The problem with the rights of an adult Pelican is that again falls apart when in a foreign country;
A 14 year old may well be allowed to drive a car, a foreign 14 year old would not be allowed to vote anyway. In some countries where people are expected to grow up fast and help their family work, a 14 year old may well be regarded as an adult (and Indonesia seems to feel that way).

And the majority of those who would be a 'regular' 14 year old has the exact same mental faculties as an adult- they simply lack experience (and no, people do NOT actually need experience doing the wrong thing to know not to do it).

Now we're getting silly, King Hazza...

>>The problem with the rights of an adult Pelican is...<<

The comma is down there on the right hand side - no, not there, further in... got it? Excellent.

Mind you, I am sure that there are a lot of grown-up pelicans out there right now, hanging on your every word...

pelican,
So, 14 is a kid. Tell that to my bank manager so he can adjust the $30,000 to kid's money. That's how much 14 year old kids stole in equipment from me. Belive me even though they were only kids as you say it still feels very much like 30 grand to me. 14 is not a kid anymore,
they know the difference between right & wrong & that's the card they play. If they didn't know that smoking dope is wrong then why do they hide it ?

Which part is silly Pericles?
You can't expect all countries to share our ideas of when 'adulthood' starts and when a person is expected to be held responsible for their actions any more than you can expect another country to agree on what should be a crime and what an appropriate punishment is.