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No one is ever to blame : Comments

By Jay Thompson, published 18/1/2008

The word party boy Corey Worthington seems to be shying away from is 'responsibility'.

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What happened to RESPECT for himself, and his parent's property PRIOR to deciding to invite the "world" to his party.

This guy is obviously arrogant, has shown no remorse for his actions, to his parents or neighbours in the street whose property was damaged, only interested in getting another media/television/radio deal in light of his new-found "status".

The full force of Victorian Law should be shown to this hoon, he should be made to pay for the Victorian Police time in attending to this hoons party, whereby the police could have been attending other matters in order to prevent crime.

Do we excuse a sixteen year old for going off his head because he was drunk and decided he was going to be the "man" for a night - no we shouldn't.

All children/youth know right from wrong....Cory is no different. I do not believe Cory got to the age of sixteen and doesn't know right from wrong - Unless he lived under a rock his entire life.

His behaviour was totally unacceptable to most human beings and parents on this planet.

Newspaper reports stated it took him several days to apologize to his parents. He should have shown balls and called his parents the next day and not wait for media etc to get in contact with the parents.

Maybe there is another underlying story here - being the parents.

We are all a product of our upbringing, our parents teach us responsibility, respect for humanity and our fellow human beings, it teaches bonding, life values and consequences of actions.

I guess I am old-fashioned as some of the above values seem to be missing in Cory's life or he wouldn't have invited the world to his party and not have been aware of the consequences.

I have had the opportunity to speak to many youths since this issue was raised - without exception - they have stated, the guy's a loser and should be taught a lesson he won't forget in a hurry - their words not mine.
Posted by SAINTS, Saturday, 19 January 2008 6:07:03 PM
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SAINTS

I would question the parent's RESPECT of their sixteen year old, by leaving him alone whilst they went on holiday.

Did the boy foresee the outcome of his actions? Hindsight is a great teacher.

As adults, we all know that the outcome could have been horribly worse.

Some youngsters may at sixteen, be as mature as adults. But, I would suggest they are the exception rather than the norm.

The media - pandering to a brainless readership - gave Corey "hero" status and publicity, indeed encouraged him. What of media RESPECT for the reading public (and indeed for this boy), by responsible reporting, instead of exploitation, and opportunistic riding on the coat-tails of this sixteen year old's ego and misadventures.

Yes, there was a lack of RESPECT. But I think that Corey's undoubtedly irresponsible and probably impetuous act, was, in the scheme of things, less serious than others ...
Posted by Danielle, Saturday, 19 January 2008 8:18:20 PM
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There are worse than Corey in the world. Soem of them were probably at the party! (and $20000 doesnt go far these days)

But the old adage... what if Everyoone was like him?
Posted by savoir68, Sunday, 20 January 2008 7:20:03 PM
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The word "teenager" was coined by Madison Avenue advertising executives when they figured out that teen aged children in the USA possessed collective "pocket money" that was far in excess of the national budgets of most of the countries in the world.

Advertisers use psychologists to understand the needs and wants of every targetted consumer group, and their psychologists went to work figuring out which sales pitch would appeal to teenagers. They knew that teenagers were at that point in their lives when they were both adult and child, and that they were desperately trying to forge a positive adult identity. The smarter teenagers could manage that themselves, but there were a lot of dumb kids from dysfunctional families who were unsure how to go about it.

So, pitching sales to anti family, anti parent, and anti authority themes was the way to go. The fact that Corey is now being actively recruited by media representatives as a symbol to other teenegars of these values, validates this premise.

Parents, teachers, religious leaders, and community leaders do their best to teach children to obey the Law, and be responsible and respectful to others. Then along comes the media which teaches ever younger children the joys of doing the exact opposite. By doing this, they are usurping the rights of the community to set the boundaries of acceptable behaviour to our youngest generation, and kids like Corey, who are unable to grasp what is right or wrong behaviour, are the result.
Posted by redneck, Monday, 21 January 2008 4:32:16 AM
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Redneck said: "Then along comes the media which teaches ever younger children the joys of doing the exact opposite."

Ahh yes, it is all the mee-ja's fault. Poor little Corey didn't do anything wrong, he has been taken advantage of by the malevolent forces in the mee-ja. Maybe we should just do away with this free press concept and let a group of people with the 'correct' values decide what is shown on tele and written about in the press.

Media outlets cover what they hope will sell papers and bring in viewers/listeners - nothing more, nothing less. Everyone knows it and it isn't hard to filter what you see and hear with that basic premise in mind. And anyway, the media weren't extolling the virtues of what Corey got up to - they have (rightly) portrayed him as an irresponsible, arrogant little worm and held him up for public ridicule. The fact that some of the little darlings in the audience now see him as some sort of role model speaks volumes about them and their lack of upbringing, and nothing about the media whatsoever.
Posted by stickman, Monday, 21 January 2008 10:07:10 AM
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Cory is an example par excellence of what is wrong with the West - no one is allowed to say No. Not the Police, not the neighbours, not the teachers and, least of all, not the parants.

Cory is the result of the consumer binge which has been going on for some three decades - the cargo cult mentality - all you need is the goods and the good times will flow. Well, guess what - it don't come that easy - there is no such thing a free lunch.

Self-discipline does not come easy - it costs. It costs time and effort. The easy answers provided by intellectuals who claim that social mores, ethics, traditions just sort of rub off through a process of osmosis are kidding themselves and confining generations to a life in hell.

We have thrown out the rule book. When have students learnt from memory? Oh, sorry - this is somehow deemed an invasion of privacy. When was the last time the local school stood before the flag and sang our National Athem? Yep - that old histrory. When do we honour those quite achievers rather than the over paid Bollywood starlets that strut the sports pages? When will politicians practice honesty? I'm not holding my breath on that one. Where do we honour virtue, honesty, mercy, integrity? Never.

Who can blame Cory and his mates - they never had a chance.
Posted by rivergum, Monday, 21 January 2008 11:47:35 AM
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