Egypt is considering raising the legal age responsibility for children from 7 to 12. I’m not what I find stranger, the fact that the current age is 7 or that most of the world has an age of 12 or 13 for responsibility. At age 7 in Egypt, if a child commits a crime, it is presumed that by this time the child knows that he or she is doing something wrong. Well this is true, by that age most children have learned the rules of what’s what. There is no juvenile system in place. The debate in Egypt is that if the age is raised to 12, then crime professionals will take advantage of the law to employ the 7 to 12 age group as drug runners or prostitutes because they will be protected from prosecution as minors. Even with the age of 7 or 12, the parents are still responsible for their children up until, I don’t know when. Maybe when they leave the house, get married, or turn 18. That wasn’t clear in the paper.
In Beijing, a Chinese history teacher beat an 11 year old student senseless and threw her body out the 4th floor window, where the student died on impact. No other information was provided from China.
The Pope seems to be getting off lightly in the Middle East even though his non-apology is still front page news. At least today there was no major demands for apologies and retribution against the Pope.
In Beijing, a Chinese history teacher beat an 11 year old student senseless and threw her body out the 4th floor window, where the student died on impact. No other information was provided from China.
The Pope seems to be getting off lightly in the Middle East even though his non-apology is still front page news. At least today there was no major demands for apologies and retribution against the Pope.
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