So DUmmy Some Number asks his/her/its kid a question and the kid invokes the Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. So DUmmy Some Numbers immediately runs to the DUmp and asks if kids have that right against their parents.
Seriously.
I Plead the Fifth!Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:36 PM
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So the other day, my teen son invokes the 5th...
and I didn't know how to answer him, exactly. He claimed that he has the Constitutional right to not incriminate himself, when I was asking him about something (can't even recall what it was).
On the one hand I was really proud of him, but on the other, I was really frustrated!
Does a 16-year-old have the right to not answer a parent's question?
If I had done that, I would have ended up getting my ass grounded, and stayed that way until I answered. Be a parent, DUmbass.
Let's see what, if any, hilarity follows, shall we?
monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:39 PM
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1. HA! I raised two of these little darlings and I believe the younger one
Edited on Fri Apr-16-10 02:40 PM by monmouth
pulled that on me. I believe my retort was a grounding for a while. It never came up again...LOL. The Fifth Amendment was not recognized in MY house, of which he was a non-paying member, i.e. my wishes come first and the 5th had no bearing. The promise of a swift kick to the a$$ helped to make my point.
The Mouth Primitive gives the same advice I just did. Even a DUmmy can be right once a century.
Most of the other primitives have similar stories, either doing that to their spawn, or having it done to themselves by the RW rethuglican parents.
ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:43 PM
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5. Does a 16-year-old have the right to not answer a parent's question?
not to be rude but if you have to ask that you might want to think about parenting classes.
Oh snap! This definitely PoNP pulls out the cluebat and proceeds to hit the truthball out of the park.
paulsby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 03:06 PM
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20. this is the 2nd time i've seen this
the 5th amendment applies in AND outside the courtroom
the issue is questioning by a govt. agent, NOT whether or not it's in the court.
there are exceptions. like you don't have the right not to give your name if pulled over by police.
but you have the right not to give testimony, or answer questions about what you are doing, etc
Of course, a few primitives go into a deep discussion about the applicability of the Fifth Amendment. You know, as deep as a parking lot puddle can be.
Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:44 PM
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7. Tell him that under your roof is a benevolent dictatorship...
that always shuts my teenagers up.
Not just under its roof anymore...
Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:48 PM
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13. That's what I thought
But he tried to appeal to my liberal sensibilities
That was his first problem. A DUmmy's sensibilities are like their intelligence: non-existent.
nykym (668 posts) Fri Apr-16-10 02:45 PM
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10. When confronted with an
my liberal daughters (we taught her well) rights and such, I will usually after some time tell her that this is NOT A DEMOCRACY! End of discussion.
Sure you did. And what is up with the first part of that message? "When confronted with an my liberal daughters..." How and what did you teach her? Hope it wasn't English and grammar.