We may disagree on rabbits. Agreed on that.
Have to think about this, English and most of Europe had Draconian laws, an adult stealing bread was hung, when the thief was a 3-4 year old the convicted had sand bags tied to their legs to give enough weight to snap their neck.
Why are some 18 year olds called teenagers at times and Adults at others???? Age of the convicted is a problem, a 40 year old with an IQ of 75 is not insane but we have given Capital punishment to people with less IQ then that.
Old times of public hanging a thief ,the pickpocket's had a field day stealing as the people stood watching the execution.
Today we bitch about the Sharia law. Chopping off the hands of a 7 year old thief, stoning to death or public whipping of young girls accused of embarrassing their family's in one way or the other. We are aghast when parents Kill their children for committing the horrid crime of disobedience, dressing or acting Western style. Refusing to marry a chosen husband by the family that has accepted money from the suitor for her really causes problems. The kids know the harsh penalty of their bad actions, but still risk their lives to make their own decisions.
Children will get into almost every thing they can, Yes they may know right from wrong but are not thinking of the consequences. We had a safety net years ago that a child was not an adult until they turned 21. Most finished school at 18 still were the responsibility of the parents.
We foolishly dropped the drinking age to 18 so the young adults were bringing booze on the school bus to share with the 16-17 year old. Now that was Cool the kids could vote but that idea ended in disaster. A kid would go to bed at 17 and awake to find his family have put his clothing on the street and waved BY, BY.
No way did this benefit a child, the benefit was to the politicians that wanted their vote and the parents that were tired of supporting an ungratefully kid.
See what the Liberals have done to family life ?????
What have we done to our children, child at 8-10 makes the same mistake people 40 years older then they are, they get the same penalty ??
We need that 3 year gap between end of school and adulthood back. We need to make the parents responsibly for their kids, give the parents back the authority they use to have to insure the kid was ready to do well in the world.
May as well go back to sand bagging and hanging kids as to locking them away for life. And making the parents responsible for the crap their kids do.
They tried this in the Chicago projects at one time, if parents could or would not control their kids they were thrown out on the street. Seemed to work well, unfortunately the Liberals raised a rucks and declared no one was responsible for the actions of others.
This is not a black and white issue, much history behind it, no child should live their life as a caged animal, the parent or those in charge of their well fare need to be held accountable as much as the child.
Piss me off, to think a child can be imprisoned for life for doing something that others do 3 times their age and get 10 years for.
Put a fork in me I am finally done ranting. time for a stiff drink and a prayer for America.
