Oakland School Shooting

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Short version: America doesn’t charge children as adults unless they feel like it.

Boru

Some people just need jailing.... ( nod to Barry Eisler)

 Indeed.

There are also people society can do without. That's why I support capital punishment in principle.  In practice, I have one caveat:   The government must be able to guarantee that 100% of death sentence convictions are safe.

[The Architect Of Fate]

And I reject it even on principle because i deem it irrational

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

And I reject it even on principle because i deem it irrational

 Not much of a reason to reject something.

Next thing you'll be saying you reject religion for the same reason.

[The Architect Of Fate]

 Not much of a reason to reject something.

I think it's a pretty good reason 

Next thing you'll be saying you reject religion for the same reason. 

I Do 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Short version: America doesn’t charge children as adults unless they feel like it.

Boru

And the funny thing is, while Biker has a point that some kids know better, it seems like the severity of the crime is more often a factor than the mental capacity of the child on trial.

If children can be tried as adults, then there is no point in having an age of majority for…well…anything. If a 15 year old is fit and emotionally mature, they can undertake military service. If an 11 year old grasps the issues, they can vote.

There are reasons that societies pick an age when a person becomes a legal adult. I agree with you - charging a child as an adult is an emotional response.

Boru

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

 Not much of a reason to reject something.

I think it's a pretty good reason 

Next thing you'll be saying you reject religion for the same reason. 

I Do 

 Oh for goodness sake, I was  taking the piss.

OF course, it's perfectly reasonable to reject a bunch of things because  of irrationality.  Sadly, such reasons are often lacking in human behaviour.  Human beings are not so much ration-al beings as rational-ising beings. You and I excepted of course. 


As far as I'm aware that as a general principle, any decision made where there is a conflict between emotion and reason, emotion almost always wins.   People are always capable of coming up with rational decisions for behaviour after the fact. Once again, you and I excepted.  

[T.J.]

This is sad. I'm saddened by how many fucking gun shootings there seems to be in this fucking country of mine. And the bad part is I think people are starting to get immune to it because of how often it happens now.

[Foxaèr]

When a society reveres gun culture, there are going to be gross mass casualties.

[The Architect Of Fate]

I think it's a pretty good reason 


I Do 

 Oh for goodness sake, I was  taking the piss.

OF course, it's perfectly reasonable to reject a bunch of things because  of irrationality.  Sadly, such reasons are often lacking in human behaviour.  Human beings are not so much ration-al beings as rational-ising beings. You and I excepted of course. 


As far as I'm aware that as a general principle, any decision made where there is a conflict between emotion and reason, emotion almost always wins.   People are always capable of coming up with rational decisions for behaviour after the fact. Once again, you and I excepted.  

So was i. It's why used the same Emoji as you

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

When a society reveres gun culture, there are going to be gross mass casualties.

 A coincidence surely.