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Originally posted by Alexander:
If we're going to treat people like this like 18-year olds, why not give them the right to vote, smoke, drink, enlist, whatever? The whole reason we make people wait for all that stuff is because 18 is the age at which people are considered responsible enough. Well, if we're going to treat kids like adults in the realm of punishment, surely we must give them the benefits adults have - and allow them to do the aforementioned things.
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Your whole defense for him keeping his life is based upon his ability to smoke?
Say he could smoke, drink, and buy guns. Would he then be more guilty of his crime? Would he then deserve to die?
I'm afraid you're not making much sense.
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