I don't think that they're being treated more harshly, they're detained, the parents are contacted, mom or dad comes and gets them, it's a slap on the wrist compared to a $300.00 plus fine.
sas Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 09:46 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Roberts quotes on abortion Importance: Low OK. I agree. For the most part. There maybe should be different PUNISHMENT for minors than for adults. But do you agree that minors should be treated MORE HARSHLY? That seems to be what is being done here. On 7/21/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, then, lets take your argument to the next logical conclusion. > > > > Good points, however I think you're missing the point that these are > minors which should be treated differently than adults. > > Minors are not as capable of making intelligent decisions as adults > are and detaining them punishes them as well as their parents which is > the goal. > > In a nutshell, minors aren't treated the same as adults because > they're not mentally the same as adults and, in the eyes of the law, > the parents are responsible for their actions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165721 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
