@dyslexia,
dyslexia wrote:
Quote:I imagine that people make erroneous decisions at all ages.
Yes, there are even those adults that suggest that 7 yr olds should carry firearms.
Thay, among others, have been the victims of horrible violence -- sometimes fatal violence.
My enduring desire is that victims of immoral violence shoud prevail and that the predator
(human or animal) be defeated. In order for that to happen, the victim (including a 7 year old)
needs competent tools to control the emergency.
If the victim of immoral violence is 7 years old,
I desire that
HE WIN anyway and defeat the bad guy.
In other words, Dys, I cannot find it in my heart to say to a 7 year old boy or girl:
" because of your age, I will
CONCLUSIVELY PRESUME that u are too stupid to be allowed to defend your life.
I am willing to sacrifice your life upon the altar of my prejudice against the minds of 7 year old kids."
Instead, I 'd apply the
OLD approach -- the
NON-politically correct approach -- of the 1800s
and early 1900s of
TEACHING children self defense at the earliest possible age, if thay are willing to learn it.
The other approach, the current approach, your approved approach
is just to read about the crime in the next day 's paper over your morning coffee;
u shake your head saying: "what 's the world coming to?"
and have another sip. Maybe u suggest more laws, because criminals r so good at obaying laws. Right, Dys ?
Annie Oakley and James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok had similar childhoods
on the frontier of the 1800s. When Annie was 8, her mother
put a rifle in her hands and told her not to come back without lunch.
Hickok had the same circumstance at age 9.
Inasmuch as this happened every day, thay became proficient
and later: trick shots. Their ages did not prevent them from this.
When I was 8, I was surrounded by kids with guns for 5 years,
with no complaints and with no ill effects.
Your attitude toward 7 year old kids is only naked prejudice
resulting in your willingness to sacrifice their lives to your ignorance.
David
