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muriel_volestrangler

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12. Meh, that's not how I've seen any human being, in my whole life

Reply to Kentonio (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 4, 2017, 04:00 PM

Nov 2017

I've never known a child who is completely unable to understand right and wrong (and it's ridiculous to say you're not going to take ideas of right and wrong into account in this discussion - that's what it's about) at one moment, and then develops a full understanding the next. So "either they're a child or they are not" is unrealistic.

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part and parcel phcw Nov 2017 #1

Damn... defacto7 Nov 2017 #2

At 14 Scarsdale Nov 2017 #3

Just going off memory here, but I think the only way to try a youth bluepen Nov 2017 #4

If so, that needs to change. This was a horrible crime and they need to pay for smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #6

They can be tried in an adult court if the crime is serious muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #8

As sick as this case is, they are not adults. Kentonio Nov 2017 #5

That would imply that children suddenly develop their understanding of right and wrong overnight muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #9

There's a reason why children are not automatically charged like adults Kentonio Nov 2017 #10

Meh, that's not how I've seen any human being, in my whole life muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #12

Thank you... tonedevil Nov 2017 #11

k and r...nt Stuart G Nov 2017 #7