On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:26:28 -0500, Jim Charter wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Wow, such a shame for the son, but I imagine quite a wake-up call for
>> the father.  It's a shame he had to learn his lesson from his son's
>> experience, and had to provide such a poor example to the son.
>> 
>> 
> Yes, in this story we never get to know the son, but one wonders if he
> might have been a better beneficiary of such a harsh lesson, perhaps at
> the expense of the father.

Indeed, that may well have been the case.

Jim

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