'Daniel'
TPF Noob!
Artemis said:This is why pedophiles and murderors and sickos in general are let of often, when they DID do something wrong, and allowed to live even near their victims sometimes, now that is wrong, plain and simple.
I know id feel that someone was wrong is they killed anyone I know, despite the fact that they had a bad upringing, ive got to have a bad upbringing now because of that part of my life.
Sorry, the "Its how they are brought up" stuff that ticks me off, everyone is responsible for their own actions past the age of 10 - 12 and they cant blame anyone else unless it was physically and mentally impossible to not do it (e.g. someone picks the gun up for you and makes you fire, or tells you if you dont do it they will kill someone you love e.g.).
Sorry, my 10cence...
"mentally impossible to not do it "
Would you not class upbringing that heavily governs morales rationale etc as making something near mentally impossible? I believe what you said correct, people over the age of 10-12 are responsible for what they dop, that doesn't mean they can stop themselves doing somethnig bad.
It's probably near impossible to stop people murdering each other but it could be reduced alot by basic parentibng skills being enforced and just better upbringing for chilren. some people kill becone of congenital mental illness. So far we can't do anything about that but we can about mental illness that is brought about through envirnmental factors.