Runescape Game Play

My son wanted to set up a new Runescape account, he is 9 and well capable of using the internet, he knows what to avoid and how to avoid the adult/unpleasant side of the internet, he ought to be he has spent most of his Internet life with me drumming it into him. he went through the process of starting his new account, he found a name that is available, a name he liked and a unique name so he didn't need loads of numbers after it.

He answered the questions that were asked to set up his new account and he entered the (at the time) new tutorial island equivalent in the tutorial Lumbridge.

He did all the tasks and escaped to the real Lumbridge, then I hear a shout, "Daaaaaaaad I cant speak", "what do you mean you cant speak I just heard you" was my reply, I trotted off into his bedroom to see what had happened, sure enough his account was in Real Lumbridge and nothing he typed came out on screen, I checked to see if he was on a slow chat (officially quick chat) world and no he was in a normal world, quick chat worked but he couldn't speak.

I looked at his account settings and couldn't see any reference to being muted, no reference to any offences on his account (I would have been concerned if there was with it being a new account). I quickly came to the conclusion that he is only allowed quick chat because he is under 13 years of age.

I understand Jagex covering their back by only allowing minors to use quick chat, it does seem a little strange that they are not forced to use quick listen, the things they can hear can be just as dangerous and disturbing if not more so then the things they can say, the thing that gets me is that I can not as a parent over ride the option, my son wants to chat to his friends, I know he is as sensible and capable of using free speech as anyone else and I am happy for him to be able to say his own sentances.

If a player swears on Runescape, if they are racist and unpleasant they can be muted and only use quick chat, that is basically saying if you are older and bad on Runescape then you are given the same rights as a minor, my son is not as bad as the people who use unpleasant words and should not be given the same punishment.

I personally think players muted for their words/actions should be given a punishment, taking their speech away for good is not a deterrent its a way of banning them, would you continue to play if you had a permanent mute? I know I wouldn't, how about removing an armour option as a deterrent, removing the head slot would be a handicap but not stop them playing, they wouldn't be able to use Barrows armour but could use Bandos, they wont be able to train on Aberrant spectres and banshees so lose slayer points, have this for a month and they would think before swearing again, it doesn't need to be an armour slot how about an inventory row depending on the severity of the offence, only being able to use 8 inventory slots would be a deterrent for anyone.
If they continue to abuse the system regularly then a ban is in order not grouping them with under 13's.

My son wanted his account with his name but being muted it was no fun for him, I found him a new name and told him to put another date of birth when registering, I told my son to lie, I have always taught my son to tell the truth and making him lie just to have an account that I am happy for him to have goes against my beliefs, I hope Jagex find a way around this.