Originally Posted by
South Coast Miller
Blimey! I'm sure some of the things I said and did when I was 17/18 wouldn't stand up to modern day scrutiny but it wasn't modern day, was it? You can't decontextualize. There have been enormous changes in attitudes towards women, BAIM, ***uality, all sorts of things. Apparently in days gone by it was OK to go to poorer countries, spread the word, exploit for resources and the good of the empire...... and look where that would get you these days. Anyway at 18 they reckon the brain is not fully developed (would this be especially so JCH's case?) so perhaps he should be treated as a minor. Basically, I'm agreeing with everybody else on here and failing to find a fresh way of saying it. As someone already said, it's a load of rowlocks.