From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/16/25 2:49 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > Yes. You're leaving out the misery he and his wife   
   > > must have experienced for MANY years as their son   
   > > fell into drug addiction   
   >   
   > I read that his first stint in rehab was at the age of   
   > 15. When I was 15 it would have been a rare day when I   
   > could afford a pizza or a trip to McDonalds! This kid   
   > was buying drugs!   
      
   There are a lot of kids who are given drugs to get   
   them hooked, then they go out and commit crimes to   
   get the money to buy drugs.   
   >   
   > What I'm saying is that as much as it comes across as   
   > victim blaming, you can't pretend he didn't have a   
   > role in his family problems. By definition, he did.   
      
   In any case, Rob Reiner's life wasn't entirely a   
   picnic. He had problems just like everyone else.   
   >   
   > I imagine he raised his kid very much like he had been   
   > raised, only in an extremely different world.   
      
   Yes, it is a shame that our society went off the   
   rails the way it did. It all started when the   
   atheists made sure we removed God from any   
   public mention, and it's been all downhill from   
   that point as more and more people abandon their   
   religious upbringing -- and I was one of those   
   when I was a young adult, which is something I   
   have mentioned more than once on this group.   
      
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