"Party" affiliaton has NOTHING to do with the loss of a child. Race, religion, social standing and or economic status are equally meaningless. I don't know why people always need to insert politics into every situation. I am not even a parent and realize how heartwrenching the loss of a child is. Surely, you chuck, being a grandfather, could understand the idiocy of mentioning political parties.

Meg-267733

Please stop scolding people, if you have nothing to say, don't say it here.

Thank you.

Children are at risk until they reach about 25 when life calms down a bit. Every day they leave the house fingers are crossed they come home in one piece. This news is just terrible as it would be for any family losing a child.

The GRANDSON overdosed on HEROIN, according to a source that found his body unresponsive. After being taken to Baylor Christian Hospital he was pronounced dead.

This young man made the mistake of his life by mixing xanax with heroin. He took the xanax a while before he did the heroin and mixing those two classes of drugs is frequently fatal.

Rest In Peace Ty.

#1 chuck - I always thought T. Boone was a honorable man.

He is not, and I know what I am saying. The damage that his company has done to the environment is atrocious.

Enneagram1, You are an oxygen vampire. My environment is doing just fine--you leave it alone.

Theboys, our children are at risk their entire lives. Parents hope and pray that they will outlive their children. Whether they are 10 or 110, I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. This is something I would not wish on my worst enemy.

#1.6 Ali - You are an oxygen vampire. My environment is doing just fine--you leave it alone.

I'm talking about Earth's environment, not wherever it is you live.

I'm sure the family reads all the crap on here.

the article is here because of t boone

heroin and xanax is a cry for help

this tragedy falls more to his close family

i really wish i could connect the dots and say t boone got what he deserved, because he is so bad

fracking is the worst disaster on earth and those who know it with nothing to lose wont die from heroin, they will die trying to stop it, he and others will kill me

Blaa blaa blaa you leftist idiot environmental moron, like decent people, they talk about his grandson, of which he has nothing to do with a very nice man, his grandfather and is no worse than that village idiot criminal hypocrite Al Gore, the punk of all punks!! Gore sold his oil rich racist anti-American aljazeera friends!! Go Frack yourself!!

The boy is no more important than any other TCU student, I hate the preoccupation of the media with rich people, give the people some privacy!

DirtyHarry, you're another one who has nothing of value to contribute in reference to this article or the conversation. You're just spouting your own hate. Go stew in your hate and misery elsewhere, please.

#1.13 - Marie, with enough complaints, Sally, site moderator, will get on DirtyHarry's case. He's just an insignificant creep, who has nothing worthwhile to say, and gets his jollies by being nasty to people.

There sure are a lot of young people overdosing these days. I dearly hope its not some cult crap doing this and making it look like an accident or suicide.

Lynn, sorry for your deep seeded need to be hostile, or clueless

The only comment I was making is that very often, college students who are brought up in a strict (religious?) household, are often the one's who try to make up for what they think is lost time, and make inappropriate choices. Like your post.

No one is stupid enough to think that just because it is a Christian university that their would be no drugs or alcohol! They are all young kids and ANY young kids will try drugs and alcohol and may end up career druggies but the point is the kid passed away and were supposed to say nothing or send prayers to the family!

You have no clue and I and others would like you to shut down.

T/Boone is a wonderful man, has done so much for all of us...Our Condolences...

Christianity is not legalism, which you are describing. It's telling how you relate strict to religious and then try to minimize your thought (??)... by using punctuation. There was no need to suggest the Pickens' faith or speculate as to what happened.....since at this time, you are clueless to the circumstances.

@niece1964

were supposed to say nothing or send prayers to the family!

Send prayers to the family? I'm sure that's about as useful as sending prayers to god. Christian dingbats like yourself are often narcissistic and believe message boards are exclusively for those of "faith." If you're so christian-like, why aren't you sending "prayers to the family," instead of attempting to scold others and defending the hypocrisy of christians like yourself. Better yet, take your own advice and "say nothing."

@Jean-982597 (another obviously christ-like being)

I and others would like you to shut down.

If we're strictly going on what others want, then I "and others" would like you to "shut down" (your computer and never log on again). Thank you.

You're actually correct but I don't think you intuitively knew that, you probably read the same news report that I did.

A heroin overdose is a one time affair if you're alone.

Being a Celt,i'm sure you have great experience and understanding of drugs and alcohol!

Lynn, in light of the updated heroin/xanax angle, which I do believe are drugs, I will await your apology for your earlier snarky comments, since that would be the christian thing to do?

mas098, yes, unfortunately, I do know about the effects of drugs on people, having worked at a christian university, and seeing the carnage caused by drug abuse by college students making un-wise choices.

Hope you find peace, and get beyond your ignorance and bigotry.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. You assumed. That was it. Your original comment was snarky. You are just a plain idiot. How's that for your apology? Also, you don't "have a clue" about Christianity or whether or not I am one. You are ASS-uming....again. That's what an idiot and blind squirrels do.

