A woman named Jaileen (pictured) was arrested when police found her three young children living in a trashed home filled with shit and dirty animals. Aaaaaannnddd, cue the community’s righteous indignation, via the comments section in the newspaper that reported it. Here’s one early commenter:

I blame her parents for not giving her the proper foundation. She is to blame and will do the time but someone enabled her to live like this and she obviously didn’t learn to keep a house or her own children clean.

 After some more of this, Jaileen’s sister, writing under the name “Humiliated,” responds:

You people should really consider getting a hobby. Do not judge my entire family for my sisters actions. She does need serious help, but if she refuses it time and time again and continuously uses people and manipulates them - everyone gives up eventually. I wish I had answers for you, but I don’t, I’ve been beating my head against a wall for my entire life with her, and if I had the ability I would raise the kids myself. But I ask that you stop with the speculations.

There are a few more exchanges, and Humiliated, in trying to defend her family against the army of keyboard psychologists, explains some of the hardship that Jaileen has caused. “Not that this explanation is necessary, because it isn’t your damn business,” Humiliated concludes, correctly. Then someone named StuartChick responds:

Humiliated, I beg to differ with you. When she got arrested, it *did* become my business and the business of everyone else. I am a taxpayer and I like to know who I am supporting! Do you think the costs for keeping someone in jail is free? Money has to come from somewhere ;o) … Sorry to break the bad news to you, but now it *is* our business. Next time maybe you and your family should foot the bill and keep it all private ;o)

Right. Because no doubt, StuartChick’s primary concern is with itemizing the public good of her taxes.