Widow Testifies at a Military Court

[ShadowHM]

I understand that from your viewpoint, he made his choice when he arranged to be born into that gawdawful family. However, most of the rest of us believe that minors have limited moral responsibility and no legal responsibility for their actions. Their parents do.

At age 5, certainly. At 15 you have to take a large share of the responsibility for your own actions. We can't treat teenagers as babies who don't have any responsibilities, only to dump them on their own at 18 and expect them to do the right thing.

Hi Nystul

Nice sentiments. I agree. However, our culture does draw a line in the sand at age 18 for legal responsibility. We could choose another line, if you like. But that is the way it is right now.

Also, please define 'the right thing'? (Because I doubt you can find some universal definition.) And, while you are doing that task, think about the definitions of 'the right thing' that young Omar was given as he grew to age 15. Even if you think there was some chance the kid could have absorbed different precepts about right and wrong than what his family taught him along the way to that firefight, once in it, with a fierce battle ongoing and soldiers demonstrably shooting to kill him, his father and his other companions, are you really thinking he shouldn't have thrown a grenade at them?