Maybe I'm getting soft or it's the old Glaswegian ancestry in me, but I'm willing to forgive a bloke for his theft at 16 years old, a theft during the tyrannical covid lockdowns. It's the kind of thing that got you sent here in the first place.
I managed to go my entire teenage years without stealing a car. In fact, I've gone on many, many more years than that. I've not stolen a car even once! It's not something you do by accident, generally speaking!
you could probably fill a catalog with songs about teens joyriding, then you get comedians talking about it, scenes of it in movies, etc.
I'm not saying it's okay, or that there shouldn't be consequences for stealing and.or destroying somebody elses' property, it's not and there should, but let's not pretend this is extreme behavior for a demographic notorious for making bad decisions, lol.
Maybe I'm getting soft or it's the old Glaswegian ancestry in me, but I'm willing to forgive a bloke for his theft at 16 years old, a theft during the tyrannical covid lockdowns. It's the kind of thing that got you sent here in the first place.
If it were a pattern, sure.
If he were unrepentant, sure.
But 1x theft as a 16 year old? Eeeeeeh.
I managed to go my entire teenage years without stealing a car. In fact, I've gone on many, many more years than that. I've not stolen a car even once! It's not something you do by accident, generally speaking!
Same. Although I did download a car once.
Stealing and damaging vehicles isn't typical youthful indiscretion.
it's hardly unheard of, though...
you could probably fill a catalog with songs about teens joyriding, then you get comedians talking about it, scenes of it in movies, etc.
I'm not saying it's okay, or that there shouldn't be consequences for stealing and.or destroying somebody elses' property, it's not and there should, but let's not pretend this is extreme behavior for a demographic notorious for making bad decisions, lol.
There were not any lockdowns in the Northern Territory, mate.