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Yes, but there are better ways to deal with this.

That isn’t always true. The problem is that you seem to assume that prison sentences automatically help young offenders develop into better people. There is very little evidence that punishment alone achieves that goal. What I think is happening is that you’re approaching the issue primarily from an emotional perspective. Because of that, you’re focusing on what feels fair rather than what actually produces the best outcome. If your position is that serious crimes deserve serious punishment because justice matters, then that’s a valid argument. But that’s a different argument from claiming that harsh punishment is necessarily good for the offender’s development or rehabilitation. In other words, it seems like your main concern is that the person gets what they deserve. Whether the punishment actually helps them become a better person appears to be secondary, if it matters at all. Those are two separate questions, and I think it’s important not to confuse them.

Thank you for your thoughts. His mother is already in contact with social services, but his father doesn’t know about the full situation. He also has a 15-year-old sister who cares about him, but she tends to laugh things off rather than talk about them seriously. So when it comes to deeper emotional support, it really feels like it’s mostly his mother and me. I also agree with your point about children sometimes exaggerating or twisting the truth. My cousin has actually done that before. The strange thing is that when he tells a lie and people point out that it isn’t true, he becomes extremely upset and sometimes starts crying. It’s almost as if he repeats things so much that they become real in his own mind. Sometimes I genuinely think he struggles to separate what is true from what he has convinced himself is true. That being said, I am convinced that what he’s going through emotionally is real. There is no way all of this is an act. He’s an incredibly sensitive kid when it comes to emotions, and the pain he shows feels genuine. Something is clearly hurting him deeply and affecting his happiness. What worries me is that he often says he doesn’t care about telling the truth and that he doesn’t care about getting help. Sometimes it feels like he has already convinced himself that nothing can help him and that nobody can make things better. His mother and I are trying every day to improve the situation, but it’s not easy. One thing that both makes me happy and breaks my heart is how much trust he puts in me. He says very kind things about me and often tells me that I’m the only person who understands him and doesn’t judge him. Hearing that means a lot to me. At the same time, I wish he could see that there are other people who love him too. He seems to reject anything positive that is said about him. He hates compliments and almost only accepts negative things about himself as true. Seeing a 12-year-old believe every criticism but reject every kind word is honestly heartbreaking.

You look like Johnny Depp

Lol

Girls hate other girls who are prettier than them. If you can’t understand this, then you’re truly a loser.

Your dog is the first one to see through his disguise.

I’m not even sure everyone can be saved from their immoral actions. What makes me sad is how many people, at least where I live, seem to believe in punishment more than love. The moment you talk about compassion or rehabilitation, people assume you’re disrespecting the victim!

But I’ve never believed that a cage can heal what was broken in the soul. If we’re dealing with monsters, we should probably ask what created them in the first place. You don’t heal monsters with prison. You heal them with love.

His skincare routine? Step 1: Be Brazilian. Step 2: That’s it.

Maybe. I just find it fascinating how every utopia eventually ends up needing more prisons.

When prison starts sounding like a reasonable educational program for 13-year-olds, something has gone very wrong somewhere.

The real punishment is having to assemble your own cell.

That’s the most convincing argument for crime I’ve heard all week.

Thank you. That’s very sweet of you to say. I guess years of surviving the cold comes with a certain Nordic aesthetic.

The answer is actually yes.

How tall are you barefoot?

One of us is wrong. It’s probably not me.

The fact that you can identify me from a few em dashes and a questionable analogy is honestly more concerning than anything I’ve written. 🤪

Honestly, it won’t be long before the police shut this site down and use it as evidence that the dark web isn’t actually the worst place on the internet.

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The feeling is still real, and at the end of the day, that’s what people care about. Not theories. Not ideals. Feelings. Sure, in some perfect fantasy world, nobody owns anything. Sounds great. But when I say nobody, I mean nobody. Not us, and definitely not the bastards sitting at the top pulling the strings. If nobody had all the power, all the wealth, and all the control, maybe the idea would actually work. But that’s not the world we live in. There’s a split. A few people hold the cards, and everyone else is told it’s a fair game. That’s the problem.

Is that a good thing?

I’m curious to hear from others here. What’s your longest semen retention streak, and how did you feel during it?