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Re: Father of teen charged in Florida school bus beating says son is 'sorry'
No we are not. We are prudent to start punishing offenders as early as possible. This was a violent vicious attack for no real reason.
Kids are different from adults for the very reason that we don't let kids drink alcohol, gamble or vote - which is, they are immature and do not have the same capacity as adults to make sound judgement. Why would we treat a kid the same as an adult that commits an assault when we as a society have already deemed that kids do stupid things because their judgement is not developed. Punish them? Absolutely Punish them harshly? Absolutely if it fits the crime. Try them as adults? Why? When he as a society have recognized that kids should not be allowed to drink, gamble vote because their judgement is questionable. Otherwise...aren't we being a wee bit hypocritical as a society?
No we are not. We are prudent to start punishing offenders as early as possible. This was a violent vicious attack for no real reason.