUT HIS IPOD! SHOCKING BUT TRUE. IS THIS THE END OF iPOD as WE KNOW IT?
MDN CRAP ANALYST WILL PROVIDE FULL COVERAGE OF THE NEWS!
OK Hmm.. let’s cuddle them and say it wasn’t their fault they killed the boy. It was after all the fault of the parents/government/Apple/school/McDonalds. Take your pick…
Correct MDN. Throw the bloody book at them.
They were probably black.
This isn’t Apple news. People are killed in robberies every day, and some of those robberies involve Apple products. Why don’t we see those all here? ‘cuz they’re irrelevant.
People are bad. Provide iPods to everyone as a government benefit and they’ll kill you for your jelly bracelet. I’m all for trying to see what circumstances lead to a crime, but this kid wasn’t destitute or desperate or hungry. He made a decision to do a horrible thing and the rest of us ought to be protected from him one way or another. If that way can also deter people from making a similar decision in the future, I’m for it.
For boing777: Grow up. I know it is hard to see ideas that differ from your own in the press, for much of my life you have not had to deal with that.
You think that the MDN site is right wing? I don’t know, but the opinions expressed are the same ones we have seen on the left. Self-esteeem centered school systems comes from the left. The last line echo’s the comments of some of my left of center friends …
Of course he does see crime as crime so he must be conservative.
Forget the iSwitchblade, I use the iGlock. Too bad it doesn’t come in that pretty white that my iPod comes in. I wonder if there is an iPod attachement for my iGlock to interface them better……
That’ll learn that kid flashing his iPod all over Brooklyn. He knew what he got himself into.
Too bad Christopher wasn’t armed. If he was, the right people would be dead today, instead of the wrong one.
Christopher Rose was black. Your point is?
Fscking racists, what scummy thick bastards you really are.
Kids nowadays lack coping skills.
You tell them “no” or other kids call them names…..they feel the need to respond in a violent way.
Blame the parents…daycare’s breed aggressive kids and there is no attachment with the parents.
Human nature is such that severe punishment is the only thing that works sometimes. Sometimes nothing works. Sometimes being nice works. Human nature is perverse.
It might be cliched, but if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime. Cold-blooded murder deserves at least life (death in my eyes, but I’m in a good mood today).
why does it all have to be black or white, left or right, carrot or stick… what is wrong with balance. why can’t we punish wrongdoers and encourage rightdoing – that’s what i do with my kids. those kids that did this particularly hideous crime are beyond hope so chuck them inside and use them as an example, but for god’s sakes, that’s not the only thing to do. we have to change society but you can’t clean the bath until you empty out the scum…
So iPods are to die for. This is news?
You can always buy another one. Give them your wallet too. Spend your allowance on something useful, like a hand gun.
“Kids nowadays lack coping skills.
You tell them “no” or other kids call them names…..they feel the need to respond in a violent way.”
And whom do they learn that of, eh? Someone does you wrong, you get the right to put them in the ground, because they’re EEEVIIIILLL.
Teach that to the kids and they copy it. You got a big mouth coz I’m taking your iPod, muthafscka? Here’s two stabs in the chest for you.
Next headline:
Apple sued over killer iPods.
This is at best incidental Apple news.
None the less, MDN is right:
1. Not everyone that is horny should have kids
2. These murderers should be hammered
I don’t see this kind of situation as a “right” vs. “left” thing.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Yeah, and I remember back in the day when kids all over the country were getting killed over stupid Starter Jackets and Air Jordans.
They should make the iTase.
The only thing interesting about people stealing iPods is the thief usually keeps the product for personal use.
Condoms, people. CONDOMS!
Societies reap what they sow. Gratuitiious breeding leads to gratuitous killing.
Proud to be a non-breeder.
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Well, what do you expect. Blacks in the inner city are always the ones responsible for this type of crime. They can’t get off of their lazy azzes to get a job so they can go buy one for themselves – they would just rather steal yours and blame society for making them be bad.
If I knew it was going to be this much trouble I would have picked my own cotton.
Wow, it’s a good thing these guys aren’t talking about Jews or else one of us might actually stand up and say something. Or even better yet mdn would delete those posts or just lock this topic all together. Like I said, it’s a good thing because we all like a good “blacks” bashing forum.
I never hear of anybody getting stabbed for a Dell-DJ…