Thread: Nothing Constructive and Only Posted to Cause Controversy Again

Originally Posted by Sidney

Of course its a brain explosion, who said that brain explosions have to be instantaneous... do you think he intended to shoot some girls eye out? 18 year old boy's frontal lobes don't fully develop till 25, all they have is testosterone and a lack of ability to forsee consequences...

The very fact that he used a paintball gun indicates he intended no serious harm...

Actually none of its perfectly OK... the fact that it happened and the fact that some 18 yr old kid is now being put into jail to be trained to be a serious criminal after using a paintball gun is a fricken human tragedy... not only for him but also for his future victims that this jail sentence is creating.

The fact that statistically that is now more likely to happen than not is an indictment on the system... and of course I am speaking in the abscence of knowledge about his previous history which may have had bearing on the sentence recieved....

So a little less of the complacancy when thinking about this stuff might be considerably smarter..... OK my arse

So whats the solution then?
Can't lock him up, thats potentially going to make things worse.
Cuddles arn't the answer either, and anything in between probalby wont fix it too.
@Sidney, I like a lot of what you say as there is logic in your arguments but, I think you're wanting it both ways here.