Kindrox, you are decending into logical fallacies. In an A/B relationship, just because A is not true, does not mean B is true. This is quite simply silly at best, and intentionally deceptive at worse.
Let's look at your logic:
Adults are capable of exercising good judgment, time in and time out.
Children, as a class of citizenry, are not capable exercising good judgment, time in and time out.
When this statement was challenged, you stated that the ONLY logical alternative would be that Children ALWAYS have good judgment, every time they make a decision, and so because when the youngster "shot the lady in the head" it proves that he was incapable of making good judgment. To quote, you stated that:
that has got to be the stupidest thing I have heard anyone say EVER
in response to
Children, as a class of citizenry, are not capable exercising good judgment, time in and time out.
warranted the logic of
I presume you 100% agree with it's logical opposite:
Children ALWAYS have good judgment, every time they make a decision. And presuming you agree that a 14 year old is a child, then you must belive that the 14 year old in this story excercised good judgment when he, hunting in the fog, shot the lady in the head.
You are claiming that either A or B must be true, therefore setting the reader on the horns of a dilemma of your own making: either they are CAPABLE of making a good decision, or else they are INCAPABLE, and therefore the one bad decision seems to prove that all children are incapable of good decisions.
However, we see this logic disproven in the HUNDREDS of cases where adults shoot others in hunting scenarios with shotguns, bows, and rifles. So, let me take your logic, but flipped, with a story that appeared just a few months ago during bow season:
"Adults ALWAYS have good judgment, every time they make a decision. And presumably one must belive (sic) that the 35 year old in this story excercised (sic) good judgment when he, hunting in deep woods, shot his son in the heart with a broadhead arrow.
And so, somehow, this proves that adults are incapable of good and consistent decision making?
How silly.
If ADULTS were always capable of good judgment, does that mean the logical opposite is that "Adults are always INCAPABLE of bad judgment?" Of course not. We see adults make stupid decisions all the time, and very bright decisions all the time.
To turn the horns of the dilema: both adult and "child" can make stupid decisions, and in hunting scenarios in the real world we see a great deal more examples of bad decisions with adults than we do with children hunters. This might be do to the paucity of child hunters, or perhaps to their care for following orders from adults, but that's another debate. Does this statistic, however, prove that adults are incapable of good decisions? Of course not. Simply that people at times make bad decisions.
A proper approach would be to say that if a youngster has demonstrated good judgment, obedience, and care for the four rules, he can be trusted to exercise good judgment in general when hunting. There is no reason to believe that he will suddenly disregard what he has been taught the moment he is out of sight. This goes for an adult; if, on the other hand, an adult has demonstrated poor judgment, disregard for the rules, and general lack of care, of course one would expect that this would be the pattern with a gun in his hand.
Many many children I've witnessed have a deep and abiding care for the rules set out by their elders, and carefully follow them. Many of them are the safest hunters I've ever seen. I deeply believe that they will continue to act as such, having established a pattern of respect, obedience, and responsibility.
Your argumentation, and quite frankly the more you talk and your use of such logical fallacies convinces me that you are more a troll than in an honest debate. Please use honest argumentation or else be treated accordingly.
that has got to be the stupidest thing I have heard anyone say EVER
