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Originally Posted by PornoDoggy
It's that Puritan strain that has never left us.
A thirteen year old is presumed to be incapable of making a mature decision about fucking. In many states, that same thirteen year old is presumed to be capable enough of making a mature decision to regarding some criminal activity to be charged as an adult.
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Ahhh...and a new player has entered the game.
PD...once again, you have your finger on the pulse of an issue. Our sexual hangups as a society are fierce. Our desire for vengeance is just as fierce. There was a time when anyone under 18 was immediately assumed to be able to be rehabilitated if he/she committed a crime, no matter how heinous it was. The entire juvenile justice system was based on that fact. Kids who went to prison saw therapists; received education and vocational training; lived in a place that was intended to return them to society and not just make them better criminals. Now...it's a whole new system.