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In my country for instance criminal responsibility starts at 16.
In other words, if you commit a crime at 10, you are not held responsible. And why? Because the courts think you ARE NOT responsible.
No matter how you want to slice or dice it...you are ultimately responsible for your behavior.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt
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In my country for instance criminal responsibility starts at 16.
In other words, if you commit a crime at 10, you are not held responsible. And why? Because the courts think you ARE NOT responsible.
Well I am not surprised...the country you live in still engages in bullfighting as a form of entertainment.
In my country for instance criminal responsibility starts at 16.
In other words, if you commit a crime at 10, you are not held responsible. And why? Because the courts think you ARE NOT responsible.
its not the courts, its the law.
crime requires intent. and intent involves intelligence and the law says that a person of certain age, like children are not intelligent enough to know that their actions are criminal.
same for the mentally challenged. so acts committed by these people are not considered criminal because they are considered not to have the intelligence to judge what is right or wrong.
crime requires intent. and intent involves intelligence and the law says that a person of certain age, like children are not intelligent enough to know that their actions are criminal.
same for the mentally challenged. so acts committed by these people are not considered criminal because they are considered not to have the intelligence to judge what is right or wrong.
It is not so much about intelligence as such (many teenagers are more intelligent than their parents), but about the region of the brain responsible for morals. Its development is more or less finished in people's early twenties, but the age varies a lot from person to person. It takes a few years longer in men than in women, which might explain some of the crime statistics.
An interesting group in this respect are psychopaths.
Native Americans lived outdoors for thousands of years without problem.
...until white man arrived and tried to “help” them.
Ain't that the truth!
And they did not trash the land, steal from their neighbors, or vandalize and graffiti other folks homes or structures. They worked hard and did not neglect their tribe duties by laying around dazed and confused on meth and or alcohol.
Life is our playground...how you play on that playground is what shapes you. Therefore you shape yourself.
Sounds like voodoo logic to me
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