Is government being juvenile ?

 There is an undue haste in seeking to reduce the legal limit for juvenile delinquency /crime from 18 yrs to 16.This raises questions on the state of our mindset as a nation of yore. Clearly  modern society is in a phase of abdication as opposed to  involvement  in upgrading societal mores,that our older generations preached and practiced.In an era of the live-in mode where even  the two  partners owe nothing to each other ,how do we expect to own up ,nurture and guide our growing minors. In typical disconnect ,we overnight decide to abandon the sub-eighteens to perdition by  arbitrarily lowering the age of prosecution  for" serious '  crimes.Our   firman  is no wiser than Marie Antoinette ordering a switch from bread to cakes ! A society that does not  to uplift itself through introspection,perseverance and wisdom must end up  in severe asphyxiation  to eventually die.Price for today's hasty politics will be paid by tomorrow's generations.
Pub Asian Age Aug 10
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