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Chick-fil-A founder goes easy on vandals
Filed under: Tweens, Teens, In The News, Religion & Spirituality
In addition to being responsible for creating the most delicious chicken sandwich known to man, Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy is also known as a pretty great guy. A devout Southern Baptist and former Sunday School teacher, Truett 's religious beliefs carry over into his fast-food business. The company's official corporate purpose is "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."
Apparently, that statement guides Cathy in his personal life as well. After two pre-teen girls broke into his Florida home and caused $30,000 in damage by throwing eggs, spraying fire extinguishers and flooding the kitchen, he opted not to prosecute them. Instead, he wants them to learn the error of their ways by writing ''I will not vandalize other people's property'' 1,000 times. Oh, and instead of watching TV and playing video games, he wants them to read a good book.
Say what?! Around here, you get worse than that for talking back and not picking up your mess. Granted, Cathy is 87-years-old and maybe a little old-fashioned, but I think these girls are getting off way too easy. I wonder what he would have done had they burned the house down. Make them clean erasers and wear a dunce cap?
Apparently, that statement guides Cathy in his personal life as well. After two pre-teen girls broke into his Florida home and caused $30,000 in damage by throwing eggs, spraying fire extinguishers and flooding the kitchen, he opted not to prosecute them. Instead, he wants them to learn the error of their ways by writing ''I will not vandalize other people's property'' 1,000 times. Oh, and instead of watching TV and playing video games, he wants them to read a good book.
Say what?! Around here, you get worse than that for talking back and not picking up your mess. Granted, Cathy is 87-years-old and maybe a little old-fashioned, but I think these girls are getting off way too easy. I wonder what he would have done had they burned the house down. Make them clean erasers and wear a dunce cap?
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 12)
8-04-2008 @ 8:39AM
gary said...Geeez...your mouth runneth over
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8-03-2008 @ 10:31PM
docrabbits said...This is an extremely informative and scholarly analysis! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. If you have a blog, could you please post the address?
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8-03-2008 @ 10:30PM
Ann said...I've read so many religion-related comments on this blog, I think the original question, whether the two girls' punishment fit their crime, got lost somewhere. I think they got away much too easily; they weren't even made to clean up the mess they made. Also, who is watching and ensuring that they write their 1000 sentences or read a good book? What do we even know about those two girls that would let us assume that they won't do anything like that in the future? Why did they even vandalize the facility in the first place?
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8-03-2008 @ 10:33PM
Harry Taylor said...Wow! You have way too much time on your hands. When someone asks you if you're having a good day, do you stick with a simple yes or no, or do you reply with a 31 paragraph rant? Easy there Gospel Bob! You're taking yourself way, way, way too seriously.
Harry
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8-03-2008 @ 10:34PM
Inkling said...I guess S. Truett Cathy's quote, "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us...", doesn't apply to chickens.
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8-03-2008 @ 10:57PM
JustMyOpinion said...I don't know, I think that he should have required them to help clean the mess, too, but I think that this will have more impact than a prosecution at their age, that they have to face the PERSON that they did this to, not some faceless system that tells them that they are wrong.
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8-03-2008 @ 10:37PM
Delos Craft said...Ideally, making those girls vandalize their own families' property would truly be a way to drive home the point of the trouble they had caused...but that's not realistic.
After they had cleaned-up the mess they had made inside my house, I would have had them manicuring my property, especially cutting bushes and grass with hand-clippers, in the hot sun, on weekends until they had accomplished $30,000 worth of such work.
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8-03-2008 @ 10:37PM
wildmike said...its good to forgive.....................but this was thousands of dollars worth of deliberate damage.. if a lesson was learned, fine, I can understand going easy, but if these girls do this to someone else, then, by not prosecuting others will suffer the same fate .......
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8-03-2008 @ 10:45PM
dcd915 said...Those girls should have at LEAST participated in cleaning up and fixing the damage THEY caused. They should feel the pain of their choices and make a true Christian penance.... it aint just hail Marys. What they learned is that you wont pay the price of your actions and possibly other dopey kids in their crowd will say they were cool and reinforce those thought processes.
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8-03-2008 @ 10:43PM
Davis said...If God wouldn't have wanted us to eat meat, he wouldn't have given us canines (teeth) nor would he have made it taste so good. Vasu Murti's rant is just that...a rant. Yes, God saw that what he made was good, but he never said, "Don't eat them!"
