So if a 12 year old shoots you (or god forbid your mother or father), he/she
shouldn't be held responsible since they couldn't comprehend that a
projectile flying at a very high rate of speed can tear through human flesh
& bone and very likely kill someone. Regardless of the fact that there's
more than enough information to a 10 year old on that subject.
Listen, I have kids (as well as many of the other DML'ers) and if they do
something that could possibly land them in jail, so be it. I'll let them
sweat it out for a while (hell, my dad did it to me). As parents, we have a
lot of control over what our children can and can't do, however...there are
instances where the child (even down to age 10) knows what he/she are doing
and make their own decision regardless of what we try.
Let's take this to the Off-Topic list to discuss it a little bit more....and
get an "A+" on the school paper.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of BeasTboyz
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:43 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: Re[2]: DML: RE: off topic - school paper - can you answer
th
I don't know about this. Most of the time when a person of this age commits
a crime worthy of adult punishments they can't even begin to comprehend how
it will affect their future. At the age of 12 you can't make the right
decision of what parent u will live with... At the age of 12, if you could
have lived with the lazy parent who would let u jack around and wouldn't
make u do homework or strive to better yourself for your future, or the
parent who nags you to make sure you do your homework and get A's in your
classes, most people would choose the lazy parent. This is not the right
choice unless you like being a piece of shit for the rest of your life :)
(sorry if i offend some of u pieces of shit out there!!! hahaha) I also
believe at age 12 u don't understand that if you don't get your education
now because you murder someone and go to jail til your 35, you probably
never will. The age of 18 is a much more logical choice because you just
finish high school and understand shit, i can't kill him cause bye bye
college, bye bye all rights granted to me by the constitution, (including
the right to hold public office, vote, etc etc etc...) bye bye quality job
that will allow me to support my habits (not drugs) like my DODGE DAKOTA!
just my $5 (thought that was worth much more than $.02)
Matt
(BeasTboyz)
----- Original Message -----
From: <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: Re[2]: DML: RE: off topic - school paper - can you answer th
> I agree as well and I think the "12 year old" cut-off seems appropriate.
As
> said before, adult crime should equal adult time. Truly a sad state of
affairs
> and there does seem to be an increase in juvenile crime although I don't
have
> any good statistics... Just what I've heard/seen on the news. Yet
another
> example of the break-down of families and family values in America?
>
> Tom Fawcett
> 35
> Boston, MA
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: off topic - school paper - can you answer this
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: 2/28/00 6:25 AM
>
> That would be a "yes" from me also.... check out
> www.freep.com , it is the website for the Detroit
> Freepress. Search around for he Nathinal Abraham case
> that happened here in MI. It should give you ton's of
> articles.
>
> Mike Sype
>
> --- "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net> wrote:
> >
> > YES!!
> >
> > If you do an adult crime, you should do the adult
> > time. There should be
> > limits to the starting age, but if the court system
> > recognizes a 12 year old
> > as having the ability to decide which parent they
> > would like to live with,
> > then that should be the age to prosecute minors as
> > adults.
> >
> > Bernd D. Ratsch
> > Age: 32
> > State: Texas (Used to be CA)
> > (Father of three children: 8, 7, and 10 mos.)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> > ThunderDakota@aol.com
> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:41 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: off topic - school paper - can you
> > answer this for me
> > PLEASE
> >
> >
> > hi..
> >
> > college paper, wanted to take a survey.
> >
> > Should minors (under 18 years old) be tried as
> > adults in court ?
> >
> > please email your name, age, state, and any comments
> > about the subject of
> > minors being tried as adults..
> >
> > thanks for the help
> >
> >
> >
> >
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