M.U.N. 3/10

Today was our second MUN debate. The topic at hand was "Should child soldiers be tried as criminals?". I took the side that child soldiers should not be tried as criminals. I tried to cite some studies that I had read regarding whether or not children at that age could be considered accountable for their actions, along with modern Western laws regarding children and criminal charges. I also tried to tie it in to accounts of child soldiers that we had read in English class. Stories said that all the kids were given drugs, which i feel makes them even less accountable. Nathan and I tried the debate tactic of having the opposing side define the difference between right and wrong. Overall I thing the debate went very well, but we should have focused more on the procedures and actual steps used in MUN debates.