Child Soldiers Position Paper
Child soldiers should receive amnesty, but only to a certain extent. Children under the age of 18 should be given amnesty. Adults(children over the age of 18) shout not receive amnesty because they are adults and should know right from wrong and serve their consequences for their actions. Children are forced to make adult decisions. They are not able to live normal lives as kids like playing/hanging out with friends and toys or living with their families. “Forced to make decisions far beyond their years(In a war children without a childhood).” Many kids are forced to make adult decisions that they will not realize will affect other people or their own lives in the future. Some kids may know what will happen …show more content…
“A way to protect myself and survive… I took people’s things by force(In aware children without a childhood).” There are kids in wars that chose to or not chose to join the fight. When they chose to fight it is usually to survive because their families die. But when they chose to fight, they don’t think of the consequences, saying that it was a way to survive, could there have been another way for them to survive and protect themselves, without injuring or even killing other people, or taking their things by force. It just shows what the kids are and what they will do to survive, and by surviving some of them chose to threaten, kill and take other people’s things by force without caring what the outcome is. “Children have seen their parents killed(Should child soldiers receive amnesty? Or not?).” It changes them, they don’t know what to do and they don’t have a choice sometimes but rather than to find comfort in the enemies arms, in the ones who killed their families. Everything is a choice in life, but some people don’t really think about the consequences of their actions and how they will affect everyone around …show more content…
“I closed my eyes and fired the gun… I missed so I fired again(Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers).” Killing someone is very bad and some child soldiers have killed for power or killed and they didn’t want to. Whether you mean to kill someone or not, there is always going to be consequences for your actions and because you are 18 and a legal adult, you should not receive amnesty for the decisions you have done in the past will affect the future. The kids fulfill their duties and are willing to kill in order to stay alive even though some may not want to kill. “I had power.” Some child soldiers didn’t care who they hurt, as long as they got to survive. Some liked to kill for power and wanting power shows that you are a bad person and willing to do anything in your own power to gain more power and if that means killing an innocent human being, then so be it, because some child soldiers don’t care who they kill or if they kill. Although some may argue that all child soldiers deserve amnesty, because they were brainwashed and forced to kill and have seen their parents killed, but that would be letting a serial killer or someone who accidentally killed someone else rome free with no jail time at all and just be allowed to live life like they used to. That wouldn’t be fair, child or adult, they should still be punished for their
Child soldiers should receive amnesty, but only to a certain extent. Children under the age of 18 should be given amnesty. Adults(children over the age of 18) shout not receive amnesty because they are adults and should know right from wrong and serve their consequences for their actions. Children are forced to make adult decisions. They are not able to live normal lives as kids like playing/hanging out with friends and toys or living with their families. “Forced to make decisions far beyond their years(In a war children without a childhood).” Many kids are forced to make adult decisions that they will not realize will affect other people or their own lives in the future. Some kids may know what will happen …show more content…
“A way to protect myself and survive… I took people’s things by force(In aware children without a childhood).” There are kids in wars that chose to or not chose to join the fight. When they chose to fight it is usually to survive because their families die. But when they chose to fight, they don’t think of the consequences, saying that it was a way to survive, could there have been another way for them to survive and protect themselves, without injuring or even killing other people, or taking their things by force. It just shows what the kids are and what they will do to survive, and by surviving some of them chose to threaten, kill and take other people’s things by force without caring what the outcome is. “Children have seen their parents killed(Should child soldiers receive amnesty? Or not?).” It changes them, they don’t know what to do and they don’t have a choice sometimes but rather than to find comfort in the enemies arms, in the ones who killed their families. Everything is a choice in life, but some people don’t really think about the consequences of their actions and how they will affect everyone around …show more content…
“I closed my eyes and fired the gun… I missed so I fired again(Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers).” Killing someone is very bad and some child soldiers have killed for power or killed and they didn’t want to. Whether you mean to kill someone or not, there is always going to be consequences for your actions and because you are 18 and a legal adult, you should not receive amnesty for the decisions you have done in the past will affect the future. The kids fulfill their duties and are willing to kill in order to stay alive even though some may not want to kill. “I had power.” Some child soldiers didn’t care who they hurt, as long as they got to survive. Some liked to kill for power and wanting power shows that you are a bad person and willing to do anything in your own power to gain more power and if that means killing an innocent human being, then so be it, because some child soldiers don’t care who they kill or if they kill. Although some may argue that all child soldiers deserve amnesty, because they were brainwashed and forced to kill and have seen their parents killed, but that would be letting a serial killer or someone who accidentally killed someone else rome free with no jail time at all and just be allowed to live life like they used to. That wouldn’t be fair, child or adult, they should still be punished for their