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Originally Posted by guccilvr
So just to clarify, if a 16 or 17 year old "child" (which IMO that age shouldn't be considered a child anymore, by that age they are fully aware of right and wrong and consequences)
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So at what age should they be considered juvenile (or "children")?
15?
14?
13?
12?
Who decides?
You?
By definition, when there is a distinction between adult and child, there must be a cut-off point. Western legal doctrine has dictated, for well over a hundred years, that this is at 18 years.
Feel free to disagree, but your opinion is unlikely to overturn hundreds of years of legal, social and cultural precendence.
Mr Mephisto