People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A consequence of this is a decrease in parental responsibility. Therefore to have criminal responsibility for what you don't know about seems rather extreme.
John ScottI have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.
John ScottWe've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.
John ScottIf I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.
John Scott