At 10:37 AM 1/14/00 +1100, you wrote:
Dear Trudy and Guys
Apologies for any isult given, BUT. Having spent 7 years working with
young people who are living rough i do not agree with you on this one
trudy. While I find it slightly abhorent that we consider jailing people
this young many street kids i have met certainly are aware of the fact that
their actions constitute criminal behaviour, by the mores of our society.
I personally am much more concerned about the social ills that brutalize
young people until they get to the stage where violating someones integrity
appears to be acceptable behaviour. While thes young people commit criminal
behaviour and are aware that it is criminal (by law) they do not see it as
being (WRONG) as they are treated in the same way. The only difference is
that our brutality is institutional and their brutality is personal
>Dear Recoznetters,
>
>I suggest we start the new year off with some fundamental activism -
>letter writing!
>The Carr govt is proposing to review the age at which children are
>deemed to understand that their 'criminal' conduct is wrong. The Carr
>govt is proposing to lower the age from 14 to 12.
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