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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
that is all true, but only if "innocence" is defined as Free From Guilt. children feel no guilt because they have not learned it yet. guilt is part of the social fabric and MUST be learned to maintain a proper society. adults without guilt are psycopaths, hurting anyone without remorse, the worst kind of adult.
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From my own experience, children are free of hang-ups and insecurities that plague most adults; some children grow up fast, of course, faster than other children, but there is still something that holds them back, their lack of wile, for example. In this respect, children differ from adults, even at their worst. Rare is the child who will not cease to misbehave after punishment, or even, a spanking. I admit some children are definitely difficult, but there is a difference between a child misbehaving and an adult misbehaving, I believe.