Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Debate Question

What is the youngest age at which a person can legitimately be described as being an asshole?

I figure it is well under the age of 10, but I haven't been able to pinpoint just how young one can be and have one's behaviour regarded as obnoxious and intentionally annoying.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Based on my son's classmates, who are 7-8, I would say that 7 is old enough. There is one little boy that I commonly refer to (not in front of my son, lest he go to school and repeat it) as that 'mean little bastard'. But then, I'm not really a fan of other people's children so maybe I'm not one to debate cause I'll just agree with you!

cityofmushrooms said...

I'm w/anne on this one tho I know quite a few old ones too

Anonymous said...

And your reason for asking??

Nanuk of the North, older but no wiser said...

I'm asking because on The Daily Show they posed the question: What is your baby's an asshole? Which I thought was hilarious, but then it got me thinking, at what age do we start thinking of someone like that. I suspect there are some in pre-school.