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Originally posted by 1906:
Ok with that logic, since girls mature faster than boys anyways a 13 or 14 year old girl who has sex with a 20 or older male is not being raped because she has the mental capacity to make that decision as an adult. Gee that statement I just made is ludicrous. Just about as unbelievable is the fact that a 13 or 14 year old male has the mental ability of an adult. This is not justifying what he did. The child did a crime and he should be punished and rehabilitated.
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Those are two entirely different situations. You cant really compare.
Granted, at 13 or 14 the brain is NOT fully developed. But at 13 and 14 you are fully aware of what death is, and what murder is. 13 or 14 year old girls in this society may very well grow up not understanding sex and what sex isignifies- especially girls that grow up without a father. Hell, I know 30 and 40 year olds who still have that problem.
That boy went and got a gun, and deliberately took that man's life. He knew what it meant and he made the decision. He now needs to take the adult consequences.