Yes, I realise that, and that was a pretty dumb-ass choice. What I'm saying is that any of us, at the age of 18 or thereabouts, were capable of doing/saying/choosing really stupid things, and I think that's likely what the situation was there. I'm not arguing that he was coerced, or that he shouldn't have to take responsibility for his choices and his actions, just that the whole aituation is sad for everyone involved. While theoretically an "adult", anyone who has (or remembers being, for that matter) a teenager knows that it's rarely the case!