Boy Ignored Pleas Before Chemical Pram Attack

[Angela 0077]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/7942508/boy-ignored-pleas-before-chemical-pram-attack

i was watching this news report this morning about a boy who thew caustic acid form the top of a building.
Walking underneath was this woman and her child she was able to run away and help her child and she was able to get her child to the hospitol to have her child treated for minor burns the child was released some time after.
The child who threw the acid was told by the other children with him not to throw it but he still did.
This child was only given a warning by the police and then he was able to go.

Okay this child was 10 yrs old do you think he should have got more punishment for what he did.

Also do you think at age 10 this child would have known waht he did was wrong or do you think at this age they would have trouble with knowing this is wrong..
Anyway l will let you have a look at this article and then please give your opinion

 

[Miss Chicken]

The article clearly states that the boy was nine years old, not ten. As the age of criminal responsibilty is Victoria is 10 he could not be charged with anything therefore all the police could do was warn him.

Maybe his parents could be sued by the children but I doubt that his parents have much money and the children, fortunately, were not baldy hurt.

 

[Angela 0077]

Well when l watched the news this mornig it stated that the child was 10 years old.
But yes in the article it states he is nine.
But this article is not to do with the age of him it is on what he did to this other child.

 

[Luther Sloan]

Yeah, kids can do some pretty cruel things. Sometimes they don't even realize what they are doing is wrong or that their actions could be hurtful to others. It's a darn shame when these kind of things happen.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Maybe you should read the articles that you link to. It states in the very first line that he was 9. Also the video (which is from Today News) also says that he is 9.

If he was 10 I have little doubt that he would have been charged.

Lets hope that his mother gives him the punishment he deserves.

 

[Angela 0077]

Yes it is.

The other children with him were telling him not to do it but he just went and did it.

Do you think he should have got more punishment for his crime or do you think a warning was enough Mr Sloan

 

[Luther Sloan]

Well, he is just a kid. And I am guessing he probably hasn't done something like this before. So I think a warning is sufficient.

 

[Angela 0077]

Maybe you should read the articles that you link to. It states in the very first line that he was 9. Also the video (which is from Today News) also says that he is 9.

If he was 10 I have little doubt that he would have been charged.

okay can we get past this age thing.

What is your opinion on what happened and do you think he should have got more than a pat on the hand. here Miss Chicken

 

[Miss Chicken]

How do you know how much punishment he got? He might have received suitable punishment from his parent/s.

I think that 10 is a reasonable age for the age of criminal responsibility. In many European countries it is higher than 10.

 

[Angela 0077]

Well l was watching the news report this mornig and they stated that he got a warnig from the police and then he was let go.

i was watching Sunrise on channel seven

 

[Luther Sloan]

This child was eight years old and got charged as an adult for murder...

http://www.bloggernews.net/118624

 

[Miss Chicken]

Well l was watching the news report this mornig and they stated that he got a warnig from the police and then he was let go.

i was watching Sunrise on channel seven

Yes, and under the law that is how it should have been. However, I think his parent/s probably disciplined him when he got home, if they did he got more than a warning.

Even if he had been ten, he might not have been convicted even if it went before the Children's Court. If the child is aged between 10-14 the prosecution have to prove that the child knew that what he did was seriously wrong, as opposed to merely ‘naughty’.

 

[Angela 0077]

That was a interesting link Mr Sloan

I cant beleive what that eight year old did to tthe boarder and his father.

I sometimes wonder what type of parents are paerenting these days.

I do think there are alot of kids who are watching alot of voliece on tv and the computer and they donrt releaze the damage they can cause to a adult or child..

 

[sidious618]

I sometimes wonder what type of parents are paerenting these days.

By and large parenting is probably somewhat better today than it was in the past considering violence has gone down across the board but I'm sure tons of parents fall into the children trap thinking it'd be lots of fun, like having a pet, which is a trap that has been around for a long time.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Similar crimes occurred in the past. We can't just blame on TV and computer games.

For example Mary Bell was only 10/11 years when she killed two little boys (on separate occasions) back in 1968.

 

[Luther Sloan]

Obviously, it is a combination of the child's DNA, his parenting (love, and the proper teaching of right and wrong), and his environment that governs a child's criminal actions.

As for Rosemary's baby and Michael Myers...
Well, those kids were just plain evil to begin with (if you ask me).

 

[Angela 0077]

I sometimes wonder what type of parents are paerenting these days.

By and large parenting is probably somewhat better today than it was in the past considering violence has gone down across the board but I'm sure tons of parents fall into the children trap thinking it'd be lots of fun, like having a pet, which is a trap that has been around for a long time.

Well when l was growing up it was better than this genertion which is coming along today.
The behavior is worse


When l was a child you would have two parents at home these days the children have to fend for themselves.until mum and dad get home/
I do think that what children are seeing on the tv and on the internet is of concern l dont think parent really supervise this area


I

 

[sidious618]

Well when l was growing up it was better than this genertion which is coming along today.

Really? That's odd considering that, as I said, violent crimes are DOWN since past years. This idea the every new generation is worse is bullshit and has been around forever. John Milton made fun of it in a speech he made.

Generations past gave us the likes of racists and sexists. There are less and less of those as time goes on which, to me, is an improvement.

 

[Miss Chicken]

When l was a child you would have two parents at home these days the children have to fend for themselves.until mum and dad get home/
I do think that what children are seeing on the tv and on the internet is of concern l dont think parent really supervise this area

When I was a child (and I am older than you) there were latch key kids. When I was a teenager my mother worked. I had friends who had to go home after school and put dinner on and who looked after younger siblings.

Parents I know supervise what their kids are allowed to watch on TV.

 

[sidious618]

Parents used to beat the living shit out of their kids, too, and often times beat the living shit out of each other. Thankfully, although this still occurs, it's becoming less common.