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8-03-2008 @ 10:53PM
KATHY L. said...These young women are soooo lucky not to be prosecuted! I hope they realize this.Someone should take them to a prison and show them what the living conditions are. It might help them not to even think about doing this again. I too would like to know if they were made to clean up the mess.
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8-03-2008 @ 10:45PM
kanidana said...Whenever I watch Christians argue about biblical semantics, it reminds me of how clear and concise of a book the bible actually is being that it was inspired by a supposed perfect universal intellect. /sarcasm
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8-03-2008 @ 11:00PM
Steve said...Vasu Murti - You probably don't understand what "taking something out of context" means, but you are so totally misguided, we won't be able to fix you here. You need professional help. Humans were created as carnivores, not herbivores. I hope you're not one of those crazy PETA people, they need to be incarcerated. PETA people, will kill a person to save an owl, they've done it. How they could possibly rationalize that is proof they need to be separated from society!
Certainly others are deluded as well. There is overwhelming instruction in the Bible on a proper human diet, which includes meat. In the New Testament; however, the Bible teaches us that all food is permissible, so we can eat pork and other things forbidden in the original Jewish diet. The second part of the verse does say that not all things are profitable. This means that eating that pork sausage may result in a little indigestion. But it sure is tasty!
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8-03-2008 @ 11:00PM
Steve said...The only problem I have with Chick-fil-a is that they use MSG in their food, which gives me a three day headache. MSG is a poison which the FDA should have banned years ago, the evidence has been in for at least that long. So I can't enjoy their Chicken sandwiches, but they have other things on the menu that I can eat. It is a business that I enjoy supporting.
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8-03-2008 @ 11:20PM
Jane said...Sorry, fanofdduck, an "active Christian" would not be cohabitating with a member of the opposite sex. Perhaps you should read your bible again in those areas pertaining to fornication, chastity, etc. I always am amazed at so-called "Christians" who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.
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8-04-2008 @ 12:06AM
buddy said...So I take it you don't eat shellfish. Or wear garments of mixed fibers. Or attend church while menstruating. And I'm sure you're not divorced.
And I'm SURE you've never committed any sin in your heart that you haven't repented of and sought forgiveness from the appropriate person.
Honey, get a clue. You're not as pure as you think you are. Chick-fil-a is famous for unlawful discrimination. I was raised in a conservative Christian family and I was never taught that it's OK to lie. And that's what the management of Chick-fil-a has been proven to do.
8-04-2008 @ 12:52AM
jackie said...and just what exactly makes you think that a "good christian" doesnt cohabitate with someone? and why is it considered fornication before marriage and afterwards its called" being fruitful and multiplying"? and one more question for ya honey, how come christians have the highest rate of child molestation cases? maybe all you morally repressed people need to deal with your inner demons instead of subjecting innocent children to your perverted vision of god and his laws.
8-03-2008 @ 11:16PM
peg said...The punishment must fit the crime and parents must follow up.I support just about any business that gives to charity.As Christ is our example we can only try to follow!That takes a lifetime of lessons!
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8-04-2008 @ 1:52AM
Me said...Where are these nasty little *pre-teen* children's parents?! These parents should have to pay the $30,000 in damages, have the kids taken away and shipped off to boot-camp for a year with HARD labor and clean dirty old bedpans and toilets! I would whip their friggin *sses until they bled!
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8-03-2008 @ 11:17PM
The Christian said...I am a 16 year old Christian and i think that this man is a WONDERFUL guy. America is a FREE country. and if he wanted to create a buisness where he prays every moring or before opening he can.
I dont see how this could even begin to be discrimination against non-christians. if you dont like it....DONT EAT THERE!!! Once again its a FREE country. do as you like.
And fir all those people saying that the Bible is fake and plagerized. GET A LIFE!!!!! we dont make fun of your religion, so dont make fun of ours.
If you dont like our religion, then dont listen to anything about it. dont argue with it....follow your own religion. once again...ITS A FREE COUNTRY!!!
And you should thank GOd for all he's given you. A home a computer, a succesful job, and if you dont have every thing you want, ust remember that there is ALWAYS someone out thee who has it worse. take a look at any 3rd world country, like haiti...they're starving to death. they make cookies that are made of dirt and oil, and that makes the painful hunger go away for a little. so while your a greedy american (thats what the world calls us, and im guilty of it too...) think of them, and how they are DYING day to day.
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