12 is fine... 16 is iffy... it was only 3 years ago.
I'm personally a bit frustrated with the ever changing standards for adolescents. They are as responsible or naive as people want them to be for whatever their bias calls for. (not saying you btw, just in general).
Neither am I... I honestly have no idea what the kids punishment should be. Not irredeemable by any means... that seems cruel for the sake of being cruel... but its also not fair to have people compete with a known cheater (and potentially, hopefully not, a liar).
>What's your opinion of the National Sex Offender Registry?
People are on it for simply peeing in public. And teenage minors in a relationship sending nudes to each other due to a lack of "Romeo and Juliet" laws.
There are several good arguments put forward by criminologists, legal scholars, and other researchers which argue that the registry is ineffective at best and unjust at worst.
Not to take away from the point you are making, but this is simply not a good example of an uncontroversial case of scarlet lettering.
neither ages make him exempt from repercussions. If a 9yo pro chess prodigy had cheated in a profession tournament he absolutely should of gotten temporary bans or fines. But even if a 60 yo chess prodigy used a chess engine in one online stakless match, other than a week chess.com ban I do nto see what sort of punishment would want to give them that would be reasonable.
What we are talking about here is a minor who admitted to using a chess engine in a meaningless online match 2 times. Like all the grandmasters don't play with chess engines just to see how they work.
True. I can agree with this. I guess I say fine in the sense that its more forgivable for a 12 year old to cheat. I would never suggest a 12 year old shouldn't be punished if caught in the act... or even retroactively.
