ripped from the headlines!

[unbibium]

When you heard of the 8-year-old who "confessed" to a double-murder, and searching your mind's eye for a default image of an eight-year-old, did any of you immediately think of Lisa Simpson? Because I sure can't name anyone else who's eight years old. Oh, wait -- the kid from Home Alone was 8 when he battled those robbers in that giant house.

In both cases, Hollywood has conditioned me to severely overestimate the cleverness of children.

Comments

[kirkjerk.livejournal.com]

I usually have to subtract 5 and think about what grade I was in, to give me that kind of context.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

I had just turned 8 when my sister was born, so that's where my brain goes.

[justinsane.livejournal.com]

I say the kid is innocent it was beyond tasteless what the police did to get their 'confession'.