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? asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 1 decade ago

Would Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn be considered as juvenile delinquents nowadays?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No, they'd be paedophile fodder used as compost wherever their bodies were buried.

    No-one knew where they went each day, so if they weren't seen for half the day, no-one would think it was strange.

    But then again, they could be safe at home prefering the computer nowadays to running amuck out by the Mississippi - They'd think

    So little time, so many sites to hack

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    As I recall Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were juvenile delinquents in their own day, but being its be 20 odd years since I've read either, don't quote me on that.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Oh yes! They'd be in Juvie hall and drugged up with Ritalin, etc today.

  • 1 decade ago

    considering they were considered juvenile delinquents then, definately yes.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They were back then, so clearly they would be now if you could find people that use the term.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    A.D.D They would have been put on prosaic.

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