justin biebers boa

[Jessica Loesch]

When I say no one has any reasons to be negative, I'm not directing my comments towards the people giving valid arguments about why it isn't healthy to take your boa to the VMAs. I'm directing it to the people that they there is a need to be harsh about it and are mindlessly insulting justin for no reason at all.

I just think everyone making assumptions about HIM is no better than him bringing it to the VMAs. So maybe he didn't know it would stress out his snake. He's only a teenager. I think everyone that hates him purely hates him for no reason whatsoever and I think its sad. It's not like he has done drugs, had a scandal, taken bad care of his girlfriend or family, etc. Saying things like burn in hell and calling him a she, for why? He's just a boy, going through puberty. You sounded like that too.

Also, you don't know how long the snake was out, how much time it was affected by the bright lights, etc. He could have just brought it out on stage and walking along the red carpet, and the lights may have stressed out the little boa, but at the same time, I think a lot of people do things that stress out their snakes at one point or another i.e. taking pictures with flash and what not. I know we all try to be perfect snake owners but you can't just sit here and bash someone because they did something uneducated with a snake. I'm sure a lot of us were at that point once.

And to insult someone and assume things about him and how he takes care of his boa just because he wanted to show it off doesn't make it right. I think it's cool if he is indeed getting into the hobby, and the way his girlfriend reacted wasn't like someone would have expected a girl to react (run away screaming). I think that actually might say things to children about how scary they actually are not.

I don't really have much else to say, I just am smh at the people here that are resorting to insulting a teenager for having a snake. I think it's pathetic. You don't have to like the boy, but there's no reason to be harsh. That being said, the people being respectful and presenting valid points is a different story. But insulting him makes you look no better; in fact it makes you look much worse in my eyes.