Lynn, with your sanctimonious attitude, I can now far better understand why organized religion is dying.

No one likes hypocrisy, like yours.

I worked at a christian university, I know of what I speak.

You, not so much, just parroting the party line.

Lynn,

I am sorry if the preponderance of responses to my nicely worded, non-confrontational post about the unfortunate circumstances regarding this thread have supported my nicely worded, non-confrontational viewpoint, rather than your unreasonably hostile response.

To me, it just illustrates why you can better discuss things, based on your own experience, with understanding and compassion, like me, than with bitterness and venom, like you.

Maybe you should read the Bible sections on compassion and understanding.

It may make you a happier person, than what your posts suggest?

Just sayin' .......

I didn't realize that ONLY Christian colleges had drug/alcohol problems.

My heart goes out to the family. There can be no greater pain than the loss of a child or grandchild.

God Bless them

Young people, especially those away from home for the first time can have a difficult time dealing with it. I remember when my son went through basic training for the army. There were a few in his group who had never been away from home before. My son called me up one night in tears. One of the guys had committed suicide. It's horrible, but it happens.

Our society sucks. This article is about a young man who passed away and it has been turned into a rant about drugs and religion. Guess if there is no soapbox, we will just make one.

Look--if this were a "regular" college, we might be talking about fraternity/sorority hijinks, a murder due to ethnicity, a murder due to homophobia, and so forth.

Being a Christian university, it is a lot more likely that it would be a sad but run-of-the-mill issue like drugs or alcohol. Because "Christian" parents in that neck of the woods are hyper-controlling, the children typically act out by doing drugs on Friday and Saturday nights when they can get a bit of breathing room, and then polish their halos and show up (hung-over) at church on Sunday.

Once they get to college, however, they often go completely ape-excrement crazy. On the other hand, being a "Christian" university, the campus is also a lot more homogeneous and thus it is less likely that there would be any sort of ethnic hostility. It might have been homophobia, but we'd never find that out anyway, as the family would rather admit something like drug abuse than homosexuality.

The vices of choice among Christian youth are sex, drugs, and alcohol. The other kids get into far more varied types of trouble. Why is this so hard to understand?

I'm sorry for the child's death. I just wish the "Christian" parents would get clued in that there is a serious issue with drugs, alcohol, and teen sex with their little church-going angels. They love to pretend that it is "the gays" who do a lot of drugs and "the atheists" who drink and carouse too much and ignore the problem that is right under their noses. This stuff is just going to keep happening (and, yes, it happens a lot on Christian campuses--we just don't normally hear about it because few of the children are the grandsons of gazillionaires).

To celtic curmudgeon.....

"...To me, it just illustrates why you can better discuss things, based on your own experience, with understanding..." Nicely worded indeed. Since you addressed me, you are speaking of me. I take it you didn't finish your formal education.

As for reading my Bible, I have, I do. As for being sanctimonious? Sounds like parochial school did a number on you and your knuckles.

One last thing curmudgeon, Proverbs 26:4 tells us "not to argue with a fool." So my responding to you was my mistake. Not what I wrote, but believing you would understand any of it.

Wow Lynn, who pee-peed in your Wheaties?

“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.” Gandhi

Go Irish! :)

#2.4 Jean - T. Boone is a wonderful man, has done so much for all of us.

You are mistaken. He is far from being a 'wonderful man'. He is a greedy opportunist who has a done tremendous amount of damage to our environment with his company's drilling practices.

Go Irish.

If its not implied why did you bring it up? This is the death of a young man no matter what color, religion, or economic status he was! I feel more sorry for us still left alive that have to put up with unsensitive jerks! I pray for his family to find peace!

He brought it up because he has no ethics, morals, or decency, and is lame.

The loss of young members, from leading families, who are in positions to help benefit the societies they live in, is incalculable.For from such fresh, promising lives come new revolutionary ideas, creative talents, and perspectives, which ultimately can change the world. Where as older generations, set firmly in their ways, would never consider.In fact, our country is evidence of this, as seventeen of our founding fathers were born into leading wealthy families of the time, including Geroge Washington.

Therefore, it is society that loses also, not just the families, when these aspiring men and women are lost.Ideas that bring change can come from any member of society. But those in higher economic positions, do have a head start with financial backing. As history has shown, which is from the real world we live in.Even as currently, some wealthy individuals use their resources to help the needy in this nation through foundations,building hospitals for communities that can't afford them and in other ways. It isn't just a young man that was lost. It was all the potential for good changes he brought to the world.

Thinkstraight, I am hoping it was something beyond his control. Thanks for a civil reply.

You must not know how american media works. Either way, yes all families that loose members deserve prayers. So instead of criticizing this story, why don't you spend time doing so.

Dallas news says it was xanax and heroin...so says the roomie.

Instead of telling us that you think so little of something that you nonetheless chose to comment upon, why not send some money to something like Special Olympics, which I already do, or some other appropriate charity for children or young people (as I'm not trying to press just the one which I favor), or some other good cause?