A but of hyperbole, perhaps. Nonetheless, it is all but certain that the overwhelming majority of Americans (100% - epsilon would not surprise me) over the age of responsibility (~7 years old) have committed a felony.
An unfriendly legal system might treat being born as a crime. In fact, I’d be surprised if some politician in Arizona hasn’t tried to make being born to illegal immigrant parents a crime.
The downvotes surprise me, because the rhetoric is precisely along these lines, e.g. Sonny Bono wanting to remove state benefits from the US-born children of illegal immigrants on the justification “they’re illegal”. Illegal people.
Yeah, I was wondering about the downvotes. The welcome thread says that it’s perfectly acceptable to ask for an explanation… So, for anyone who downvoted me, why?
It seems to me that even children that young have generally done various sorts of property damage and assault, and that most excuses for that behavior will rest on not considering them “people”.
An adult with the behavior of a very young child would be declared irresponsible by psychiatrists, and thus couldn’t be tried (but could be arrested and committed). It seems reasonable to apply this to children, and they are automatically committed to restrictive institutions already.
IAWYC, but
Seriously? How many crimes has someone dying at the age of 1 committed in average?
Being a public nuisance.
Destruction of their parents’ property.
Kicking their mom can probably be classified as domestic violence.
Edited to add: Also biting.
A but of hyperbole, perhaps. Nonetheless, it is all but certain that the overwhelming majority of Americans (100% - epsilon would not surprise me) over the age of responsibility (~7 years old) have committed a felony.
An unfriendly legal system might treat being born as a crime. In fact, I’d be surprised if some politician in Arizona hasn’t tried to make being born to illegal immigrant parents a crime.
The downvotes surprise me, because the rhetoric is precisely along these lines, e.g. Sonny Bono wanting to remove state benefits from the US-born children of illegal immigrants on the justification “they’re illegal”. Illegal people.
Yeah, I was wondering about the downvotes. The welcome thread says that it’s perfectly acceptable to ask for an explanation… So, for anyone who downvoted me, why?
Didn’t downvote, but I think your comment visually matches the ‘strawman argument’ pattern. Except that it is not.
[citation please]
It seems to me that even children that young have generally done various sorts of property damage and assault, and that most excuses for that behavior will rest on not considering them “people”.
An adult with the behavior of a very young child would be declared irresponsible by psychiatrists, and thus couldn’t be tried (but could be arrested and committed). It seems reasonable to apply this to children, and they are automatically committed to restrictive institutions already.
A 1 year old not many yet, but in US police has been increasingly used even against elementary school children, so 1 year olds are not safe forever.