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Yes I know Pancho, some kids are just evil, and

are well aware of their actions. The whole \"What about the kids, or how will the kids handle this.\" stuff in

America is way over done. I still feel if a 13, 14, 15 year old or even younger who has done something criminal say

like murder, they deserve life in jail or death (debatable [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]). Kids

are babied and age is usually used as a exploitation. Jeffery Dahmer was cutting up animals when he was younger, and

yes he is evil and was \"f$cked up\" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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If the dog can learn that it may not bite people, why can\'t a child

learn that s/he may not do harm?

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They can and do, but there are

sociopath\'s(sp?) at all ages.

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Unfortunately, that\'s true.

The real issue here is identifying and helping them. Many mental conditions respond well to drug therapy and new

ones are being developed to help many more. Prevention is key to the problem, schools and parents both have got to

be involved to make it work. Now many parents refuse to admit a problem exists and the schools are powerless in most

cases.

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... which is unfortunate, because incipient sociopathy is

fairly easy to indetify, early on.