Muffet
Autocorrect is my worst enema
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I remember the thread you referenced last night that used these excuses, and I was right there with you. I had to leave the thread to save my sanity (and status. LOL ) .But they can't buy a beer or rent a car........probably a good reason for both.
And current brain research shows that the frontal cortex of the brain is not completely mylenized until about age 24. That part of the brain governs critical thinking, executive functioning and decision making.
In fact, the brain of the 6-12 year old is in a much more 'stable' state than that of an adolescent. Once adolescent chemical changes meet the underdeveloped frontal cortex.....well, yeah, teenagers.
Not that all teens are incapable of rational thought, but generally speaking, well, if you have a teenager, it will remind you of the toddler years.
"Um did you REALLY think shaving your head was a good idea?"
"Well, I know you were angry, but could you have thought of a better way to express that than calling him a ?@$&&?# ?"
Not excusing criminal behavior. But am explaining that an 18 year old is not an adult, developmentally speaking. And also that on these very boards I have read posts positing that minor perps must have "had to have been victims, themselves".
Hannah Anderson comes to mind. Super sketchy stuff there (IMO and not just MO) and yet she was a pretty, popular cheerleader and as such, given a huge pass. And called a victim in MSM and everywhere other than comments from real people who smelled a rat.
Even young killers who without a doubt are guilty of the crimes they stand accused of.....I read post after post speculating about abuse or sexual abuse or brain injury or medication use or wrestling injury.
I read no such posts in defense of this young man. None. He committed a crime, yes. Not murder. Not rape. Not baby rape. Not killing his mother and little brother. I understand what Officer Wilson did. What I do not understand is why, with all the looking for "answers" we do on here regarding other young offenders, we are content to just assume MB needs none of this consideration.
Where is the discussion as to "why?" for Michael Brown? Why is this 18-year-old just a?
Guilty is guilty. But to search for explanations for some, while just treating others as "here comes another one"?
That, I do not understand.
The bottom line is, you and I were right.
Those things aren't legitimate excuses. But I'm also not cool with using them to sidetrack the evaluation of THIS case, no matter how frustrating it was or is.
