Gargamel wrote:If that baby had been armed, none of this would of happened.
Over the years, I 've seen on TV news too many instances
of children falling victim to full adults or to older n stronger children,
suffering grave personal injuries, as a result.
Thay have at least as much right to defend themselves
as anyone else. Arguably, a child who has many decades of life
in front of him has more to defend than an old man like me.
On one especially shocking occasion (among the aforesaid accounts)
I remember a 7 year old boy riding his bike after supper,
when he was grabbed by a pervert, off of the bike,
who then cut his throat from ear-to-ear,
then cut off the victim's penis and departed therewith.
The victim survived his wounds.
I am of the opinion,
that the victim had the RIGHT to retain his own penis.
It wud have been a HAPPIER and more JUST ending to the event
if the boy had SHOT the pervert and driven away.
So saith
David