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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research shows that young people's brains are not fully developed when it comes to impulse control until mid to late twenties. College is a particularly vulnerable time I'd say when there is more independence and autonomy but still less judgment. Most make it through safely despite themselves.[b] He did nothing that merited that punishment[/b]; I only have sympathy for Otto and his family. I wish there were a way to ban any American from traveling to markedly inhospitable parts of the world where visitors are sometimes seized and used as geopolitical pawns. If we don't have diplomatic relations with a country, we should not allow citizens to travel there as it leads to heart rending situations such as this.[/quote]

22  is not a child. Period. A 22 year old brain is able to understand laws. He's not a 12 year old.

You may not like or agree with the law, but that is the law of the land.

I feel bad for his parents too, [b]their " boys will be boys" and " he's just a kid" policy of parenting[/b] failed them.

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And you know this how?[/quote]

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