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Originally Posted by SlackDad
Where have you got that impression from. I don't think that arguing that a crime committed when somebody is a child shouldn't carry a death sentence is hardly treating offenders with kid gloves.
I find it all rather ironic considering the thread title, or are we singling out specific children for attention and protection rather than ALL children.
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The thread title was about the legals system protecting children who are victims, the thread has been twisted in an attempt to combine those children who have committed serious crime.
The legal system should not protect children who commit serious crime, any more than it prevents adults who commit serious crime.
I do howeve feel that the government and parents are fully responsible for the majority of crime carried out by children. I dont consider myslef to be old, but in my childhood days I would be asked if I had done something wrong and punished if I did. These days the parents automatically say "My kids didn't do that" the effect is kids who think they can get away with just about anything.
Good old fashioned punishment, meant I didn't go stealing, vandalising or giving anyone who wlaked down the street a load of verbal abuse. On one occassion when I was accused of something I remember my parents questioning me and being happy that I had in fact not done what was claimed. Its about time naughty kids got their ar*ses smacked a bit more often instead of their parents providing them with an alibi.