Hey Adam, Sorry for your friends circumstances, but the article says "-it is speculated that Burnside eluded police in light of a warrant for his arrest over failure to pay child support ."
I don't know the guy nor his financial state of affairs but ultimately, no matter what, he needs to feed his children as they will always remain his responsibility. My 2 cents on this.
Owen: I'm not following your logic. I started a thread and hyperlinked a story that made the point you're making, hoping that people would read it. Do you suppose I did that because I DIDN'T want people to know he'd failed to pay child support?
Truth is, I just don't enjoy moralizing about other people's failings quite as much as I used to. Still, I thought it was an important and unusual story, and that's why I started the thread. I just didn't use the thread as an opportunity to jump down on Burnside for what remains merely the alleged reason why he skipped town. You're a little quicker on the draw than I am.
Burnside is supposed to headline the Oxford Blues Festival tomorrow. He'll surely be arrested if he shows up. I suspect he won't show up. I know the promoter. It's a tough call. Do you cancel Burnside and find another headliner--or hope he shows up at the last minute?
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Jul 17, 2015 2:00 PM
Adam, you asked in another thread about the weird sh*t that happens. Actually this happens all to frequently, and brings up an old quote, I don't know whom to attribute it to but here's it. "If we had enuff sense to be good business men/women, we'd have enuff sense not to be musicians".
My point was that there are far worse crimes than keeping up child support payments in this world and yes it is part of his responsibility but we all don't know every aspect of his story. And as Kudzu point's out he could even get shot and let's be honest that's not an exaggeration that could be very real! ----------
"Those British boys want to play the blues real bad, and they do"
A friend of mine got divorced and was ordered by the court to make child support payments, but not to his X. There exists now a department within the government where the Dad (in most cases) send moneys to that department, which skims a little then forwards it on to the X. Turns out, that department is neither efficient nor reliable. Perhaps there's something like that in MS and the arrest warrant is a bureaucratic screw-up.
I don't think Owen's 2 cents is out of line at all. If this conversation had come up among 5 friends in a bar, or even my living room, for someone to make the observation that “he should have paid his child support” would just be part of the conversation. Of course, if the police had shot him dead, “he should have paid his child support” would be in bad taste, perhaps even a little crass. In that case, it probably would have come out of my mouth, hopefully adjusted to “I bet he wishes he'd paid his child support” to make it a little less crass.
I bet he's sorry he did not pay his child support, and stopped when the red lights came on. He's lucky he did not get shot. Of course all that is implied in the article, so why am I compelled to say it????
Another crass observation.., Going to jail because you don't have enough money to live in today's world is 1 part of the “being a musician” experience. Maybe not for everyone, but too many.
I am sorry your friend has fallen on hard times. I hope he can find the most elegant solution. Perhaps with the focus of the collective here, some suggestions can be made. Mine would be for him to walk into the nearest police station, 1st thing Monday morning.
Last Edited by Thievin' Heathen on Jul 18, 2015 9:02 AM
i saw this on the news and thought, "don't the police have anything better to do?"A manhunt for child support payments?! Why not just give him a call or have a social worker give him a call. It's a waste of resources and endangers the public by giving chase on this type of warrant.
Last Edited by blueswannabe on Jul 19, 2015 8:34 AM
It makes no sense to put a man in jail for not paying child support. If he's in jail, he damn sure won't be paying any child support. ---------- Wisdom does not always come with old age. Sometimes old age arrives alone.
Does someone want to explain to me why there is a manhunt for someone who eluded arrest for failing to pay child support? Seems that the State of Mississippi law enforcement would have better things to do.
He escaped from pursuing police. It is difficult to to gauge how much that has escalated the situation. Is local law enforcement staffed by reasonable people?
He really needs to walk into the nearest police station, with friends, 1st thing tomorrow morning.
Incidentally, after seeing that video for the 1st time last night, I am seriously reconsidering spending a week's pay on a trip to CO. I may have to catch y'all at SPAH 2016.
Last Edited by Thievin' Heathen on Jul 19, 2015 1:24 PM
Turns out that the Holly Springs cops never arrested him. He came back home and ended up playing a couple of local gigs last Thursday and Friday night, I was told. Happy ending to a weird story.
I was away from the computer for a while and read the thread tonight. I did not wish to create any heartburn for you Adam and I was not moralizing either. I pointed out that Mr.Burnside's responsibility are his children and that still remains. If he "allegedly" did not pay his support payments then he could have easily spoken with police & straightened things out. He chose to run from the officers and if anything this certainly casts doubt on him All said & done, it seems ridiculous that he was being pursued by police for an alleged crime, escaped, and for whatever reason they never followed up by watching his home. Go figure. I
Every man has to choose his own path, and it sounds like running the path through the woods was the best choice for DuWayne. Of course I suppose there is reasonable doubt that DuWayne was even in the county that night. He should be more careful who he loans his truck to. I love happy endings.
Last Edited by Thievin' Heathen on Jul 21, 2015 4:12 PM
